New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11

OF the professional patriots grouping themselves
! about NJ. Cavagnac their Boulanger. can no
longer conceal the fact that the nation
"hoie insists on q new trial for Dreyfus in one
/ shape or another. and that the methods Of OBJ
| tanning thic trial must be left the es-
! tablished judicial machinery Of the country and
/ not be decided upon By Deputies who have no
mandate 10 act IN judicial capacity. General
Zurlinden. Minister OF War. is still making his
diagnosis Of Dreyfus documents and the public
mind remains IN the feverish condition of a man
about to undergo a grave surgical operation.
But as to the necessity for this surgical opera
ton both army and people are fully agreed
The French public is incapable of more than
one emotion at time; for this reason the dis
armament proposals. the sinister reopening OF
the Turkish question and the consequences of
kitchener's KhartOum victory are not yet fully
grasped. but the drift OF popular feeling in re-
gard TO the Cars proposition is voiced to-day
by Nj. Jules Lemaitre who says: mo patriotic
Frenchman can accept the Cars invitation to
disarmament conference unless 1t be under
stood beforehand that Alsace-I Lorraine he de-
clared neutral be allowed to decide its own
fate by plebiscite"
The Paris sensational press ia almost as dis
appointed at Kitchener's victory at Khartoum
as it was with SIMPSONS victory at Santiago
and Sae "Eclair' even suggests that England
has brihcd the friendly Soudanese to destroy
the French expeditions under Liotard and
Marchand in the upper Nile country. such rabid
tngSism however. finds no favor with sensible
papers like the Temps the journal des De-
bats" the Figaro" and the "Gaulois" which
are outspOken in their admiration of Kitchener's
superb campaign. At the Colonial Office here
all that is definitely know Of Marchand is that
last June he launched his vessels at Meshra ell
Rex 1t is merely inference that he is at
Fashoda Any idea OF Marchand's intending TO
block the path Of Englands famous policy
from Alexandria to the Cape" is disavowed in
French official circles The view at the Qua
G'Orsay is that MARYLAND and Liotard should
cooperate with the Anglo Egyptian forces
against the common enemy of civilization after
ward France and England can come to friend
ly and mutually advantageous arrangement on
the upper Nile just as was done under equally
difficult circumstances on the Niger
The new French quick-frng field gun. which
this week made its maiden appearance in the
French Army maneuvres, is pronounced by
pers to be the most important advance In
military science since the adoption Of smoke
less powder. Several batteries Of these
guns. attached TO the Third Army Corps operat-
ing near Chalons. under the personal super
vision Of General lamont Commander-in- Chief
Of the French Army. have fulfilled the highest
expectations. Experiments with live projecties
against wooden screens representing companies
and squadrons show "A destructive power abso-
lutely appalling. In future all French batteries
both field and horse artillery will consist OF
four. instead II six. guns. al present. This
measure is not due 10 economy. but To the fact
now demonstrated, that four OF the new guns
maintain a fire 80 per cent more deadly and
intense than six Of the old guns. Extraordinary
precautions have been taken to guard the
secrecy of the new mechanism. The provost
guards Will not allow any officer individual
not attached 70 battery 10 approach within
fifty wards Of the pieces. The principal secret
is said 10 consist in the entire suppression of
the recoil. so that. no matter how rapid the
fire. the guns do not need TO be resighted, and
an egg placed Immediately behind the wheel
Of the gun-carriage will remain intact during
prolonged firing The mechanism Is known
only 10 a limited number OF artillery officers.
The strctest orders given that none OF these
pieces be taken apart in the field; when out Of
order they are TO be sent back to the ordnance
establishment from which they came. The APP
pearance of the new batteries is not nearly so
smart as that Of the old ones Armor plated
disks shelter the gunners and the noise OF rat
Ting metal when the gun is proceeding at a
trot. even on the elastic ground at Chalons. IS
tremendous. Another new feature OF the
tumn maneuvres is the experimenting with
motor carriages. General lamont is himself
fervent automobilist, and accompanied by his
chief OF staff General Delarue. makes flying
inspections of every part Of the field operations
in his petroleum gas victoria, frequently at
tanning a rate Of thirty five miles an hour. All
reserve men VINO motor carriages have
been ordered this year 10 report with their
vehicles SO far the swift petroleum gas tri-
cycle has accomplished the best work. not only
In transmitting messages but for inspections
and rapid reconnoissances. an average speed Of
thirty miles an hour being attained on the good
roads of Champagne. Experiments with motor
omnibuses and breaks, by which flying columns
Of four hundred men and couple Of machine
guns were moved about from point to point
with astonishing CELEBRITY. have proved highly
successful
1t is noted that while the real autumn
maneuvres under General lamont are being
executed at Chaons with these highly interest
Ing features Of new artillery and motor car
rages etc. the Official manGuvres. to which
foreign attaches and other distinguished visitors
are invited, are going on under General Negrier
In another part Of the country.
A number OF Americans have returned 70
Paris from Switzerland and other summer re-
sorts Judge Truax and Mrs. Truax, after pass
ing three weeks at Saint-Gormaine, left here
this morning for London, en- route for New
York Mr. William Waldorf Astor and his
family also left Paris for Cveden. Among the
Americans remaining for few days are MI
and Mrs Fairman Rogers OF Philadelphia; MIS-
George b. Mcclellan. Countess La Forest d.
vonne. formerly Miss Audenreid: Mr and Mrs
Oseood Field Mr. and Mrs A. c. Angel. Mrs
n IT Robinson Mrs Henry Merriman, Mr. and
Mrs Robert w Hunt Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ledyard