The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-14 00:00:00

FITE SUN, LON DON, W EDNESD AY, SEPTEMBER 14,

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form. A: deputation has beett sent to. Stcasbnig to French Republican Government has ha existence so far
coupe with the commandants a the basieglic army, and as Germany is concerned, so long as it stands with-
of the besieged defenders to consider the best means of out public, fegal recognition. The • possessor
enabling those persons who wish to leave the gallant little of power was lately, by a plebiscite, declared to be the
town, to reach Switzerland, where the Federal Council Emperor Napoleon 111. With him peace may be readily
undertake to admit their goods free of duty, and are pre- concluded. In the presence of the German victories, the
pared to vote a sum of money, to assist them if in French Emperor was arrested at the head of the French
pecuniary distress. A Berne correspondent of the Con- troops; and he will resume the reins of Government. The
stitutionn'l says that the news of the defeat of correspondent goes on to say that the French population
MacMahon, and the surrender of Sedan, with the dread a- Republic, and that Germany, having obtained
captivity of the Emperor came upon them like a clap of material guarantees, will be well satisfied with a peace
thunder. The Swiss papers spoke with respect of the thus concluded
Emperor Napoleon, and said that he was a faithful ally
of their country. The Bunch, of Berne, says that the
military forces which will be 'Sent to Paris by the Germans
will be massed in the following manner :—The army of
the Prince of Saxony and that of the Crown Prince will
advance upon a spot between l'Aisne and La Seine to-
wards the northern and eastern parts of Paris. While
these are on the march- the alto: army wl4l proceed to
the south. of Paris.

The journal de Havre says that ißte eity expects the
arrival of the Prussian% and is ?fortifying itself. Two
demonstrations have been made in honour of the United
States~ The United States Consul appeared at .his win.
dows, and returned thanks 'to the cr,o,w4 in Zuglish for
the honour they had done to him _

The Burgomaster of Brussels has received, a icttp* from
the French Legation on the subjqct of the care bestowed
on the wounded of the belligerent armies, the Municipa
Council having offered to defray all the attendant ex-
penses of the affair. The French charge d'affaires de-
clares that the Belgian Government, by its generous con-
duct, has offered a cheering spectacle to foreign nations.
Upon hearing that two corsairs had passed the Straits
of Gibraltar, M. Esquiros gave full powers to M. Marne.
Colonel of the National Guard, to call out the armed force,
The National Guard has taken the initiative in making a
subscription to give General.T.Thrich a sword of honour.
The Epoca, a Madrid journal, points out in a clear
manner the new character which Prussia has given to the war
she is carrying on against France. King William and
Count Bismarck will have cause to regret the hostility
which they displayed towards the French, and they had
better pause while there is yet time. If they do not take
heed to their ways they will incur a serious responsibility.
The Epoca thinks that the influence of France has never
been so terrible fop Germany as it will be now, having
changed from Imperialism to Republicanism.

THE FRENCH PRESS ON THE STATE OF

AFFAIRS.

The Can,stitutionnel says that the despatch from Prague,
affirming that the United States had declared they could
not view with indifference the losses sustained by a peo-
ple whose Constitution resembled their own, produces a
profound sensation in diplomatic circles.

The Siecle declares that if any negotiations have been
undertaken, the neutral Powers must have taken the
initiative, for France has made no effort in that direction.
Let the neutral Powers fulfil their duty, it adds, in seeking
to put a stop to the horrors of war, but they must under-
stand that the Republican Government is the faithful
exponent of the views of the French people in resolving
to defend to the last extremity the honour and the terri-
torial integrity of France.
The Union thinks it is necessary to say over and over
again, in order that history may fully comprehend it, that
all the horror and mystery of the present war may be ex-
plained by the fact that Prussia had more than twelve
hundred thousand soldiers in arms, while France pos-
sessed no mare than three hundred and thirty-seven thou-
sand.

The Presse says that the German papers must see that
the Revolution which they hailed as a sign of dissension
among the French people, has, on the contrary, reunited
all hearts in an unanimous sentiment of resistance to the
enemy, and that the forces of France have received an
immediate addition, instead of diminishing.
The Pays mentions some recriminations which the
Siecle has made, and remarks that they 'mist bear in mind
their duty of shewing a good front to the Prussians, and
keeping silence with respect to bitter reflections and per-
sonalities.

The Soir maintains that individual action is of no avail
against the terrible engines of destruction which the
Prussians bring to bear upon them. It advises the mili-
tary authorities to relinquish the old custom of charging
with the bayonet, and to improve their weapons of war-
fare. "Let us not," it exclaims. "confine ourselves to
diligences while others employ railway carriages, and to
rural postmen, while our enemies use the telegraph.
The Opinion Nationale avers that even should the
Prussians encamp at the Champ de Mars nothing will
have been decided. France will still continue the
struggle, and it will be necessary to take possession of it
town by town. From tare north to the south, from Lille
to Perpignan, the,Pruf3sians will meet with the same deter-
mined and desperate resistance.
_ _ _

The Liberte explains that this is a war of races as well
as a war of conquest, and the Germans will recognise the
error they have committed in making common cause with
Prussia and becoming the instruments of her blind ambi-
tion.

The Gazette de France advises the statesmen who follow
Kirg William to remember the proverb so often quoted
in Germany, " God has taken the measure of the trees,
so that they shall not mount up to Heaven." [The
departmental press also contains *flections on the
national crisis.]
The Phare de la Loire insists on the importance of
having resolute men to act in the faoe of sinister sugges-
tions. It believes that France can be saved if the depart-
ments came to the aid of Paris.

The Journal de Rouen thinks the Prussians will be sur-
prised to find the Parisians as calm in their attitude as
they are firm in their resolutions.
The Progres says that men must be enrolled in all parts
to march to the defence of Paris. At Marseilles alone
17,000 volunteers had banded together, and all the large
towns would follow their example.

FATHER HYACINTHE AND THE
AMERICAN MINISTER.

The brother of Father Hyacinthe has transmitted to
the Temps a letter which that celebrated man has written
to the United States Minister at Paris. In this com-
munication, which bears the date of Bouliac, September
10, Father Hyacinthe says :
" Monsieur le Ministre,—l have been detained in the
country for this month past by the state of my health,
which has been affected by various misfortunes, and I re-
gret to he prevented from shaking the hand which has
written a letter so nobly sympathetic with my country.
This letter is a page in the history of liberty in the two
worlds. It revives the recollections of Washington and La-
fayette, and proves that if despotism did succeed in
dividing the two governments freedom had never ceased
to unite the two people. Europe, who lids witnessed the
blood shed in our heroic defeats, keeps silence still, but
already America, notwithstanding the ocean which rolls
between us has made her voice heard. She proclaims that
neither the extent of distance, nor the diversity of races,
can make strangers to each other those nations which
have one mind, and she claims for the French Republic her
young sister the right which she is privileged to define,
because she first knew how to practice it, the inalienable
right to live in working for the good of all. lam happy,
Monsieur le Ministre, that such sentiments should have
found their authorised interpreter in a man whom I esteem
as highly as yourself.

" HYACINTHE."

THE TERMS OF PEACE.

Tne i'aris correspo of the Illorrizny Post, writing
last night, says :
The Prussian terms of peace are now said to be these
three :

MANIFESTO OF GERMAN WORKMEN IN

FAVOUR OF PEACE.

The delegates of the German sections of the Inter-
national have published a manifesto to their compatriots,
of which the following is the substance :—" An unex-
pected change has taken place in the situation. Napoleon
is a prisoner ; the Republic is proclaimed hi Paris; a new
Government is established in France. After twenty
years of a shameful slatery, the French people have
arisen and resumed the. direction of their own desti-
nies. Let us acclaim the French Republic.. This
change will bring about, we may hope, the end of
the war. §o long as the legions formed by Napoleon
threatened Germany, it was the duty of us Germans to
carry on the war to secure the safety and independence of
the country. But after our successes we must not allow
ourselves to be intoxicated by victory. Tire new French
Government will seek to make peace with Germany, and
withdraw Napoleon's declaration of war. Was it the
French people who declared war against us ? No, it was
Napoleon, and France has for ever broken with him. • Do
not let us be misled by the fact that the successes of the
German troops have—rendered the war more popular
in France than it was at first. A great nation
cannot long tolerate the enemy on its soil.
It is natural that France. forgetting for the moment the
man who has occasioned her misfortunes, should only
think of delivering the country from the foe. But the
Democratic Government will be animated by the senti-
ment that the French and German peoples are brothers,
and will seek to remove the enemy from France by peace,
'But the Government must be assisted in this by the offer
of an honourable peace. In truth, France is sufficiently
punished for having so long endured the shame of the
Second Empire, and the German people ought to remem-
ber that it cannot be their duty to trample under foot a great
nation of brothers. It is the interest of Germany to con-
clude an honourable peace, for a peace disgraceful to
France would be nothing more than a truce which would
only last until she felt herself strong enough to shake off
the disgrace. It is the duty of the German workman in
particular to declare that they will not sanction an insult
to the French people. If peace he not at once made the
French Republic will be extinguished in the blood of
Republicans, and Germany will be covered with oppro-
brium, or else free France will, as in the days of the great
revolution, win a glorious victory over the foreigner. We
shall be told that it is necessary at least to take from
France, Alsace and Lorraine. Instead of securing Ger-
many against future wars from France as some contend,
such an act would make war a European institution,
would perpetuate a military despotism as a necessity for
the defence of Western Poland, and the newly annexed
provinces. It would a measure above all others cal-
culated to ruin alike both Germany and France. Those
who are not bewildered by passing events must see that
such a conclusion to the war of 1870 would as. surely bring
about a war between Germany and Russia as the
war of 1866 brought that of 1870. It depends upon
the victors whether the war of 1870 shall be
beneficial or destructive for Germany. If they seize upon
Alsace and Lorraine, France, in concert with Russia,
will make war on Prussia, whereas, if the German con-
querors conclude an honourable alliaribe with France, this
war will deliver Europe from -Muscovite dictatorship,
absorb Prussia in Germany, allow the Western Continent
to develop itself freely, and produce that general social
revolution which only awaits a similar impulse. From
all points of view then we protest against the annexation
of Alsace and Lorraine. The Germen workmen, in the
interests of France, of Germany, of peace, liberty, and
civilisation, will not suffer such an act of Cossack bar-
barism as the annexation of the French provinces.

1. Five milliard of francs (.C200,000,000) indemnity.
2. The cession of half the French fleet.
3. The entry of the Prussian army into, and the signa-
ture of a treaty of peace in, Paris.
The first two conditions present no great difficulties.
The French would willingly pay a money indemnity, and
the exact amount would be a mere matter of bar-
gain through which a middle term could easily
be reached. Nor would they make any difficulty
about the fleet, for whatever may happen, when once
peace is re-established they will no longer endure the
charges necessary to keep up, a large fleet any more than
they will endure an enormous standing army. The third
condition, however, will never be so much as listened to
till the Prussians have won their way into the capital by
sheer force of arms and the chances of successfulresistance
increase with every hour.
The Berlin correspondent of the Vienna Ncue Freie
Presse sends the conditions of peace which the King of
Prussia will demand. The Presse publishes the statement
under reserve. The following are said to be the conditions:
—After the takiug 9f Paris the King of Prussia will issue
anEsdikeirtv-Val; Wench puciple, delaariug ilat, the