The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-17 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL
TROCHIL

The Government telegrams h .ve not contributed to
cheer the public, and a proclamation of Gencral
Trochn, pasted up early on Monday moruing, wad
certainly calculated to increase the existing appre-
hension

f' The President of the Government of National Defence,
Governor of Paris, Commandsr of the Stets of Siege.—
Whereas the forests, woods, and plantations, which surrouhd
Paris at all points of its circumference, all oril the enemy s
cover, of which he will undoubtedly avail himself, to mask
the movements of his armless, arrive limier shelter within
range of tile fortifications, and manufacture famines and
gabions for the siege of the capital. Convinced, moreover,
this; the nation will shrink from no sacrifice to do it duty,
and that Nide is doMrimined to give the whole country the
example of self-secr:flce. Decrees—All the woods and plan-
tations which may be i0j•IrlOIN to the defence of the city
shall he burnt down on the approach of the enemy. The
Ministers of Finance and Public Works will take measures
that the preliminary works should be immediately Effecte I
under due supervision. Proper precautions shall be taken
to isolate towns, villager, hamlets, and homesteads from the
ravages of lire. Infismmatile material will be collected and
transported to the spot with every precaution. The fosses
of the forttecotions will be supplied with faggots and bru,h-
wood, to be steeped Is inflammable material, and tired when
the occasion calls for it

Inhattinta of -1;;;I;,—Your patience, your rest:du:ion will
throw in (lie enemy's way obstacles he little dreams of.
Give him the formidable surprise of an inuueuse capital,
which he supposes to he enervated hy the pleasures of peace,
raising Wed and girding Itself for the fight In presence of
the country's nalsfoluneti, .

(Signed) "GENERAL TROCIIn.
" Paris, Sept. IS, 1870."
[this is certainly an heroic measure. Fancy burning
down the woods of St. Cloud, Sc. Germain, Versailles,
Boulogne, sod Vincennes, and filling the ditches of
the fortifications with brushwocd saturated with retro.
bum

Pious, Bept. 13.
Conerai Troehn puled a grand review to-day.
The Minister of the Interior pn'Aishes the following war
Item :

'The bridge at Creil, on the Oise, was blown up yesterday
evening, and all the other bridges will successively suffer the
IMMO fate. The Uhlens, who were yesterday at Nogentwur.
Seine, announced that they would return to-day and bombard
the town should the bridge at Nogeut be blown up. 8,000
Prussians, most of them pioneer., are at present at
ChMons. Communication still exists with Troyes. The
White Cuirassiers are at Chaumy and in the neighbourhood,
awaiting the arrival of the army to attack soissons and La
Ft re There are 2,500 Bavarians at Vaucouleurs, and 2,000
at Vold. A telegram from Saint Quentin states that the
cause of the catastrophe at Lama is still unknown. The pre-
fect has been insde prisoner, and has been taken before
Ceneral Von Sioltke at Craonne. The wounded French
general Is kept guarded at the hospital."

PARIS, Sept. 13.

A fresh demonstration In honour of the A meriCan Legatton
took place in Paris last night. A great deminstration,
headed by M. Fa' ipilros, has also been made before the
American Consulate at Marseilles.
At the demonstration made before the American Legation
last night, Mr. Washburn. Is stated to have said i—" Like
you, I believe that the two great Republica ought to remain
united before monarchical Europe. Under the actual circum-
stances, you have specially gained the support of the United
State. but in consequence of our relations with other Powers
and of the great distance between us, my personal opinion Is
that you must reckon more upon moral than active sup-
port." Th. speech was greeted with loud cheers.
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The Electeur Ltre says that Mr. Washburne demanded an
authorisation from his Government to intervene semi-
officially between the belligeranta, to which the American
Government replied, that in view of the dispositionof Prussia
all steps in that connection were now useless, as Count von
ldsmarck declined at the present moment all intervention.

TIIE CHANGES IN PARIS.

" The changes that have occurred in the aspect of Faris
during the last elgti weeks have been as frequent and
sudden, although not no harmonious and pleasing, Is those
of a kaleidoscope or magic lantern. We 'have witnessed
every phasis of popular passion, every variety of public mani-
festation' We have passed through premature exultation at
She announcement of a war, which It was taken for granted
would be victorious and glorious. We have seen that
succeeded by astonishment and anger, grief and furious in-
digoation, unavailing regrets and profound depression. The
one emotion of the human soul for which the war has never
supplied • cause—that of joy—was witnessed for a moment
amidst the larger and more unrellectlng part of the people,
on occasion of the downfall of the dynasty and proclama-
tion of the Republic The Boulevards and public places of
Paris have faithfully reflected all the sudden and violent
changes of mood. They have been in turn thronged,
deserted, dismal, riotous, and even dangerous. At the
short Interval of little more than a month we have had
Wading them in regular rank and file with the
monotonous chant first of ' Berlin I A Berl. 0'
•llfl then ' La I, ! La lo -ivance ! a' Paris
Correepondeut.