New-York tribune., 1870-10-03

HOW FRENCH NEWSPAPERS DON'T PRINT THE
NEWS AND WHAT THEY GIVE in PLACE OF 1T.
IFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
AIx-LEs-B BANS, SAVOY, Sept 6.-Isuppose that,
thanks e. the enorgy Of the American newspapers there
is not backwoOds village in country that is not
better informed TO the details Of the tremendous
events OF the last three days than are here In ths
rich Of France, within Is hours Of Paris by ra
and In direct communication with the calitai oy "o
graph Indeed. If II not that receive regulai!'
the invaluable Pail Mall Gazette, should NM"
more nothing OF what has been going On '
the people OF this benghted town 'io F r.
mitted to know. 1t is true that the r,,c, runs
papers, Of them, are received mere 80, o most
and also get the Temps The no"sl"ioi +,,o t;,aro
road here Inv the so-called better class, aie 'no
the Gaaiois and the LiberH, while the Vl'so ,
feed Willingly on the thin pabulum iuInS" - -
Journal and the Peit MOntetr. But rc"i', -,
little difference what newspapers one l'"u "
never would have believed in the possioiliy
:, nh wholesale persistent lying as NILS inc
colpmns Of all but three OF the emei f'riS Jo"
nails and even Of those two or three' one ge'S o
l,,s at all There is lie Temps, for instances he"spa
sr nsually wellnformed and always willing to face the
ruth vet it only in its issue Of Sunday dated Monday
that IL publishes the which readers OF the Enghsh
papers knew on Saturday and which, as see by the
raers Of to-day you knew in NewYork on the same day.
and which Fridays even Thursdays, journal had per
fcty prepared them TO receive As for the mounteDahK
nevspapcrs-the Figaro the GaoS, the SOir, the LID
pers IKE lie Temps in the dark as to what was
going on3 In the dark, these newspapers Will never
confess themselves and when they have no news they
proceed 70 make mp such they think the puohc VIII oe
pleased to hear The Figaro and the Gouois run aiace
10 sec which can invent the racest Hes and season high
est the food they into the public maw Ihat puonc
indeed reminds onen these days, more than anything
else of its fayorite strasbourg geese. 1t is roasting De
fore slow fire. tied down by the bands OF war so that 1t
cannot while its keepers tax all poWerso dges
ton with continual gobbets OF the ranRest mproDaDe
Impotent 10 crush the Pussan with arms Of war, the
French take childish satisfaction in believing the most
ridiculous stories about the and accidents that
have overtaken their victorious enemy have already
recouned to you list OF these disasters 1woud make
al instructive article II some OF your able writers
would give the simple history Of what the French have
hoped for in the way Of Prussan msfOrtunes, and OF
events that were turn to their advantage In not
one OF which, believe, have they failed TO be utterly
disappointed and deceived There were the political
events The refusal Of South Germany TO join the Prus
SLAMS rising Of Denmark against Prussia and In favor
Of France the coming Of Italy to the aid Of France with
100000 men, the jealousy Of Russia in view OF the sue
eesses OF Prussia; finally the active assistance Of Aus
tra All these events were announced, day after day,
with the utmost postveness, by the whole tribe OF
Journals and assured of the truth Of them by per-
sons of character and position who all knew by means
private letters and dispatches, that they were true
beyond the possibility of mistakel
Then there were the mitraeuses which were 10 sweep
Prussan armies out of existence as soon as they ap
reared in front Of the French there the dysenery
that was to make short work OF the whole barbarlc
horde there famine that to devour them' and
utter want Of money that was TO dwndle them linen,
IN these later days. there was MacMahOns strategy,
which must inevitably succeed, and BaZaine who
could not be beaten aud nOw that the whole house OF
cards has tumbed miseraby down, we have the news
papers printing and the people believing that an army
100000 entered Baden; that Prince Frederic
dfqdt tho 9th daV- a
last best oke Of ALL that the King Of Prussia has gone
ravng mad This precious bit Of news was, believe,
originated by the Figaro. but twas such welcome piece
intelligence that several other journals made haste 10
copy IT, The way the Figaro put 1t may amuse You,
YOU seen it. To read the following you would
certainly believe that there must have been an
atom OF so of truth TO begin with. But IT isn't
French cooks alone who know how TO make
an excellent soup with nothing but stone
for stock French journalists perform feats equally
Incredible "a letter from Rastadt" says Figaro, glves
us new details concerning the fact already announced
of The insanity OF the King Of Prussia 1t Is In truth
nothing than inherited malady which has long
been In abeyance with this member Of the family but
which the awful disaster Of Jaumont has stimulated
into activity We assured that King William passed
through Heidelberg the goth OF August on the way to
Berlin I'm charge OF superior officers. His madness,
toAieh is Of furious character, showed ITSELF first, by
the most fantastic capces such the dismissal OF the
old Cen stenmetz followed by his immediate resora-
warned by NJ. de Bismarck only waits the arrival Of
Gen Won Kansten 10 Berlin to give his personal
attention to the royal maniac. The Queen, Informed at
the same time by NJ dc Bismarck, sent Gen DoWenfeld
AT once to the army, who obliged to bring back
confirmation OF the news. NJ. de Bismarck himself
passed through Mayence on the 27th, Fastening
with all speed TO Berlin In order to prepare
for the grave events TO which this serious incident cannot
fail to give rise" fashion twenty other stories
equally false have a1Oat by these wideawake
lenders OF the blind the sale Of the newspapers that
have thus far provided the OF keeping up the
eversh excitement OF the Parsans has been great as
20 encourage every who had ttened good breed OF
lie 10 bring il at market Here newspaper lie
Courier de LKon published its title indicates in the
second great city OF France and leader Of opinion In its
region quote one from article purporting
10 give the latest 1t was published on Saturday,
the sd inst relates the battles round Sedan. "It
is not possible doubt any longer We have gained
another victory, victory more important then those
OF Borny, Grayeotte and Jsumont Will these Prussan
gentlemen still claim the victory for themsevesi II this
news is true and how doubt IT, after the proofs
have advanced the enemys army must be completely
snulhilated On this day, Saturday, the Pail Mall
Gazette had on its first page two leading articles,
headed Emperor's Surrender" the other, "The
French Defeats" and in its columns there
details sufficient 10 put the extent Of the disaster
beyond question. may add that week at least, earlier,
the able military critic in that enterprising journal had
predicted the whole consequence Of McMahons strate-
gy" aud rated that Generals ability at it, true worth
&C.
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