We recorded last week the arrest of Cluseret, accused of
treachery or corruption. He was succeeded by General Roesel, formerly an officer of Engineers, and later one of Gambetta's Generals, of whom great hopes were formed. He, however, sent in to the Commune a report declaring that he woulda not command where nobody would obey, that the Chiefs of the Legions discussed his organization, that he was ready to shoot them, but would not revert to the odious system of executions unless solely responsible, and in fact demanded either a Dicta- torship or a cell in Mame. The Commune, after a fierce debate, directed his arrest, and he was arrested, but escaped, and has. since disappeared. The Ministry at War has accordingly been confided to Delescluze, with a Pole, Dombrowski, as active Com- mander-in-Chief, and he will probably be arrested in a day or two. The motive for all these changes is believed to be mere suspicion ; but we suspect M. Thiers has bought one or two of his opponents, and that the Commune has no option. It has. still 126,000 troops, but no leader in whom they can sincerely confide.
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