| Show FRANCE of troublous lower around every horizon of the trench french republic true no striking nor immediate menace of her peace exists at the present time but conditions within and without her borders are adverse to her welfare and presage wis misfortune fortune to her politically she is divided into many factions among the leaders of each of which are self seek albig ang demagogues who plot scheme and labor tor for their own aggrandizement rather than their count rys good each inaction is jealous and distrustful of all the others and neither has the conal confidence of a majority of the people eardly of a respectable proportion of them in inconsequence consequence of this condition the national government is weal weak though the present is ia a time anen france needs all her strength and to lye have her people united and her government govero ment conducted by wise and strong men there appear to be no great frenchmen now mediocrity seems to be the highest standard reached by any of the present statesmen ol of prance france and she has scarcely a single general whose fame extender extend across the atlantic sufficiently to make Ws name familiar to newspaper readers in this country it boulanger be excepted As for him he has done nothing to either or satisfy the expectancy which cente centered d in him a year ago is in C als own eft country in europe and in america he is in no sense a great man and the lame wh which i eh it w was is predicted he would achieve has become mere notor notoriety I 1 and that of a kind not wholly edvi enviable le his highest conceptions seem to be devoted to methods tor for producing a dramatic effect or a transitory sensation his intellect to is of too light a weight and too small a calibre to lully fully grasp the needs of his country and provide remedies for them the french nation is languishing for a great leader aman a man who can unite her distracted factions obtain and hold the confidence of his own country and command the respect of others frenchmen treading upon german soil are subjected to humiliating restrictions many leading french journals are prohibited from being circulated across the german frontier the french foreign office is in a continual state of dread and suspense lest diplomatic coalitions may be effected which would work disastrously to the interests of france and looming above all other causes of in anxiety biety ie the ever present and plainly recognized danger that some ambitious but unscrupulous and incompetent man may make an attempt to establish a dictatorship tor ship and yet france under her present government is powerless to protect her citizens abroad to prevent or redress insult or establish internal tranquility tranquill ty and confidence the fact is the french race is deto ria rioting ting its social corruption has sapped its vitality physically physics ily french men have become inferior and were the warfare of the present age dependent for its results upon bodily prowess rather than the appliances of sc ence they would be the weakest race in europe numbers considered were the strong man to a appear for which france yearns yearn sit itis is ul it if he be could find and material ia the nation out of which to construct anew the superstructure of her former glory and power which have probably passed away tor for ever |
