The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-10-27
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.

ing. saws -
..ssThs terms of the caritulation of the
fortress aad garrison Of N ess have been.
agreed upon q the Prussian keadQuartersS
at Versailles. between the French Boyer
aud King William. The following are
the coodit;ons under which the ca pitula-
ton was made Marshal Bazaine signs a
treaty of peace between France apd Prus-
STA as the plenpotentiary of the Emperor
Napoleon Marshal Bazaine's army is
to be disarmed, but to remain at Metz;
Napoleon son, the Prince Imperial Is to
ascend the throne OF France, and Marshal
Bazaine is TO he nom mated regent.
THE receipt Of the terms of Metz, and
the prospective resata Of peace has pro
duced tremendous excitement in this
city. There is an intensity Of. feeling
throughout all circles, particularly upon
the Stock Exchange, where an unusually
great business was transs ced to>day."
NEW YORK, Oct. 2O,-The reported
capt. ulation Of Metz is entirely discIedited
here. =.
LONDON, Oct. 2o,-Tbe Times censures
the arrogance Of the Prussians in their
terms tor peace, and approves the Ian
guage ofthe Emperor, that no govern
ment yielding foot of French territory
as a condition of peace could retain its
power day.
The conduct of the Germans at Or
leans, according to the Prussian account,
is different from that ascribed by the
French. They were perfectly orderly,
and the occupation was unattended by
any violence or extortlon.
BRUSSELS, Oct 2O-The Etoile Beige
says it is believed Trochu, aud some other
members Of the Provisional government,
are DESTROYS of peace, while Gambetta is
imp iacable.
New YORK Oct. 2O.-The Tribune S
Paris correspondent states that Bismarck
grossly insulted julie. Favre during their
interview; ridiculed the courage and pre-
tentions of the French soldiers, and de-
clared the Prussans would have Paris if
the capture required twelve months.
The same correspondent vouches for
he statement that the Prussians shot
the Mayor of the small village of St. Cyr
! J. Ecoe because it was impossible to raise
/ the contribution of a hundred thousand
francs levied by them. The Mayors wife
died from the shock,
Authentic accounts Of such cruelties con
| tinue to be received. A
The Pail Mall Gazette says Conceal
4 "
Metz, was induced by Prussian trickery
to believe the Empress Eugene wished to
see him on a important mission. He was
allowed to visi, England, where he found
| the story mere device. lie cannot now
get permission to return to Metz, whose
successful resistance has been largely
owing to Borbaki. ...
The latest dispatches Indicate that the
policy of Trochu is to keep the besiegers
ince sSantly on the qut TIRE, and to feel
their line continually to discover weak
spot TO break through, and prevent them
from erecting batteries.
! The regular bombardmcnt of Paris Will
probably not take place for seyera! weeks.
The undertaking can hardly be accom-
plished in less than two months from the
day Of the surrounding, Sept. Is.
The plan OF the Bonarartists still ap.
pears to be to place the Prince Imperial
on the throne with the Empress as
Regent.
LONDON, Oct. 2O-Di>patches from
Hamburg state that ten French ships OF
war are outside the Highland. None are
aaratilons to meet tnth ffchGf Fethsv Prep>
been made in the Weser,
! GENEVA, Oct. 20-Flcury arrived at
Lausanne, to arrange the private affairs OF
Louis Napoleon.
A Prussian paper says: In the alb
sence of killed men from their usual in
dustry, Germany Is heavier loser than
FRANCE by the le., wa, c,. zo.-Ap Odessa
correspondent OF ST. Petersburg paper
writes that it was believed there that Rus
STA would demand Of Turkey the right OF
war vessels recently purchased Of this
country to enter the Black Sea under
Americrn colors, and that if she refused,
Russia would at once seize the Danubian
prime qualities.
New YORK, Oct ia special corr
respondent at Ostend sends from a dip
lomatlc foreign source at Berlin the fol
lowing authentic statement of the actual
number of the German forces available
for war in France. The entire strength of
the German armies now in France, includ
ding all the renforcements sent forward
up to the 10th of October, amounts, on
paper, to six hundred and fifty thousand
men. These are divided into thirteen
Prussla1 army corps, including the SO
called SIlcsian corps, one Saxon army
corps, two Bavarlan army corps, one Wur
temburg division and one Baden division
united Under one corps commander, and
seven Landwehr divisions. There remain
In Germany, actually under arms and
available to replace the losses OF the ar
mics in France, to do coast guard duty,
and to maintoin order throughout the
country, no more than two hundred and
fifty thousand.
A special at Boulogae sends official
statements of Lille, ROM, Tours and Ly-
ons of the actual force now in the field to
resist the invasion. 1t consists of four
hundred and seventy FIVE thousand men
within the encicnte of Paris; ninety thou
sand men, for the most part regular troops
outside OF Paris and Metz Besides these,
the Government has distributed arms to
eight hundred and ffty-two thousand men
throughout the provinces.
LONDON, Oct. 22-The armistice at
Nleziere ended yesterday at clock. The
bridge over the Meuse will be blown up
to day. but the bombardment will not be
commenced until more troops and muni-
tons of war are brought up The French
force within the walls Of Mezieres is COM
puied at about five thousand.
BERLIN, Oct. 22.-The Stats Apzeiger,
of yesterday, in its account of affairs before
Metz, says the sickness in the armies is due