14 MARCH 1874, page 9

M. Gambetta As War Minister.

T HE merits and defects of M. Gambetta as Minister of War are not unlikely to furnish a theme for sharp debate, not only in the journals, but in the National Assembly. The great......

Prince Bismarck's Taunts.

W E observed only a fortnight ago, in speaking of Von Moltke's great speech, that there appeared to be some- thing of meditated policy in the tone of ostentatious precaution......