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The Duo d'Audriffet Pasquier, President of a Committee appointed to

inquire into Imperialist contracts, has made a sensa- tion by a speech in which, after exposing the corruption which paralysed the War Department, he contrasted this "generation of traders" with the lower officers and soldiers of the Army, "silent, patient, and laborious," devoted to their country alone. "This is the school," he said, "in which all our sons must be educated," and the whole Assembly, men of the Left included, enthusiasti- cally applauded the remark. It is stated that the Army Bill will ahortly be proposed, and that M. Thiere, who has hitherto opposed universal service, and the Army Committee have arrived at a compromise which reconciles all differences, while leaving service obligatory on all.

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