Tha only real objection felt by Freuchmen to the appointment of Count von Waldersee is the prospect. of French soldiers being placed under the orders of a German officer. The difficulty is more apent than real. Tam informed on good authority that the Powers are taking care to strictly define the functions of the Commander-in-Chief, so that. he cannot exereise personal authority over any troops except. those of his own nationality, The campaign is to Tie conducted by a Council consisting of the eight Army Commanders, and the duty of Count von Waldersee, o whoever may fill the post of Commander-in-Chief, would simply be to supervise the execution of the plans approved by his colleagues. The international force is, in fact, to he worked. on the same principle association of clubs or societies, its policy being decided by delegates from the affiliated bodies, each of which proserres its autonomy. Count von Waldersee will have a much more important part to play a5 General of the German troops in China than as the nominal head of the nominally allied armies, because, after these armies have entered Peking and overcome the resistance of the Chinese, Germany will proceed on her own account with the task of exacting signal reparation for the murder of Baron von Ketteler. The progress of events will then be less important for France than for England, Russia, and Japan, the Powers chiefly interested in preserving their influence in North China.
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