New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22
FRANCE AND BRAzIN
SIR c. dixie ON THE ARMY-PARIsIAyJ
sIogs OF THE BRAZILIAN REVOLT
Paris, November Z

MOKS OF THE BRAZILIAN REVOLT
Paris, November
Sir Charles and Lady Dixie have been spends.
week here They were greatly lionized \, -.
| French press and their distinguished uot,,s.,
friends His article in The Fortnghtly Reus.s
on the autumn military manoeuvres in Chsmrss,.
was the reason. Sir Charles always thought IN
Of the French Army; and in 1887 wrote thu, !.
thought il then able TO cope sngle-handed VIA
that OF Germany. He now thinks IL. in "a =.
az organization and the capacity OF the solt,, !.
lend himself TO discipline, 10 endure ha.t...
and TO face danger. second TO none in the wobd |,
not above every other. Frenchmen think he o.s
rates General Gallifet and the cavalry, ana
had some talk with him that subject. wbk.
led me TO think that he considered it duty n,
| TO dwell on the weak points OF the national arus.
after being received in the most open-handed VA,
and allowed TO see everything. He has not sbsv.
himself enthusiastic about the generals .wbp.
rendering full Justice TO their special qualities ana
special capacities Mirebel, the permanent b.,a
| ~ the staff. il rather a military engineer tina, .
general Sir Charles Dixie, it seems to me, oys.
looks the civilian de Freycinet, who showed geulu.
| for military combinations in 1870, and who MIN,
reveal himself MoItlse in drawing up and oru,,.
| a
article il seems to them that he thinks more Of IA.
rank and file than Of the officers. Nothing to TIN
effect came out in his conversation. He va
| greatly struck with the economy OF means in Dr..
ducing great military results The little British
army costs as much as the gigantic French CO
Great Britain, without spending cent more thar
she does. might Sir Charles Dixie maintains h
the first military nation in the world, as well
the first maritime one.
| Mr.. Woodall, NJ. p, who was master OF ordnaan
under Mr. Gladstone, was over here also when he
DIkes were in Paris. ! mentioned to him In
conversation had with Sir Charles lie told NJ
that In so far as il related to the Dnta
] Army his official experience led h,
~ confirm what Sir Charles said. The Rita.
military machine is cumbersome and costly. h
is on snowy and arstocratic lines, and nex,
for securing big pensions 10 no end OF pns
who are not entitled by their services TO Ia
| r. is not the soldiers who cost so heavily @w
snowy generals and field officers and wasxh
system of administration For instance, the shib
| of an ordinary bandsman in the guards oss
| GEO. The Queen would not hear OF anything
cheaper An extremely snug and slightly as
| couId he provided for 10 shillings. But as he
! hmm from the former TO the latter sum was 50
| great, model which would only cost e. was
nronosed by reformer at the Ordnance Office and
was at once met with stern royal veto.
The news from Brazil interests the French
nubic investors, Brazilian stocks being widely
spread over this country. There is also deep
personal interest felt in the Imperial family. Don
| Pedro is good, amiable old gentleman, and hsy.
| ing the Portuguese weakness to figure as an In
| tellectual beau, is an object Of kind regard 10
| literary men and scientists. His eldest daughter,
a. the wife of the Comte d'Eu, interests society,
which in a great degree is Orleanist. lie Soir,s
Government organ, by the by, sees, though In
| this instance not certainly inspired By the Gov.
eminent. the hand of the United States in the
civil war in Brazil, and in the coup detat at Rio
II reminds its readers that Mr.. Blaine wanted to
force a zolvewin giving the lions share 10 his
country in South America. They did not CONF
into it, and hence Balmaceda's dictatorship ard
Dom Pedro's overthrow. This is childish; Duo
as the French do not travel much, there l.
chance of it's being repeated by the provincial
press and believed. The true causes oil the tfou-
bles in Brazil do not venture 10 explain. bu,
some time ago I met Brazilian diplcmatist Of
some experience and sagacity. He tod me 'hA
he had lust had the. news of the restitution 10
the Imperial family of all their personal and IA
nronertes which were not crown estate. eE
pressed satisfaction at what seemed TO me al
| act of justice.
| 1T looks so. he said Z" but when you look into
| il YOU may find it was merely an act OF weakness
What monarch ever earned a right to hold private
property? In this case monarchical reaction VIII
rear its head and greedy conspirators against the
Renublic become active. My hope is that the
different monarchical parties will neutralize eaca
other"
| Nv interlocutor then informed me that '~
most active pIotters are Prince Augustus Of SAKE
Coburg and his friends. They conspire TO se'
ND again the fallen throne for Prince feaf0
| Augusta. who for twelve years stood next tm
| Crown Princess she during that time being GNU
| less. Augusta is rich, ambitious, knows blsl"
we'll and believes in the luck of his family. Inc
| other plotter is the Comte dEu. But he mas nov
the talent or the money of his brother-in-aw' ans
| all the Liberals are against him. The Cencan
are. however, for him. But they would asIe'
| TO take Pedro Augusta Comte dEu ana ns
wife would be satisfied to waive their claims Ii
favor of their eldest son, Prince Luis Maria
| A third claimant is Prince Louis dAqul.
son of the Princess Januaria of Brazil sister .,
Dom Pedro. The Prince is the divorced husoa''
of Miss Hamel, a Cuban lady. who was shown a.
| a beauty at the Court of the Tuileries In u.
sixties. His brother. Prince Philippe. IS ne's
unknown to the French police. TO raise sone
money TO enable him TO 90 to Brazil and pO's
| Prince Louis. lie has for that purpose oeS'
trying to get at Dhuleep Singh. who has now
pension of Gi2, 900 a year from the Indian 'o,.
eminent Prince Philippe got into some usg
scrapes a few years ago through impecunloslW an'
went to Morocco. where he has been vegetatins
The departure of Santa Anna Merry for klo y"
been connected with some mysterious cireu"
stances. Some say that he has gone TO put DIE
self forward as fifth pretender 10 the bmp'ie.
and others say simply TO run for the Presoea'
of the Republic.
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