The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-28 00:00:00

peace,,
condition.ea c , bu t protests o theet se
believe,
with whom I speak, however ardently he maY desne
ainsthetreaforp
Assembly the vote would be alm2ost unanimous for lor
rather than surrender one foot of Alsaceand Lorraine'
r
That M. Bismarck would greatly modify his pretensions
l
have no doubt. The attitude of Paris, the gradual 130
sure increase of the French armies, the stubborn resistance
eeactehafotunindeda uspoantiuia
offered to the flying columns, the difficult z of obtaining.
provisions, the approaching winter, :a..rrti?l'w3rning?
that the culminating point of the ; sian victory!
reached, and that delays will be dangerous. Above
the increasing suffering, and with it,tlie increasing' dis.c4ll,
tent in Germany, will urge him to make peace if p°58111,4:
I do not think that he is prepared yet to renounce
dream of the aggrandisement of Prussia a t. 91
bc
expense of France. It is said that the eft,,.
organs in Germany still advocate it ; and that any liew"of
paper venturing to debate the justice or expediency,
this step is at once confiscated is sufficient to show 1"--.
Count Bismarck is not yet prepared to abandon his rod
gramme. In that case the war must continue until the
is reached. In a war like the present,which has become n° d
mere military contest, but a national struggle, the 001
must be decided by the pressure of public opini°ll,,,
believe that opinion will declare for peace sooner In '7l
many than in France. Taking the whole countrY thr°,,i3go;
I believe that Germany is suffering at least as inAln'
France, and she is not sustained by the •patriotisra whl
now animates her opponents.

THE BONAPARTIST CONSPIRACY'
The Independ,ance Beige has a remarkable article on an
alleged resuscitation of the Bonapartist consPirac/t.
"We believe," it says, " that if Brussels i 5
the centre of the dynastic intrigues which 11°6
been unusually active during the last few dor, °tiff
town has at least the hOnour of being one of the chi
,tre
branches of the enterprise, and we might if such a t
were not repugnant, mention certain great foreign Inu;es
who have installed themselves at Brussels, vn°f
the view of seriously labouring for the restoration
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the Empire ; and to this work they are devoting themeel:d
with an energy worthy of a better cause. Their ce
e
jutors do not even take the trouble to dis simulate thfi
projects and their hopes. All this manoeuvring go ?,t.
openly, and public order is not affected by
It would be ridiculous to suppose that the 3381gisi
Government is not aware of these manoeuvres, ,
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not even require the assistance of the Becket police te,,,70
cover them. But it shows no perturbation. It o.o° t
people to speak and to act without dreaming for a inernleser
of employing those powers which the Belgian laws 009
upon it against foreigners suspected of political Inachill;
tions, and even against peacable and unoffending foreig°oo-
There is nothing to censure in this attitude of our ,
vernment. On the contrary, we regard it with the liveuee•
satisfaction, believing this abstention will form c,
dent. The indulgence shewn towards the Bonapar"—a
refugees is a good augury for other refugees whstit
the caprices of fortune may drive to stir
shores. Destinies are changing. Franco is, to
longer the only country in the world subiee" the
crises of government. Belgium has always been bo
favourite refuge of shipwrecked politicians. She she
received the waifs of all regimes, of all nationalitieo• rat
will be perhaps called upon to offer an asylum to a grry
number of the undeceived. We rejoice to see her G° late
went ready to exercisewithout reserve and with comp it
generosity that hospitality of which she is so justlY proud so
is a real satisfaction to us to learn that henceforwan"o,
long as they do not disturb public order, foreigners, s'it to
ther conspirators or otherwise, will no longer be sub]
the summary proceedings of the Belgian police. to
not be otherwise, for the people will never agli''ege
regard the toleration of the Government as a Priing"- 11
willingly accorded to Bonapartists alone, andunrelen"—
withheld from refugees of other opinions."