The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-06
sacrifices gratutonsly There are fighting


persons In Paris, who might give us trouble
the first and possibly the second day If we at
tackled The third day, II we leave them alone,
they will be more troublesome to Paris ITSELF
food becoming scarce. We will begin with the
third day. Why run our heads against wall 2"
He smoke with the utmost confidence of this
system. and leave his views jnst as they were
stated. When suggested that, while Paris
was being thus starved into submission time
would be given for the formation of new
French army south of the Loire, he replied:
.'Not an army; only numbers OF armed people.
We took 1900 of such near st. Menehould with
a single squadron of dragons. 1t Is possible
that the Frenchman may be made good SOL
dier irf three months, but we shall not give
ed army will be without officers deserving the
name. If they insist on fighting, we'll and good.
They will be slaughtered. But 1t is pity"
PEACE PROSPECTS.
Touching upon the prospects of peace, he
inqured-"With whom Through whom
With the gentlemen of the pavement and
their representatives? When saw the Empe-
ror," he went on, latter his surrendering him
self prisoner, asked him II he was disposed
to put forward any request for peace. The
Emperor replied that he was not in a position
to do so, for he had left regular government
in Paris, with the Empress at Its head"
ONLY The lMPERlAl<
SIT is plain, therefore," continued Count
Bismarck, ''that If France possesses any gov
ernment at all 1t Is still the government of the
Empress as Regent or oil the Emperor" When
| asked If the flight of the Empress and Of the
Prince Imperial might not be regarded as an
abdication ne said, very positively, ''he could
not so construe 1t. The Empress had been
forced to 60 by the gentlemen Of the pave
ment, the Corps Legisatif had been obliged
to suspend its sitLings; but the action of the
gentlemen of The pavement was not legal.
They could not make a government. the
question waS-Whom does the fleet still obey !
Whom does the army shut up In Metz still
obey Perhaps
BAzAINE STILL RECOGNIZES THE EMPEROR.
If so, and we choose to let him go to Paris,
he and his army would be worth considerably
more than the gentlemen of the pavement ana
the so-called government. We do not wish to
dictate to France her form OF government; we
have nothing to say to It, That Is her affair.
pointed out that it would be extremely diff
cult for the French people at the present mo-
ment even to employ the means necessary lol
lookout" replied his E1cellency. "We know
what We want, and that is enough for u.s."
GERMAN CONDITIONS OF PEACE.
This observation led us to what Germany
Count Bismarck disclaimed all. desire OF in-
crease of territory or population for mere In.
crease sake, and 1t was q nuisance to have
German subjects who speak French. "But, y
he continued, sthe present is the twenty-hfth
time In the space of q hundred years that
France has made war on Germany on some
pretext or other. Now, at least, our terrible
disease of divided unity being cured, we have
conlrived. by the help of the hand of God, to
baor har do,un Tt 10 f1la RI homo to pr0ntiQtQ
her. She would never forgive ms tor beating
her, even If we offered the easiest terms In
the world, and iorebore from asking for the
expenses of the war;"
FRANCE TO be RENDERED HARMLESS
s.She could not forgive you for Waterloo, and
it was only by accident that che did not make
war upon YOU on account OF 1t. She could not
forgive Sadowa, though it was not fought
against her, and she will never forgive Sedan.
She must, therefore, be made harmless. We
must have StraSbourg, and we must have metz,
even If In the latter case we hold merely the
garrison, and whatever else Is necessary 10
improve our strategic position against attack
from her. We do not want the territory as
territory, but as glacls between her and u.s.
At the commencement Of this war, had the
Emperor displayed energy, he might have at
tackled Southern Germany before we could
have done anything, Why he did not do 1t We
100000 men ready to be moved In day. We
cannot do that-we are too poor. But France
can afford it, and having missed doing
the energetic and daring thing once, she
would know better next time, and would do 1t
II we do not take precautions, and make 1t im-
possible by Improving our frontier. Had the
attack been made at once on South Germany
We should have lost Its assistance, not because
the South Germans are not well disposed, but
because they would have been crushed. The
late King of Wurtemberg said to me one day,
You are always very frank with me; will
be frank with you. If the French were to
pounce upon my people, and were ealing a
soldiers bread In your camp, how should l
feel, My people, oppressed with eXactlons,
would beg of me TO come home and make
terms with the conquerors. The shirt Is nearer
to the skin than the coat, and should have to
do It, These were the words Of the late King
Of Wurtemberg to ME, and they describe the
situation such as 1t must always remain If we
do not make ourselves strong against French
attack on that side. That is why we must
have Strasbourg, and on improved frontier.
We will fight ten years sooner than not obtain
this necessary security
JULES FAvRE's COMMUNICATIONS.
asked If he had received any communlca-
tions from NJ Jules Favre. "Not directly" ne
answered, "but through Lord Granville, and
indeed also through Vienna. NJ. Favre Is anx-
ious to know If shall receive communications
from him, and If 1t will be possible to open ne
gotaLions for peace on the basis of the integ-
rity OF The French territory. To the first qnes.
lion, can only say that everything that comes
from or through Lord Granville will receive
my best attention, though cannot ut present
recognize NJ. Jules Favre as Minister OF For
eign Affairs for France, or as capable OF bind
ing the nation; and as to the second question
/ am only surprised that he did not ask If Ger
many would not defray oil the expenses OF the
war. The position OF the French Is worse thar
ever. Had the Emperor still been at The heac
Of affairs he and bis system had friends II
afraid to catch The contagion of Republican
ism, and consequently the Republic, If it Is tc
be, will be without friends"