. Review of reviews and world's work. n the way of Frenchprogress along the lines of political lil)erty andintelligent self-governim-nt has been the spiritof militarism and the inherent opposition of thearmy chiefs to civilian ideals. \arious inci-dents in the Dreyfus case illustrated the diffi-culty i>f maintaining freedom and justice asagainst so vast a machine as tlie French , the revelation of the intpiisitorialmethods used by (Jeneral Andre as minister ofwar made it necessary for him to withdrawfrom the ministry, it was supposf^d, as a matterof course, that his place would
. Review of reviews and world's work. n the way of Frenchprogress along the lines of political lil)erty andintelligent self-governim-nt has been the spiritof militarism and the inherent opposition of thearmy chiefs to civilian ideals. \arious inci-dents in the Dreyfus case illustrated the diffi-culty i>f maintaining freedom and justice asagainst so vast a machine as tlie French , the revelation of the intpiisitorialmethods used by (Jeneral Andre as minister ofwar made it necessary for him to withdrawfrom the ministry, it was supposf^d, as a matterof course, that his place would have to )>c filledby a soldier. On the contrary. Premier (omlieshas installed in the office of minister of war acivilian, M. Berteaux by name, and the countryis well satisfied. This wouKl seem another in-dication of the growtli of modern liberty inPranee, and of capacity for a course of politicalaction not too much dominated on the oneliand by the church nor on the other hand bythe army. THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REyiElV OF JI. BERTEAUX, THE NEW FHENCII MINISTER OF WAR. In tlie British Islands, certainly, thereDemocracy jg j^q gj^-j^ whatever that the modern //) England. t? forces of democracy are proving them-selves incapable or unfit. Many by-elections dur-ing the past year have shown the swing of thepolitical pendulum to be strongly toward theside of the Liberal party. This means notliingelse than the independent exercise of their ownjudgment by millions of people in the BritishIslands. There was never a time when so manypeople in the United Kingdom thought for them-selves and acted in politics for what they be-lieved to be the general good. .Vs for oui own country, the year 1904 Independence . ^ ^ ^ in this Coun- lias given US the best demonstration*■ we have ever had of capacity on thepart of the plain masses of our American citizen-ship to think and act for themselves in politicalaffairs. If, on the one hand, political machineshave increasingly secured contro
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