Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-11
THE INVASION OF ENGLAND.

The view in generalt taken in London of the speech delivered din h French
senate " ex- Miniser of War Mercieri is most crednabe Engnshmen are IN
doubtedly rsh m stunning hal the haangue, more than n recent event
wlo open the eyeso of intelligent Frenchmen to the dangers that Turk at HI
base of NatonalSm, of which III mate frm the Loire Infemeure is he
mos conspicuous pone in the ppe chamber 1t was to b. expected that
of the present ernm had discovered 10Y uselss Mr. Kruger had been
az an nsprer OF my angerou anti British spirit am it was perfectly natural
too when w e recant hea tecedent of Gen. Mercier. that h e should make the
speech He acted with hsu sual disregard Of consequence
generals amnesty dill, in which is included the name of tn nan who's
nominations sen Dreyfus to the Devils Island is not yet law. Until it is
Ger. MERCER is in danger of being impeached by a Senatorial Eigh Cour of
Justice. according to a resolution introduced in the nat in October. 1899. He
stands charged with the secret Communication of a secret doaier to he first
Ireyfus court martial. with the use off orged documents in thu preparation of
this dossier with the estruct of the explanatory note accompanying these
documents with the useb before the Rennes curt martial Oft the mstansaton
or the ranNArdi telegram, with the prsisent assertion. before tn discovery
of the rstt three of these crimes. that the first trial of Capt. Dreyfus vas legal
All theset things have been proved. n the question for the ourt to decide
woul simply be whether the position of Minister o War "a III criminal i'm
nunty from his crimes. Zen. MERCER himself las said thai it did. tut he can
scarcely be considered a authority on Constitutions law.
1t is wasting m etc consider Merciers speech in n other light han THAT
of a National manifestauon conceived for the sde purpose OF embarrassing the
overnnen The subject itself has ben already pretty well thrashed ut in
the army naval press n n o army or nava officer careful of his profess
reputation wouh care, whatever his hatred toward EnGand to indorsea
word. A year 6 NJ. Lockroy, Tho has been minsteTo of Marine in sv-
eral cabinets. issued an elaborate statement in which he showed Frances N
preparedness for M confictw with England, M said: Thank to the valor of
the little Boer peopl W e have several months perhaps years.. to prepare FOR
great stress thu necessity or a new system of protection for French
colonies n for the coast of France itself In the discussions tina followed.
the best uthorites II thec country, while deporing the idea hat circumstances
should eve arise etc max war inevitable, clearly proved that cerainn Gala
nifty awaited every porto Of Franc should she Ike thu initiative.
Franc is practically ne better OF she vas then n whatever
my be the project prepared b y Gen.. MERCER while in command OF Nanny
corps. his attempt to make it public at this i'm ar@ee either through a desire to
advertise himself or because he wished to annoy III government by expos
ing an official document which h had no longer The right 20 divulge. Either
view is borne out by the character of the man-New YorkT Times.