The lima' Paris correspondent attaches immense importance to the "
League of the Fatherland," which has now obtained many thousand signatures. Its promoters have organised it to protect the Army and appease dispntes, but it is under- stood to be bitterly Anti-Dreattnsard. The office-bearers have recently sent a card to every officer in the Army asking for his opinions, promising not to reveal his name, and as the Government make no protest they are declared to be afraid of the League. They may be, but it is more probable that they are friendly to it, thinking that it will at once alarm their adversaries and soothe the Army. It is poesible;. too,
that as Ministers see clearly that physical force is entirely on the side of the Army, they do not care how many civilians approve its demands. In any case, when these are seriously formulated they must be obeyed, or the Republic will disap. pear. We do not suppose that any Roman Emperor cared much how many patricians endorsed the views of the Prat- toriaas. He counted swords, and yielded or was stabbed.
