The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-25 00:00:00

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THE WAR.

GENERAL TROCITU ON THE TRIUMPHAL
ENTRY INTO PARTS.

PARIS, Tunad.y. Feb. 21.

General Troehu haswritten a foll,;wo to the Lthrt

" You ask what are my aerillments with regard to the
report a blob is gaining ground ot the approaching entry of
the German army into Parts, I will give them frankly.
After tour and a halt months of siege, after right combats
and kitties commenced by the besieged, after a b mbardmei.t
Which made so many victims, In accordance with a conven-
tion wh,cli famine alone could dictate, the enemy owes to
Paris the honours of wrz. She should have no
satiety for traditions and rules. In public opinion,
vouchers of the nobleness of conquerori and con
quered are the honour. of war for Paris, respect for the
enceinte, and for her mourning. 'the enemy wkhea to enter
Paris, not hairier forced any point of the Or, taken by
asseint the de:tubed forte r card. it the exterior defences.
If thus the government of the clty be given up to him, be
shonni alone to.ar the odium and responsibility of inch
Mimic,. As a ill, ante: s and solemn protest, the totes
should be shut ; let him open them with cannon. Disarmed,
'Parts will not reply, hut will leave lathe truth and justice of
Istatory the task of Judging."

It Is stated In Carts, that the Crown Prince of Prussia is
opposed to the entry of the Prussians Into the city.
No further prolongation of the Armistice is, it is reported,
to be acceded to to any terns whatever.

It Is stated llnt the'Berl'n ni dal re' nr, • shove tre total
tich Insect; In Jim nary to have been :fle,uoo men and 000
"ma.

1. tele Roveniment of France has now been erhelally
tecOLLised by &Island, iilll3lB. Austria, 'farkey, Ralf, Ist.o
tinate..

Libe hellovea Welt able to state that the neutral
ro.ars vitt, rertaluly not rclratu frumluteresting themselves
4... the peace negotiations.

The Prussian Government has not sufliclent locomotives
at It command for the conveyance of the wouneed, and
V!enty hare been borrowed !run the Enteru itotiaty
Company.
'De Nonitetir of Saturday says that the public mind of
P.mis is much occupied coccernlng the 111138113 to be adopted
to testily the grautmle of the pok.ulatiou for the touching
assistance rendered by the English people.

Coke rend coal are arriving at Paris in tolerably large quan-
tities. At the Open the 15004 411 Wm heated for at e test
time on Sunday week, but the service of gas or lighting the
building will not be re-established as soon as it was hoped.
Couut R'sroarck, being desirous of ascertaining the views
of South tierman statesmen upon the suilect of Lt.° tt., to 4 of
peac., hss invited them to be present at Versailles daring the
neg.diations.

The mortality In Paris from the 4th to the 10th lest. was
4,434. It fell between the 10:11 and the 17th to 4 103, In
censrAuence of the kuprovemetit In the wiallty of the food,
the milder temperature, and the diminished prevalence of
4•Ailllso1, the deaths from which were 174 hatead of 215.
Some time ago a report appeared 111 the Ecalish layers
that a Fesoc-tireur Ind been burnt alive by the Germans In
Franee Frian the 1 niertid Headquarters at Versailles It has
been ceclartil that the repott Is "Utterly devoid nit
foundation,"

ne menet list of civilians killed or wortuded by the bom-
bardment of Perla to as follows :-107 were killed outrlght-
-31 children, 23 women, and '93 men; 376 wore wounded-
-36 children, 93 women, and 148 men.
A terrible epidemic has broken out, at Loudernesu.
amongst the cattle intended for the rovictuffling of Paris.
About one tut dred die daily, and it is stated that at least
ff COO are affected more or lest.

The number of Germans expelled from France I. said to
amount to about 1•20,0tb The aversga indemnity for
direct lone. is c •Iculated at 3.000 frauc, a head, which
produces the tam of 3'30,000,000 franc..

The Versa!ilsa correspondent of the Daly Telegraph Is In-
formed that Count Bismarck and Count Moltke, at issue on
maty points, are agreed In ursn ng the King to enter Panic;
White the Crown Prince ard his Med are sold to have an op-
pmite view, and to entert .in the gravest apprehensions about
result of an entry Into the city.
it Sedan the Prussians have demanded payment of the
''.lo-5 for the tat (plarter of In°. Oa the munic'pdity re-
'.!iising to comply with the emend, they threatened to take
-away tha leading cit'zens an prisoners. The Municipal
Council thereupon pve way, and has contracted a loan of
210,000 francs to meet this requisition.

The German financlers who have been summoned to Vet.-
males, in order to deliberate on the best means of obtaining
paarnect of the war indemnity to be paid by France, are said
to be unanhorusly of opinion that not snore than one-half of
the sum which the cot. querers claim can be levied In
hullbn the rest must be taken in hills at progossive dates.
Many old famill.s in the Q taler Si. Gannett] constantly
wear mourning, and declare that the windows of the houses
should be closed, that none of the inhabitants of Paris
should te in the streets while the Prussians are pass!s g
through tin, town, that the stones of the peso meut on which
they have trodden should be taken up and carried out of the
city, and that nothlng should be allowed to remain which
hid bet n polluted by an enemy's tread.

A'd to the on.lerlng population of France fs being gene-
rously sent forward from America. On Tuesday, in addition
to prevlcus contributions, a sum of £lO,OOO ass received,
coupled with a request that the following gentlemen should
act as a committee In London, for Us eicribution in such
manner as they may deem most c Anointed to carry ont the
b h., of the dotors, keeping specially in view the relief of
tb, Uhl:me In the agricn't taut districts of Fro cc: Mr. Fe J.
Jl,ll. American Chart 6 d'Aff sires; Messrs. Hugh M'Culloele,
itustril S.urgas, and 3.0. More' n.

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.•Nmr the ho'cl from which I am writing a j•weller is
kt: g lucrative tra 'e ty t e sale of niedalli ins in silver,
i•rm se, aid vermeil, designed in commemoration of the
siege. I remarked one, neatly chased in gold, which bore
the followl: g inscription Presented in testimony of
gratitude to Mr. Richard Willi.," The Parisians appear to
appreciate kindly the timely generosity of the citizens of
Loudon, and it is proposed to present the city with a silver
statuette, to be pald tor by a son subscriptlon."—Scarepa/vr
Corrtepondezt.

At a meeting of the French National Assembly on Sun-
day, M Thiene Said that the one thing to be done was to put
an end to the evils a 11lictIng the country, anti t a the °coups.-
Mon of the Germane Re could not imagine any one occupy-
ing hnisolf with the conetitutional question while France
was in the grasp of the enemy. The remarks of M. Thiene
were received with loud applitnee. M. Jules Fevre then
timposed that a comnititee of tifteen depntlea should be
esppointed to proceed to Paris, and be in constant communica-
tion with the negotiators. The committee was appointed.
" An instance of generority on the part of an English
gentleman who errlved in Perla a few days aga dew ryes to
be mentioned. On his arrival he called on one of the leading
manntieturers here, and having obtained a list of all the
women in Ma employ who had surf :iced moat during the
siege, end whom be considered 11109 t worthy of aesistance, he
went round to each, and having relieved them Irene their
elftimlties, presented all those he visited with a mm of
money. This is one form of English eccentrielty."—Corre-
spondent of London Stand2rd.

"1 have Just returned with a and heart from poor, unhappy
Paris. Paris seemed to me the land of death. The first sight
I saw from my bedroom window was. soldfer's funeral, and
never entered a church without seeing one ; in fact, •
friend of mine counted as many as eleven passing along the
streets In less than fifteen minutes. The Inhabitants seem
broken-hearted with trouble. A man wha was a few
months ago strong and robust burst out crying when Paris
was mentioned; and I am told that during the siege when
friend met friend in the street they would pass each other
sllently by, their grief being too deep for words."—A corre-
spondent of Standard, _ . _

The Crown Prince of Prussia the other day Invited Mr.
Odo Russell to Les 0 nbrages to breakfast, and afterwards
drove him out to Ca'erien and St. Cloud. Mr ltuasell was
treated to a lecture on shells by an enthusiastic and demon-
Weave Ulcer, who was good enough to proceed to screw
out the fuze of the largest French shell in the magazine to
show how It worked. 'Ol course the shell is empty? "said
Mr. Rumen. "011 dear no, quite charged and ready," replied
the film, screwing vigc 1,1134. Au there are many shells
unexploded, General von biumenthal has ordered that they
should be buried in holes three feet deep. The ploughman
will beta more danger than he was in the days when he
turned up a big boce to admire.
When General Faidherbe (the Commander of the French
krmy of the North) was Governor of the Colony of Senegal,
he was greasly harassed by the cot Urinal attacks of one of
the African chiefs, whom he at last reduced to subjection, and
compelled to give hostages for his future tranquillity. The
chief, as a prod f of his faith, gave up his son and his
daughter. The General, tom:bed by this mark of confidence,
treated his captives with every attention, and provided ter
them the beat education that the colony afforded ; and
when, on leaving Senegal, the son was returned to his
lather, the young Africame accompanied the General as his
wife. Madame Feldherhe in both witty cot graceful, and
wilte capable of holding late own labor hushand's soc:ety.