said Philippe Esclavier, “that set the machine in motion and provoked the revolt of the army. “At Z we had realized this war was rotten because the régime administering the country could only remain in power by means of universal corruption. It was this régime alone that allowed a man like Jacquier to remain in Algiers and continue to make money, although everyone knew that he had come to an arrangement with the rebels for Mohadi to be left in peace though he was one of the rebel leaders. “It was the actual root of the evil that we had to attack. Anything else was useless. “When Glatigny came back from leave, bringing Albert Bonvillain with him, the time for discussion was over and we had to envisage some form of action. “The army was about the only solid structure left in the State, even though the rot had set in there as in every other service. Generals were not appointed by merit but according to whether they accepted the unwritten rules of the racket or not.”
