The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-10-22 00:00:00

THE EMPEEOVEI OPINION%

A correspondent of the Liberb, , writing from Cassel, says
that he toe heard from the lips of the ex-Emperor at Wil-
lielmsh6he the following remarks on Messrs. Thiers, Jules
Fevre, and Bismarck. Ile said Jules Fevre has not
ability enough to conduct • discussion with the Minister of
King William. Ile will wind him round hie anger. I have
been quite duped by him. 1 to whom everybody agrees in
attributing penetration and taciturnity. How, then, will it
fare with M. Force, whose strength lies in his too great
fluency of speech? All these words will be turned against
him in the form of an agreement with his pacific Intentions.
M. Bignarck will throw the responsibility of a refusal on his
august SI ajesty. 'I he talent of this diplomatist consists in Ills
knowing ill.w to throw on others the responsibility of re-
solutions that bane been taken. I was without this talent
when at the Tuileries, and I paid dearly for this defect.
The Chancellor of the North is bent on making all Europe
think that it was the French people who demanded the war,
whereas, in reality, it was he and I who alike wished It. If
I had been able to persuade the French that they urged me
to this war I should still be at Paris, or I could have returned
without fear. The contrary occurred, and my fall and the
capitulation of Sulan are the consequences of that failure.
Shortly afterwards, speaking of M. Thiers, he said —"li
was bitten at Boulogne, because in my simplicity at that
time, I confided in the Minister of Louis Philippe, who had
promised me his assistance, but only to dreg me into the
net. I troubled him in England. Ile attracted we to
Boulogne in order to confine me at ilain." Count Bis-
marck, then- Emperor said in conclusion, "loan able man,
but it is his audacity that makes him so. This Is what die-
tit.milstes him from Cavour, the greatest politician I have
ever not. If Cavour had been the Sithlster of King William,
the German Empire would have been completed, and that
Without • shot."

A PROTESTANT SERVICE AT VERSAILLES.
A letter from Versailles, in the North German Gazette, de-
scribes the Protestant service held on the Sth by order of the
Crown Prince, in the chapel of the Palace. Several hundred
soldiers attended it, including • large number of the slightly
wounded, who were alibi to walk the short distance inter-
vening between It and the hospital. The choir and aisles
were allotted to the troops, while the nave was occupied by
the Prince and the officers' corps. The psalm, "Lobe den
Sierra, meine *eels," was sung by a military choir, and
another hymn was accompanied by military musk. The
sermon developed the thought that the German army were
not oily a people in arms but a people ef believers, who from
their youth learnt that unconditional Submission to duty
and that obedience to truth which constitute the specialty
and strength of the German forcer.

THE BCP.YING or ST. CLOUD.

The Octdoir describes the bansing Of nt. Cloud, as seen
from Paris. Shortly after midday a shell from Mont Vale.
rien fell on the right wing of the chide, ii, and a slight smoke
w. s mil.Ammently seen. But it was not until slit o'clock in
the evening that the flames legan to tell In the darkneas, and
then the spectacle btcame mogniticent. The wind fanned the
fire ; the horizon became blood-red ; a great smoke arose.
From the Point du Jour Viaduct the Paristans mould distin-
guish the tall windows if the Palace, and the rows of statue.,
which were black against the glare of red light. In the
morning there remained nothing hat a heap of ashes. The
huistana declare that St. Clint was set on fire to show the
Germans that no conabieration would be allowed I inter-
fere with the defence of the capital. The Prussians are
driven from the Chateau of St. Cloud, as they will be by the
same mesas from the Chateau of Meudon, If their
there la suspected, and lithe lag which floats over treeirrght
WIWI ft MA the flag Of NH GUM CollreritiOn."