The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-11-05 00:00:00

PLENTY or ULF&

A German soldier writes from Nantuell, near Meant, the
present terminus of the railway to Paris There Is plenty
of life here. all the supplies of ammunition, guns, pro-
visions, Arc ,are here loaded on vehicles of every description,
which, in an Interminable line, drawn by stout horses, are
constantly proceeding at a slow pace on the road to Paris.
They often break down on the way with their heavy load, no
that there are wearisome stoppages and delays. Stout trans-
port troops recently passed through en their way to Paris,
and on the 17th the first four Landwehr regiments. These
troops, all robins'', broad-shouldered men, made a great im-
pression on the French A peasant remarked, 'Those are
certainly the last regiments from Prussia; no more men able
to bear arras now remain there—only boys and graybeards.'
The thunder of cannon from Paris ls sometimes heard, and
theta all prick up their ears, but the monster noosed cannot
begin till the instruments are all in their plaees. Those
places are all ready on their arrival our artillery and
pioneers have arranged that. flow the earth will heave and
tremble at tot. concert. The introductory jortisthno ought
to begin very soon. Barracks are already erected here for
the wounded who will be brought from Paris." The writer
adds that a loop line is about to be construvted ala substitute
for the tunnel blown up by the French, and it will probably
be completed in a month, thus rendering the line available
op to Paris. Fifty miners are also coming from SaarbrUck
for the purpose of restoring the tunneL

THE ORIGINATORS OF THE PRESENT WAR.
The neeeisity and justice of making the authors of a war,
and not, as h:therto, merely their subordinates and trots,
responsible for their own acts before the world, have lug'
nested the idea, in governmental circles, of stipulating as a
condition of peace between France and Germany, that the in-
tellectual originators and Instigators of the present war shall
not escape with impunity says the North German Corres-
pondent. Among the responsible parties are included the
entire executive which devised the invasion of Germany ; the
statesmen who approved of it ; the mini_ tern by whom lima
recommended ; the orators who laboured for, demanded, and
welcomed it; the journalists whose constant text was war,
and who discountel the triumphs of the coming campaign.
The verdict of" guilty" or " not guilty," and the penalty to
be inflicted, would be left to • Jury composed of cit sem of
neutral [Rates, supposing these Mates willing to lend the plan
their concurrence; or, in cue of their refusal, the jurymen
might be taken from the two belligerent nations themselves.
The construction of an international jury for the puniehment
of peace-breakers le regarded in governmental circles as
likely to furnish no unsatisfactory guarantee for the future
peace of Europe.

HOLDING IT TO DM TAME !

Its Lyons correspondent of the Ilukpendance Belge,
writing on the 26th of October, says, on the announcement
by the Salut Public of the 24th inst., that Barane had capi-
tulated, an indescribable impression was produced in this
city. Nobody would believe It, but it was supposed to be a
trick of the party of reaction The crowd rushed to the
office of the Salut Pubhe to destroy the printing presses, and
the °Moe was entered before a member of the Municipal
Council succeeded In stopping the demonstration. The fol-
lowing note has been sent from the prefecture The news
reported by the Salut Public from the newspaper La France
is In no respect official It has no appearance of truth. Ido
not know a word of it, and It has surprised me As much as
anybody. I hold It to be false, calumnious, invented by
the enemies of order of the Republic and of public safety.
Those who Invent It should the dishonoured. I beg the citi-
zen@ to remain calm.—The Prefect of the RhOne, Commissary
Extraordinary of the Republic.—P. CIIALLRYEL LACOUR."

AWAY WITH YOU !

The following is an ertract from a number of the Mete
newspaper, the IndJpendant de la Mcolle, which was
published with a black border, as a sign of mourning, on
the day the capitulation was signed :—"The capitulation
bee, then, tboon signed by Beeline. The disgrace Is con-
summated, and the army, betrajed, aspoueesed of ita
horses and Its arttllery, can do no more in defence of
Its honour. It is abandoned to Prussian diecretion. Mote
the Virgin Is herself compelled to pass between the Candle,
Forks. She has still her cannon, but no longer food. Thus
it has been decided by the parson or by those persons who
command us. France ! raise no cry against the army, which
fought with courage, and which asked to continue the
struggle to the last moment. To thyself is the blame of our
disasters. It was the servile and corrupt votes of the former
representatives which prepared the way for their leaving at
the head of all the powers of the State infamous parsons,
men without principle, who believed In no right and honest
sentiment, and who laughed at the device they were on their
breasts, ' Hartnett, et Paola' They saw Intl only all annual
income and an many hundred francs. Away with you, trai-
tors, corrupt persons, pet(ta-erevei, young or old ! Misfor-
tune has regenerated the nation. Such are the decree, of
Providence, in which you to not belleve.—Mete, 2Bis Oc-
tober..

THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS!

The most remarkable things I maw at Chalons were two
French newspapers published in the town, and filled with
eulogies of the French troops and attacks of the bitterest
kind on the Prussians ;writes • correspondent;. In soul° of
the occupied towns, and especially at Chalons, the Prussians
have carried liberty of the press to • satirical extreme, and
ills almost insulting on their part to allow such things to be
said against them us are NMI against them openly at
Chalons. In breaking the parole be had given to the
Prussians, General Ducrot nays the Proores de to Marne, be-
haved nobly. "All men of Maul and honour will acknow-
ledge that not only had he • right to act as he did, but,
moreover, that in doing so he fulfilled at. Imperative duty
as a soldier and as • citizen.' Elsewhere in the elms
Journal I reed that the resistance of Paris astonishes and
discourages the enemy :" and, In allusion to the terrible
bombardment now being prepared, that,---" Am soon as the
people of Paris have accustomed their ears to the infernal
hubbub they will make It their sole object to avenge the out-
rage to which their dear city has been subjected by the
orioles of the fie; tb Calm, intrepid, careless of all sacrifices,
the heroic population of Paris will give back to M. de Pieniarck
She box on the cars it hiss received from him."