16 JANUARY 1875, Page 1
\-7,, powers will speedily be brought forward. It is known,
how- ever, that it will be defeated, and a new Ministry will then be appointed, pledged to carry an electoral law, to be followed by dissolution. The Marshal, it is said, is tranquil, and not dis- pleased to see things go on as they are ; but the Times' Corre- spondent has evidently been asked to say that if the Marshal is too much humiliated, he may be forced, by his sense of honour, to resign. That is a useless threat, as the Assembly would at once name some soldier able to control the Army and maintain order in the country. It is more probable that everything will go on for some time exactly as it is, though we note en passant the existenceof an expectation at Berlin that a coup d'etat of some sort is at hand.
