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    • M. JULES CANARD OJST FRENCH AFFAIRS.
    • AT y EM AGAIJST..
    • A BLO W FOR B(LO WE).
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      Another Military Grievance ! It Has Just...

      age of " military reform . " When will it dawn upon the authorities that the first points to consider in any scheme for putting the service in good working order , are those which have to do with the keeping alive of a good understanding between themselves unfortunatel and its members y take ? precedence Large questions and preclude which no any one consideration cares about , of " grievances , " so nothing is , ever settled , and no one is ever satisfied . We shall be glad if some impetuous young blood in the be House induced of Commons to take , the with Band military Fund reforming question tendencies up , but we , can can hope for no such happy result . The people aggrieved are too powerless and poor to be thought worth fighting for .

      64 The Tomaha Wk . [February 12, 1870.

      64 THE TOMAHA WK . [ February 12 , 1870 .

      M. Jules Canard Ojst French Affairs.

      M . JULES CANARD OJST FRENCH AFFAIRS .

      Letter I. His Love For England.—He Meets...

      Letter I . His love for England . —He meets a brother . —The bo ? id of uniofi a has le soap . "—The Sons of Libei'ty . —Hoiu to regenerate Fra ? ice— The force of habit . —" 'Hunted down "—Rochefort ''' s ill / iess . —His bra-very . Au 5 me Rue de Vin Ordinaire , 10 ., Paris , 4 th February , 1870 . heard cause Mon I from longed CHER me . Redacteur to When get back 1 left to , — the Eng It is land home some , it of was time my wi birth since th p . leasure you But have , is be it - not said by your great Shak-es-piere , " Absence by any other name would smell much stronger ? " So it is . Now , my heart burns for your land of beautiful fogs and silvery rain . I thirst drink once more your to " read real your Turkis Bradshaw -sherbet , -onepenny to eat your -aglass " hardbak . " Believ , " to e me , I do . But now perhaps you wish to hear what I have done—what I am doing" ? am M an y faith " Irreconcileable , I am a great . " man I am over the here friend —a of very the great great man Roche . I - fort . When I arrived in Paris I was met by a man whom I took at washed once for . ' a comrade He seized , for me a b brother y the hand , —he , and was said grand , — , majestic , un" Long live liberty . " I echoed his cry . He pressed my palm and whispered , " Be cautious avoid him . . " See And , over we yonder moved there to a more is a serjeant remote spot de ville . When ; let he us spoke to me we were in the Champs Elysee ; now we stood close " Wi to ll the you Seine be one , behind of us the ? " Palais he asked de l' in lndustrie a whisper . , and he peered about among the trees as if in search of some one . " Answer in a low tone , for fear lest anyone should overhear us . " " Who are you ? " I replied in his ear . " We are the enemies to monarchy , the sons of liberty , the soldiers of the republic . We intend to shake the power of the Empire to its base . We shall overthrow the throne , the aristocracy , the priesthood , the army , the law , and , . lastly , the police . " " Bravo ! " I cried enthusiastically . " Hush ! " he exclaimed anxiously . " Hush , we shall be overheard , and perhaps taken up . " " Who are the members of your society ? " « " We Yes ll — , a first most , there admirable ' s me—I choice am the —an president d who else . " ? " " Well , there are only two other gentlemen at present ; but we are expecting a third . He would have joined us long ago had not the government interfered and sent him to the galleys . " " And you three men are to regenerate France ! " We " We will sack are , the Sir , " Tuilleries he exclaimed , invade proudl Englan y ; d " , seize alone upon we will the do "bank it . treasuries of London , of and France demolish shall the flow office into our of the pockets Tomahawk , the Imperial . The cellars yield strong potations of ruby wine . Yes , my friend , France shall indeed be regenerated , and we three—me and the other gentlemen—shall do it . " I was overcome with emotion , the tears streamed from my ( eyes since , and my I visit put to my London hand I to regularl my pocket y have a clean my handkerchief handkerchief put chief was my pocket gone I once a month , ) . To my surprise , the handker"Ah my friend , " said the son of Liberty , noticing my loss , " here is your handkerchief . Bah ! you are luxurious . "

      Letter I. His Love For England.—He Meets...

      " Why did you take it ? " I asked with interest . " I From looked force with of surprise habit , at my this friend wonderful , from force man of this habit man !" who in the very heart of a revolution could yet finpl time , for attending to his own affairs ? He was a marvel . " When do you propose to regenerate France ? " I said at last . " When ? " he answered , " why » — A And few minutes then he later stopped a Serjeant short , turned de ville very strolled pale b , y and ! You ran hear away — . hunted down , hunted down ! From , the above account you will notice that the state of affairs in Paris is critical in the extreme . All the shopkeepers are in favour of the new re gime , except , perhaps , those who sell soap . And the dislike is mutual—the people have never patronized the perfumers ! Before concluding , I must tell you that poor M . Rochefort is very poorly . He has a peculiar illness , of which the following are symptoms : — 1 . He turns pale at the sight of a shadow . 2 . He faints when any one shouts . 3 . He swoons at the mention of a bare sword . Upon the strength of these symptoms there are some who doubt his courage ! Rochefort a coward 1 Why , he is the bravest man in France—on paper ! More next week . Receive my distinguished considerations , Jules Canard .

      At Y Em Agaijst..

      AT EM AGAIJST ..

      We Have Hot Yet Heard The Last Of The Ab...

      We have hot yet heard the last of the Abyssinian War . We believe that Mr . Candlish , M . P ., who was Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee last year , will move at once for the ^ appointment of a committee on Abyssinian matters . It seems that in the recess Mr . Candlish has been to Bombay , where he has collected such startling evidence regarding the transport service of the expedition , the cost of coals , and other points connected with the expenditure of the odd millions which had not been estimated question for , that . he That feels the it incumbent inquiry will on lead himself to at any once useful to re- result open the we cannot hope . We do not suppose that in our day at anyrate we shall have a second Abyssinian Expedition , and as to getting any of the money back which has been muddled away in the last console , it is ourselves simply out with of the the reflection question that . We a fresh can , inquiry therefor into e , onl the y as ways a and Parliamentary means of the Committee authorities costs is to nothing be instituted , this , additional and that , a stage nd di sco the mfi ture yssinian of those difficulty officials who so shamefull result in y the squandered exposure the public money .

      A Blo W For B(Lo We).

      A BLO W FOR B ( LO WE ) .

      It Is Stated, Upon Good Authority, That ...

      It is stated , upon good authority , that the Government , not contented with exercising a parental watchfulness over the supplies ham for & c various bwhich departments before the , such smallest as Woolwich item can Arsenal be obtained , Chatfor use , an , almost y interminable , number of questions have to be answered also ab , out to and ext any end its amount benev of olent red car -tapeism e to the gone privat throug e wan ts , of is the smallest officials details , in . order For that instance there , in may future be no if waste any employee even in wish the to have a little extra salt with his luncheon , or want to smoke an additional cigar on his way home , he will , have to telegraph to the War Office for permission , and to state all his reasons for he such must wishes follow . Should out the sam have e routine a particular andhaving desire got to ca a tch cold cold he will not be allowed to try to cure it without , , express permissio , n ; while senger , should for a wri he tten desire permit to sneeze . In , a he word must no send persons a special in the mes em - - ploy of the Government will possess , half as much freedom , publicly or privately , as an ordinary shopboy . This is as it ment should the be , and public fully motto carries of out which the policy is freedom of the Liberal and economy Govern- , while in the its neig practical hbourhoods maxim of is our tyranny dockyards and , and ruin , the vide Income starvation -tax paid in advance . The present administration is at least equal to the fewness of the exchequer . , . .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 12, 1870, page 64, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_12021870/page/12/