The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-06
He is Making Rapid and startiias Chsnyes
in the French Army ana Dissnresns thu
Iquaniuf,y Of All the Other NAtishs An
EGrePe-oiheI Foreign NeWA

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| French minister Of war who is the coming
| man in France. : net only astounding lis
own telIc~ ,ouEtrymeD wite he rapid ant
startling changes hs is making IA tie Frsaca
army. bu' g also disturbing the sGgsnIuity
| Of 81 the other nations 10 Earops. as asme
| is more frequently CT the lips Of tbs people
/ than that q any other man Il France, ami
the Due De Auua's episode. witch. II was
thought at the Tuna soala be fatal to him, is
now entirely forgotten.
Hardly day passed without one If not all
OF the London papers contains soma com
plimentsry references TO Boulanger ia their
special Paris dispatches This mny partly
arise from the fact that be is ike Mr. Wal
d.ugton, ha.t English, having been born of
an English mother at Brighton :ogtY-fve
years ago HIS latest interesting proposal Is
that the Chambers should vote sum OF i2j.-
$4,000 francs for the equipment of the
French army with new mortars and pro-
jectiles of monster size and terrible destruc-
tiveness.
He had the budget COMMITTEES of the
French chambers out at Maimaisou last week
to witness experiments with this new
weapon. It discharges a shell three feet
long, which has a sharp steel point that
enters into the target like a wedge, shattsr-
ing it into atoms. IL demolisles solid stone
walls If they were paper boxes, ana
brushes the thickest steel plates with perfect
ease.
One of Gen. Boulangers new regulations
in tie French army is that the soldiers SHAH
allow their boards to grow. There has been
time enough for a practical demonstration OF
this experiment aud the effect is said to be
almost startling. Very few men have boards
that Will do to keep and there is a very gen
eral condemnation of the change.
When the budget COMMITTEES of the Frexch
chambers met on Thursday last TO discuss
the war estimates, Gen. Boulanger allowed a
reduction Of 3,00J,00j francs in his claim.
One item of reduction was a sum of 5000
francs for feeding the government eats
which are employed TO catch the rats and
mice around the barracks Each cat in the
future IS TO cost only five centimes daily
for its keep, instead of SIX centlmes as here
tofore
Madame Adam, OF Paris, has published a
monograph on the late Russian Gen Skobe-
loft. When Skobeoff came to Paris some
time before his death he was compile tely
captivated by Nine. Adam. who is one of
the most brilliant women France has pro-
duced since he day OF Nine Recamier
Skohelof was constantly at her house and
the two were on the most intimate terms as
long as he lived. Both were fillei with feel
ings of the most intense hatred of Germany
and Of Bismarck
Mime. Adam says in her monograph that
Skoteiof had presentimAat that he would
be treacherously murdered, and she speaks
OF strong evidence watch has been furnished
her to show that the pressntiment was fu!-
filed and that be was garrotei One dav he
Slid 70 her as they wers bantering about
death and danger: "Bus do you know that
often think of death2'
II, also replied the lady.
"But am not jestiag now returned Sko-
beloE. 81 wish for a glorious death IL Is
far easier to live grandly than to die MOLLY.
Most deaths wretcned. What l fear is a
stupid vulgar death. The idea follows me
Ike my shadow ] should not like to bs
killed with lot of others on field Of battle.
My dream IS to die like the HoTati III
could only get Bismarck &c single me out
and for both of as to perisb ib a duel, low
satisfied I should be
Madame Adam IS forty five years old. and |
recently retired from the active management
OF the Nouvelle Review, of which She has
been for several years eiitsr Shs tells but |
little about Skoeeioff that IS new. and uses |
literally the sketches of his life written by
Archibald Forbes and MaeGahan.
Herr Iiszas speech, Though it has dis |
quieted stock iobbers, really maker for peace.
soldier stirs be Will have Austria to deal |
with. Herr Tisza, though president of the |
Hungarian council only, is known to have |
spoken for Count Kalouky. he could not |
have spoken on such subject without con. |
cert with the foreign minister for the whole |
monarchy. Europe has responded with |
hearty applause
The English press, with an inconsiderabIe |
exception, the Pail Mall Gazette. which stiu |
holds the Russian brisf, rejoices II Aus.rta's |
new attitude. English Liberals svnpathiza /
with Bulgarian struggles for freedom. En- |
gish Tories have forgotten Lord Beaeons- |
fields policy Their chief organ calls on
Lord Randolph Churchill! 10 saprort Herr
Tioza. Even Berlin approves fox Berlin
whatever concessions Primes Bisnarcs nav
think it polite to make &c Russia hat ~ de-
sire TO see Russia domineerng a, one over
Bulgaria and Western EuAops
Gen. haulbars. whc has SEcteeded in max
ing himself within a wees ar adloas figure
TO Europe, has been to.o tscn. S. Peters
burg, to moderate his sc1s Here,cfore he
has spoken to Bulgaria SO irceIendeut ma
ton rs TO a community OF sprt. HIS ctrcu
tar IS without precedent amoug Gir:onsti-
documents Tue plscar6ing Ct II. a, =, |
English journal well remarks. IS an ossrxe
which az European power would refsc. tx
expulsion. Since his entry int sofa 6,e3 |
kauihars conduct and language tsvs rean
the conduct and language of man u.sc1rg
TO provoke resistance. which ne kucws a. |
can suppress by armed force. Jns roma
went that be had authority to set in 7lot.ct
the Russian 'crces in BeSsarahia.