The record-union., 1899-07-30

ne nad done SO. Dut the Minister OF
War found that the General had been
lying, and hence the punishment i'm
posed upon him was even in greater de-
gree than it would otherwise have been.
The removal of General de Negrier
lends to the salvation of the republic.
as, if his f1agrant INSTRUMENTATION had
been overlooked, the discipline of the
army could scarcely have been main
tanned.
Details of the interview between Cen
eral de Gallifet and General de Negrier
show how misplaced was the confidence
of the public in General de Negrier.
When taxed with issuing seditious cir
culars, instead of boldly sticking to his
guns, the General equivocated, prevari-
Gated and behaved like a poltroon un
til General de Gallifet then treated him
like whipped school boy and ordered
him to go forthwith and fetch the orig
inal documents. Even General de Neg
rier had not the courage to return until
General de Gallifet sent him a COM
mand to come and not FORGET the cir
cular.
General de Gallifet's communication,
issued yesterday, in which he avowed
full responsibility for the disciplinary
measures adopted toward the generals,
contrasting so strikingly with the pu
sillanimity of previous French Minis
tiers of War. will add to the respect of
the army and the nation for him, and
fully justifies Premier Waldeck- Rous-
seau's bold step in appointing him to
prescribe for a grave political disease.
No member of the general staff dared to
| lift finger against General de Gallifet.
General Zurlinden left Paris without
! a murmur; General de Pellieux, who
| lied to his superior. only asks for mon
| ey; Generals de Boisdeffre and Gonse
| have done nothing to save their tool,
Lieutenant-Colonel Du Patty de Clam.
The National Review. in an article
discussing the probability of an alliance
| between France and Germany against
! England, has reached the conclusion
| that such a move is within the bounds
of practical politics. The writer points
| out that Germany's future expansion
/ must be colonial and that France has
| similar interests. In this respect both
France and Germany are somewhat
| barred by England's widespread hold
! ingS. The common belief that Eng
land is the enemy of every power with
colonial or maritime ambitions, the
writer asserts, supplies both Frenchmen
and Germans with an argument in sup
| port of the union. Emperor William, it
| is argued, is acting upon the SUPPOSE
| ton that, much as France Dislikes Ger
many, she must dislike England more
after the Fashoda incident. The EN-
peror dreams of forming a coalition of
! central and western powers of the con-
! tinent to be used. firstly. against Eng
| land secondly, against the United
! States and, finally against Russia,
though at the commencement the latter
power will be included in the German
! firm. The National Review writer finds
| in this dream an explanation of the
hitherto almost inexplicable policy of
the German Emperor toward the United
| States. The article continues:
THE reason for Emperor William s
seeming desire to unnecessarily quarrel
with state of such gigantic strength
is that he wished to assume the position
| of champion of Europe against trans
marine powers
! The article says further: ITO the con-
tinent before 1898. the United States
appeared a huge, drowsy monster that
| spent its energy in rare moments of
wakefulness in nibbling the lions tail.
No one objected much to this, but when
the huge beast shook itself and planted
one paw upon the Spanish West Indies
and another upon the Philippines, it
became an object of real terror to Eu-
ropean statesmen. who did not know
whom it might next attack. The con-
ditions were all the more unnerving,
as England refused to walk into the
trap and turn her navy against the
United States. So the events of 1898
only served to bring the two transma-
rinu powers together
While the American university ath-
letes have been made much of during
their stay in England, they have not
| entirely escaped the criticism which
generally greeted their predecessors
here. They have been severely criti-
i ciZed, owing to the fact that they
! brought tape measure on the grounds
and checked the rings measured for
their hammer throwing; and the En-
glish public has taken every opportun-
ity to emphasize the fact that the En-
glish athletes won every event where
stamina and endurance were required.
At the best. the praise given the Ameri-
! cans has been mixed with condescen-
sions. President Hunter of the Cam
bridge University Athletic Club said in
a speech at Saturdays dinner that they
really did not know or care exactly
where they came FROM but were salts
i fed that they were real good sports
men; while Truth this week says: THE
! lesson learned is one that will do an
! immensely of good. and that is that the
4 men of Harvard and Yale are real good
| fellows SO very, very different from
what many believe Americans to be-"