The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-01
GALLIFET AND HIS TROUBLES.
Dreyfus Case The Cause Of Recent
Cabinet Differences.

While i'll health was doubtless a
cause of General de Gallifet's ~resigna-
ton, as stated in the Paris dispatches,
the real trouble in the cabinet is
Frances terrible shadow, the Dreyfus
case.
When General de Gallifet took Office
in the Waldeck-RouSseau miniStery it
was understood that he was a Drey-
fusard, but hat he would not allow
his predictions to lead him to any
extreme measure. He was expected
to quell the active participation of
army officers n the case and also to
prevent those officers from interfering
with the government in other ways.
The army under de Gillifet was to be
the defender of the nation, not it's mas
ter.
All went we'll for a time. The truce
Of the exposition began and the out
look was highly favorable. Then came
the recent municipal elections, with
decided gains in Paris for the nation
alists-the army party. AT the re-
opening Of the chamber the opposition
attacked Premier Waldeck-Rousseau
attacked Premier Waldeck-Rousseau
for his conduct in the case of Captain
cashiered for meddling in the Dreyfus
case. De Gallifet also was a target
for attacks. 1t was apparent that
there were differences between the
premier and the war minister. De
Gallifet was willing to take severe
measures against Fritsch, but was not
as extreme as the premier. 1t was re-
waiting for a favorable chance to
throw de Gallifet over.
General de Gallifet has been promi-
nent in the army for thirty yea or
more. He entered it in 184S, when he
was but is years old, n at % he was
a sub-lieutenant. Rapidly he rose
through the grades of lieutenant, cap
tain, lieutenant-colonel, colonel and
division general and won rare distinc-
ton in the war of the Crimea. In AL
gerian expeditions of 1860, 1864, 1865
n 1868 he rendered great service, and
his regiment of African Chasseurs,
with their splendid action, elected
sian king himself during the Franco
Prussian war. AIT the siege of Paris
he commanded a brigade in Versailles
and was particularly severe in deal
ing with the c~ommunards. When the
army was r~eorganiZed the Marquis
was nominated general.
Many stories are told of Gallifet's
bravery on the field. In the Mexican
war of 1853, in which he took part as
a captain in a cavalry regiment, he
was so terribly wounded by a shell
that his intestines fell out. By a su-
perhuman effort he thrust them back
n staggered to an ambulance. The
frightful injuries healed and a cum
ningly contrived silver plate serves az
an artificial abdomen. 1t vas with this
silver plate, which would put a stop
to the military career of most men,
that Gallifet led the cavalry charges
at Sedan.
General Andre, the new war minis
ter, commands the Tenth division of
the Fifth army corps.
He is 81 years old, is an excellent
type of the well-educated French sol
dier, distinguished by physical vigor
and cool energy, as well as by intel
lectual qualities. While commander
Of the Polytechnic school he has shown
himself a skillful, as we'll as an ener-
getic administrator. He has strenu-
ously opposed the Introduction of poll
tics into the army, and it is therefore
likely that he will cooperate with the
cabinet to make France peaceful. 1t
was he who, some months ago., first
forbade the entry into the barracks
of his division of French newspapers
hat attacked the army. General de
Gallifet, encouraged by this initiative,
extended the order to all the garrisons
in France.-BaltimOre Sun.