Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-15

military CABINET, TschaTneif, though he
IS OF as r s5le- sly brilliant as the Latter
nor so self-sutllciert as the other
BoulargeT has offended such soldiers as
General SaUssiar, the ranking mf ! r.
general in the French army, and Gen
erals Ftbrier and Ferrand, by MS rsuid
rise in prominence and rank. H0re
than that, and this is the secret OF
both the hostility to aud popularity
Of Soulsncer, the lstter, While Secretary
Of WsrY changed the srmy policy and tsc-
tics from one OF defense to one Of attack.
Without, in ell probability, having any
political design, he put lie revsnche iato
the daily drill Of the soldier and the
studies OF the officers. 1t was good mill
tsry wojk, and should have been recog-
niLed as such. The French army
since 1871 hiss been taught to ex-
pact attack. Boulapger desired them to
lesrn how to attack. But the politicians
seized it; one set to decry lis suthor, the
other to use the fact as means Of ad-
Vaucing their faction. OF course the
demagogues talked Germany. Esd NJ
Grsvy a. the time, and n. Csrnot since,
openly acknowledged the need of wnal
Boulanger's military capacity saw TO be-
essential, and made clear that it WAS OF
20 more signifcaace than other parts OF
the nstion's military training, they would
not hsVe made the mess which at present
exists.
B0ULASGER IS MADE MARTYR.
His military views are turned into polit-
ical tactics, and as natural and almost
the Republican conservatives have sought
- hn
actuSlizing Of the latent French war feel
ing-is being accomplished.
In spite Of all the evident Injustice
General Bou!sDger has been subjected to,
those VINO have watched HIN most
closely do not believe he will become 8
party to any violent or merely factionsl
movement The government Of M
Carnot have released hin from msny
limitations By thsir own set. II is prob
able that be will be elected to the Ma
tional Assembly. 1t is also probable that
ne will De forbidden to take his SEAT, ss
military Law may prevent. Suppose in
the period of all this discussion, or i'm
medistely after the present G4rman En-
peror succumos to his disease and his
son succeeds, who shall ssV that wer will
not soon be precipitated and that the
Conservative Republicans themselves
have not created the agent for their own
undoing?
Gsmbetts's invention-the policy Of
opportunitY-was st the outset profound
~ ssgacious. In another way il was the
embodiment under different conditions Of
NJ. Theirs famous declaration as mon
archical statesman when he took an exc
cutive power: ~ found the republic
made" 1t was Gambetta's guard against
the European "iusomnis' which
Victor Hugo declared at Bordeaux
must follow the cession Of Alsace
and Lorraine. Europe has waited in its
insomnia to remove France. That could
not be done without some pretense.
policy in order 10 be on gusrd against
such pretense. 1t also was to gain
breathing space TO remove and subdua
internal enemies, to heal the wounds
made by the war aud the terrible episode
of the commune, TO gain time for re-
cuperation and renewed power, and,
more than that, for Democracy to become
teacher by the examples it would daily
create.
This in subtance WAS Gamoests's top
portunism." But in the last year or two
of his life, and notably since his death, IL
has been cloak only for evading duty,
and it has served to keep separate not
unite the French Republicans. 1t has
become shlbooleth for an action, word
to.eozjare by, but not to guide or direct.
'Undsf II the brokers In politics have
gaiped. Boulanger is their victim at