The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-07 00:00:00

1703 AND 1870.

The Daily News compares the position of France to-day
with its position in 1793. In some respects France was
worse off under the First Republic than it is under the
Third. She had then all. Europe against her, while now
she has only Germany. Then, too, she had the emigres
plotting against her at Coblentz. Whereas the Bonapart-
ists at Wilhelmshohe are comparatively harmless, Worse
than that she had the Vend4ans up in arins endeavouring
to force the Royal Family back upon France ; whereas
now the only turbulent party is that which finds fault
with the Republic for not being Republican enough. But
in all other respects France is worse off now than she was
then. She has made a supreme. effort with her finest
armies and has failed, whereas then she fought only with
raw levies— " flights of long-necked. cranes in moulting
time," as Carlyle calls them—and yet won. Moreover,
France is temporarily decapitated by the isolation of her
chief city. Never was Paris more necessary to France
than it is now, yet, unless Bisnirarck chooses, Paris can
give no aid to France. Altogether,' the Daily Neu
considers the position far worse in 1870 than it wa:;
in 1793.

An American who has just arrived in London from
Paris, says that the capitral-Cannot hold out for more than
a fortnight for want of food.

The capture of Le Bourget on the 30th was a bloody
business. The Augusta Iteg,hnent of Guards lost Colonel
Waldersee, and twenty-nine officers and GOO men were put
hors de combat. They took thirty officers and 1,100
prisoners.

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• TERMS OF PEACE..
The correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, waling
from _ Paris on Tuesday, says .—" The Government,
an official communication, informs the public tha
as far as they are concerned, they are deter'
mined not to sign any peace excepting on the condiw°
proposed to M. Bismarck by Jules Favre—that 15, n(4 to
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concede to the Prussians one foot of territory or one step.
of the fortresses. This is the outward expressed deter'
mination of the Government, but I have reason to knevi
that every member of the Government is c onvinced
a large majority of the newly-to-be formed legislative
"
stituency will unhesitatingly acccept the abandonmen_art
Alsace and Lorraine, and give to Prussia a ;,,,
indemnity. I have frequently told- you that l'"f
provinces of - France will not come to the relief
of the capital. The Government this day officiallY cc 6.
firms all I have said to you. I quote the article text
ally :—` The news which the Government of the Nation
Defence has received from Tours gives an account of the
arming of the provinces, but at the same time they 31.!
informed (and this merits the greatest attention, it prove'
that Paris cannot accept any succour from the provinces)
that all the provinces are determined to protect them
selves.' "

•
TuE IMPERIAL PAPERS.—Another detachment °I
the papers found in the Imperial Cabinet includes a c°ll,l
deutial letter from M. de Verdibre, the attache of Gene o
Fleury, to'M. Amiot " on' domestic and foreign affair':
dated February 9th, 1870., M. Verdiere thanks
friend for the fidelity with which he keeps him au courag
of events. They have just received his, account of Roche'
fort's. arrest. "Our cypher," he says, "is very c°il.
venient, and in case of need might be extremely useful
,
We do not often use the one we have with the EnoPer°t9
and, between you and me, I may say we are
little little saddened to have no sign of life 11.°0
that quarter ; you do not tell us whether 3'A)
stiffer from the same annihilation, (excuse the Nv„.°Te
of one. who has ruled our destinies for twenty years. is
ld
so much, aged ?, Is he torpid? or is it only that lie is eeo
and indifferent to his true friends. I understand that el
does not wish to wound the susceptibilities of. his n°l.
ministers by himself corresponding with an ambassn',,e:
whose offence is that he was an old servant of his prine
But if he does not wish to discuss foreign politics, he mkt)
send a simple friendly message." The' writer looks wio
suspicion on Pietri and. Conti, whom he acs for
of being jealous of their master's favour. As
politics, the French Embassy in St. Petersen
looks on, the new regime in Paris with gig
suspicion. The policy of the reign of Louis PhilliPrnce
reappearing in a strongly marked form. They expenDarend
it even at that distance. Each dispatch of Count
ties them hand and foot, and they can hardly derive 31i"8
advantage from the excellent position attained by ,i,
-General. The whole foreign 'policy seems summed up in
the extreme desire to avoid all difficulties—a praiseworth
intention, no doubt, but one likely, if carried too far, too
produce the very evils it dreads. lf Bismarck," Writ j
the attache, " knew that we were determined to do al:o
say nothing, who and what would restrain linn "it
When General Fleury was sent to Russia
was with.' the object of re-establishing relati°
interrupted since the Polish affair, but all his actions
Impeded by the reiterated orders to do nothing, to snm
nothing, which are sent in answer to every despatch sini,";
the advent of the new Ministry. M. de Verdibre,
tells his friend all this in strict confidence, finds
increasing cold disagreeable, and though he cannot Avi'
for an immediate return, as that would be bad for Fiance`
he hopes that he and his chief will not pass anothet
winter at St. Petersburg. He little thought Nvh3
changes France would see before that next winter canl°'
REFLECTIONS FROM ROUEN. The 11011e'.
correspondent of the Standard, in a letter tit'n%
date November 3rd, writes : Opinion contirini
divided as to the conduct •of Bazaine. The ktilkfo°t
the community, the fanatics and the fools, take 0
granted all that has fallen from M. Gambetta
pen in- his -last fit of - political hysteria. 1311 f
rational people, who have formed a proper estimato.er
the Tours would-be dictator, without any partiality IS,
nazaine, cannot get 'over the fact that in a Frew':
army,. of all others, where discipline and respect f°',
superiors are unknoWn virtues, Bazaine could ite,venf
have capitulated against the advice of his coune_it,"
war. So that if Bazaine be " a traitor," as M. (-0,,;
betta would have us believe, we must extend the sae'a
accusation not only to Marshal Canrobert
Marshal Lebceuf, but to General Ladmirault
every division.' general .in the- service. Now theta
is unquestionably some mystery respecting the negel;
tions which preceded the surrender that requires to r
cleared up; but there is nothing in M. Ganibetti'a past
present career that could justify an impartial observeri
in accepting his version of the story. We have li,
proofs within the past month that he does not scruple ti
distort facts, or even resort to fiction, for the purf
mpose---',
will nor say of deceiving the • public—but oaki'l'
them believe that things are better than theyare in reality'
He is not the man who would be likely to be deterred fro°
bringing a damaging accusation against one whom he con:
sidered as a political opponent by a scrupulous regard 0'
truth. :Mils, however, is a characteristic of the school r
which he belongs', and therefore,: until M. Gatabetl',3
shall have satisfactorily proved—first, that Baznifiv,
was not driven to surrender by sheer starvation,.
and, sceondly, that he' did not know early in October that
'Bazaine's stock of food and ammunition could not last be'
yond the month—all those who refuse to accept as condo'
sive evidence mere unfounded assertions will shrink frolli
endorsingthe sentence pa,ssed bythe ignorant, low-mind'i
and cruel multitude against an army which composed the
very elite of France. At the same time, it is quite as inwer,n;
tive.on Marshal Bazaine, or some of the commanders nil
him—say General Changarnier, for instance,' to give
full, true, and particular account of what took place.
'cletailed.report by the gallant veteran would be cone.S,
sive '; but as he himself took part in the negotiations vvl7
Prince Frederick Charles, and as no accusation of
treachery launched by M. Gambetta can possibly age'
hith, we may infer that the charge of treason rests on n°
better evidence than the famous sorties from Paris by th°
National,Guard which filled M. Gambetta with
speakable joy.,'' and wnich have long since been proved
never to have taken place.

RELIGIOVS TOLERATION IN TURKEY.—A no?
Bible House is to be erected by the American Bible
' Society, at Constantinople, at a cost of about $100,0ov•
(Permission to build, has already been obtained<froua tho
Turkish authorities, and the largest part of the funa4
havb 134 n raised. —Rock.

- • - ---
The Kensington News states that Mr. Eastwiciff!
1V1.P., Dr. Lyon Playfair, M.P., and Mr. Carlton 7:11
nell, who were candidates for the Chelsea seats at the
Education Board, have resolved not to go to the poll.
THE PROPOSAL FROM THE LADY'S POINT of
VIEW. —Until woman's, rights are put upon an advance', :
footing it is evident that a matrimonial engagement mot
constitute a more supreme and pre-eminent event ins
woman's life than in a man's. The time may come when'
engrossed in business or professional affairs, a woman ralv,
class her marriage among the minor episodes of her career
its higher and more memorable interests clustering roans
successes and trials of a public nature—her great cause, M
first operation; her maiden speech. But hitherto it
not so, and therefore all that concerns this central event 4
woman's life is recognised by the female novelist as e
especial spbere. We know this from the mode in which the
proposal, with all that gathers round it andleads up to
stimulates her powers. Every student of these scenes fee
,1
it, naturally, tore of less import that the hero shot%
acquit himself with 'distinction than the heroine.
is her opportunity ; her words, her actions, everl;
thing that evidences her emotions should prove th
presence of feminine perfections, if timidity p
vents their dikinct expression. In the man If
tolerate awkwardness, audacity, even bad taste ; but in
her we can endure nothing that outrages the ideal. It is her
,„
hour.; she must not come short of its demands. And
the demands of the occasion the female novelist is especialu
alive. We perceive a collecting of all her powers,
concentration of the spirits, a quickening sympathy
the proposal nears the keen encounter. The touch
of mind -with mind, of heart with heart, is
teresting to her in a particular sense. It is the
heroine's hour ; she recognizes it also as her own'
She feels that she holds the clue in her hands; it is the
momentwhen her thoughts are stronger, her perception
more sensitive, her instincts acuter than in her rival—mom
the author.—The Saturday .Review.

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