One immense advantage possessed by " legitimate " monarchy comes
out strongly in this war. There cannot be a doubt that the King's Adlatus, Count Von Moltke, the real Commander-in- Chief of the German Army, is one of the greatest soldiers who ever lived, a man of the class which founds or destroys Empires. i" During this war," says a Bavarian colonel of light cavalry, "I have never made a useless march, whereas in 1866 I never made a useful one." In France, Von Moltke would be a dangerous pretender, but in Prussia he is simply a trusted servant of the Hohenzollerns. The idea of claiming any self-derived authority will never enter his head, or if it did, would be of no moment, as he would be no more supported in such a claim than any -corporal. His genius, in fact, strengthens instead of distracting the State.
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