The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-08 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 83 1871.

in the Cis-Leithan Ministry of their functions,
and appoints Count Hohenwart to be Minister of
the Interior, with the mission of forming a new
Cabinet.

HUN GARY.
The session of the Austrian Delegation was
closed on Monday. The Chancellor of the
Empire, in his closing speech, said that the
Emperor had sanctioned the Budget for 1871, as
agreed upon by the two delegations, and had com-
missioned him to thank the delegation for their un-
wearied activity. The Chancellor, in conclusion,
said that he hoped when at no distant period the
delegations again met the appearance of affairs in
foreign countries would be less sad.

THE GERMAN TERMS OF PEACE.

By special despatch from the headquarters of the Crown
Prince of Prussia, Versailles, February 5, the correspon-
dent of the Daily News sends the following :—The ques-
tion of revictualling Paris, of sending moderate members
to the Bordeaux Assembly, and of the future form of
Government in France, are the great questions of the day.
As to the first, it is stated on French authority that there
is bread enough in the city to last over to-morrow.
From February 6 the Parisians will depend upon
what comes in from day to day. They will hold the elec
tions on the Bth, in utter dependence on the good faith of
Germany, and the conditions of the armistice. As regards
the second question, France seems inclined to moderation.
The addresses pnt forth within the German lines or in
a city like Paris, which may he soon within
those lines, are not, perhaps, conclusive of the
national tone. But es far as they go they are
moderate enough. Men will be sent to Bordeaux who

accept the situation with all its drawbacks, and are willing
to treat as becomes the defeated side. If in the question
of the future Government of France difficulties arise,
many people about the German headquarters have an
idea that the t hiperor Natioleoii has still a
chance. Other§ think the Duke d'Aumale the
coming man. The GciVel-nment of the National Defence
has so far failed as to leave the field open to rivals. It is
a great point for the French in any case to know what
they are expected to yield. The German demands must
take the form of an ultimatum, to reach Bordeaux
with • sufficient vigour. Of course the Armistice
will be prolonged if France accepts the peace
preliminaries on the German basis. It will be
impossible to complete the negotiations between
the meeting of the Assembly and the 19th, when fighting
may possibly be resumed at mid-day. The German
arrangements for overrunning France from end to end,
should she refuse to submit, will be terrible effective.
The temper of . the German troops will be very
stern should the French pursue the struggle.
Several thousand sheep and cattle enter Paris
to-day ; bread also to a considerable anTount, and
some fuel. It is thought that by the 10th there will be
sufficient fuel in the city to remove immediate anxiety.
One very probable report makes Bismarck ask for Alsace
and Lorraine, except the strip west of Nancy ; five mil-
liards for war expenses ; two best French ironclads ; and
the destruction of the Paris forts. Should the French again
resist and be beaten, Bismarck will demand a larger amount
for war expenses, ali the ironclads, and either an addi-
tional slice of territory in France or some French colonies.
Further resistance also entails prolonged foreign occupa-
tion, and great interference with domestic affairs.
With their usual energy the Germans are pre-
paring for a prolonged war. Though they feel
almost sure that the end of the war has come,
they are arranging everything to march against Lyons and
Bordeaux. Should warlike counsels prevail among the
French, fresh reinforcements will be called from Germany.
The troops already in the field will press quickly forward-
The complete conquest of France will at once be taken in
hand.

THE STATE OF PARIS,
In a communication from Vel'sdiiies; Ole iandard cor-

respondent remarks :—AII declare that the bombardment
was a perfect failure, and had nothing to do with hasten-
ing the capitulation ; as, however, every refugee one
speaks to has had an escape from the splinters of a shell.
only less wonderful than that of the next person one
talks with on the subject, it is difficult to
know what to believe. Famine may have been
the immediate cause of the surrender of the city ;
but it Is probable - that if the garrison had not
become utterly demoralised and if the
bombaf:Juient of St. Denis had not been followed with►
signal suceesg, the 33,000 horsed remaining would have
been discussed before the terns of peace. All agree in
lauding the discipline. intelligence, and bravery of the
sailors, on whom devolved the defence of the forts. The
men of the French navy have shewn throughout this war
that in marching, skirmishing, and iu every other quality
that tends to make a perfect soldier, they were not
surpassed by any troops in the French army. The
patriotism they have evinced might have shamed
their comrades in the sister service. When
driven back into Paris after their unsuccessful
sortie, many bronzed tars have been seen with tears in
their eyes. Some soldiers may have wept also ; the dif-
ference lay in the predisposing cause. Love of France
made the sailor weep; love of wine the soldier. A '
captain in the Dairy who eotntuanded the fort of
Montronge shot hiteself on Sunday Motning, pre7
ferring death to the humiliation of surrender-
ing a stronghold still capable of defence. Un-
happily, accounts reach us daily I may say
hourly—of the internal state of Parisi and the
order-loving, well-to-do people in the capital look forward
to the elections, which are to be held on Sunday, in fear
and trembling. The Communists may succeed in dis-
turbing the public peace, but I doubt any really serious
consequences resulting from their impotent frenzy. If
matters do become desperate, some picked corps from the
German army may be sent into the city. A Parisian to-
day told me that a very large number of his fellow-citizens
would like to see the Prussians enter Paris. These
are actuated by different motives; some desire it as
affording security to their property ; some others,
who have seen enough of their steel and iron, are now
anxious to feel Prussian gold ; and a very large number
wish it that they may gratify the inordinate passion of
Parisians for sight-seeing by witnessing a grand military
display. Papers from England bear out what I had
heard about the restoration of the Empire. Many here
talk of it as an impossibility, and gave that the far-
sightedness of Bismarck has in this instance been
blinded by the want of sympathy' in his cha-
racter. All allow that, in the Notth at least, the
Republic is doomed. I myself firmly belieVe that the
Emperor will return, and that he will be welcomed by all
those whose welcome is worth having. Every thinking
man in the country must see that what France now
wants is peace ; and, much as the Legitimists and Orlean-
ists may wish to see their star in the ascendant, they are
not blind to the confusion that would ensue by their
pushing the claims of either at present. If France
decides unanimously against the Empire, the diffi-
culty might be met by offering the Crown to
the Comte de Chambord on the condition of his
nominating the Comte de Paris his successor. This ar-
rangement would, at any rates have the advantage of
effecting a reconcilliation between the rival Royal Rouses
of France. I cannot believe that the horrors of a civil
war are to be added to the miseries which are already
almost more than unhappy France can bear. " There
is no chance of peace,' I hear the people say ; " the
south of France will continue to fight for the
Republic." For which Republic ? I would ask. Vol- that
of Bordeaux, of Lyons. or of Marseilles ? And who are
going to fight? The inhabitants of the large French
towns have shewn that they object to being shot, and the
landed gentry and peasantry in the south of France are
not remarkable for their Republican tendencies.