The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-26 00:00:00

FAILURE OF THE PEACE

NEGOTIATIONS.

AN ARMISTICE REFUSED BY

FRANCE.

650000 GERMAN TROOPS ON

FRENCH SOIL.

IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT

NEAR PONTOISE.

AINTD
OSAL OF BAZAINE TO

CAPITULATE.

(°PFICIAL GERMAN DESPATCHES).
FERRIERES, SEPT. 23 (3.40 Pau.)
440. Jules Favre left yesterday for Paris, with the
for twin g conditions for an armistice to be granted
111 e Convocation of the Constituent Assembly :
thLsurrender of Toul, Verdun, and Strasburg, with
1:40,`; ew of securing an uninterrupted line of com-
iri'Acation for provisioning the German armies
titti lug the suspension of hostilities. These con-
M. Favre has declined.

FERRIERES, SEPT. 24 (1.4 P.m.)
eat •
cuar categorical denial has been given by Count Bis-
tti eg to the misrepresentations of the German con-
To,(,)118 for an armistice, published in the news from
'.l'B* Re denies that he insisted upon the surrender
St ber Mont Valerien or Metz. Toul, Verdun, and
ot 84/3,11rg were alone demanded. The outworks
posa" latter fortress being already in the
lkvieftion of the German troops, and a breach
ket„/Ig been opened, its fall was considered as a
de question of days. Toul has since. surren-
Ivo„6,; Verdun is of no military importance, but
old) during a suspension of hostilities, have
4,4 necessary for provisioning the German
%-"Po before Paris by direct communication with
telitilltii4h.Y. The Chancellor thinks, therefore, those
dons to have been more than moderate in com-
-411 with the great advantages France would
Bderived from an armistice, both for her politica
astion and for her new armaments.
TheßE RLIN, SEPT. 25 (4 P.M.)
14. a. interviews between Count Bismarck and
iNt. tiles Favre took place on the 19th and 20th
Wer,, The conditions offered by Count Bismarck
2a,d. rejected by the Paris Government on the
Va,kr No such demand was made as that Mont
(le teu should be delivered into the hands of the
Natos.

THE FRENCH VERSION.
The TOURS, SEPT. 24 (5 p.m.)
the elections for the municipal councils and for
to nlls'unstituent Assembly had been postponed, in
the equence of the intention of Prussia to continue
TWar 4 routrance.
444,....e local Government of the National Defence
the following proclamation to France :-
Igt " TOURS, SEPT. 23.
Itith e.,fore the investment of Paris, M. Jules Favre
oo re; to have an interview with Count Bismarck,
TheLer to ascertain the dispositions of Prussia.
Ilthfclloveing is the declaration of the enemy.
teli sale desires to continue the war, so as to
Agin Prance to the rank of a second-rate
faez.) Prussia wants Alsace and Lorraine,
hehtl.!te Metz, by right of conquest; and, to con-
Or k',u
an armistice, she dares to ask the surrender
littbitrashourg, Toul, and Mont Valerien. The in-
tatCalits of Paris, in their exasperation would
thilliez. bury themselves in the ruins of their city
IN; 4ceept such terms. To such impudent pre-
-°lll we can only reply by fighting to the bitter
her France accepts the contest, and relies upon all
children.”

The TOURS, SEPT. 24.
news received here from Paris states that,
preliminarytia conditions to the opening of nego-
the ,118) Count Bismarck had demanded that all
tleit;°nresses in Alsace and Lorraine should be
The
to Prussia, as well as Mont Valerieu.
c 14,4
te. local Government is about to address a pro-
the to the French people, explaining
skreaPteeent situation, and stating the fresh mea-
keau that are being taken for increasing the
ThB of national defence.
e elebtions to the Constituent Assembly will be
..uted.
•

TILP TOURS, SEPT. 24.
- conditions for an armistice proposed by Count
thePek being wholly unacceptable, the elections of
October will not take place, and the Govern-
klo,',legram.ng to decree a levee en masse.—Daily
"

NEWS FROM PARIS. BY
BALLOON.

„A 611 TOURS, SEPT. 25.
"QtQa-Z°oll bringing dispatches, which left Paris on
44y. 1\1) arrived at Evereux at eleven on the same
ktl,f3 conditions demanded by Prussia had caused
Plet:e irritation at Paris. The city was corn-
,ooo3' surrounded by the Prussians at a distance of
4ttit„t° 3)000 yards from the outlying forts. The
kilie7e of the French population was very deter-
net -;
NO person was allowed in the streets
Faris P.m. without special permission. The
Att.;,u o vernment had issued a decree abolishing
~oiof the Constitution, which established the
linc°-aitY of public functionaries. The French
ea °f battle in the engagement of the 19th inst.
44 :Ile(' from Villej uif to Chatillon, and the
ril;,hts' was due to a panic among the Zouaves of the
%lb, Wing) wo tok no part n the actio
aucl left h
wino g fell back in i
good order.n. The
a,.4 not f TOURS, SEPT. 25 (AFTERNOON).
dressed e -row MM. Gambetta and Jules Ferry, ad ;
t° M. Crdmieux, and marked "private,
by the balloon at Evreux. This note says
i 8 prepared to make an heroic resistance.