Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-19


over there is great agitation, and the
Prussian general commanding that
province has asked for reinforce
ments."
Position CT Armies.
PARIS, July 18-3 p.m.-At noon
the Prussian forces occupied the fol-
lowing points: Scarbruck, in Rhein-
ish Prussia, and Newburg, in Rhein-
ish Bavaria. Both of these towns are
directly on the frontier. They also
have a force concentrated at Linden,
in Hesse Darmstadt. 1t is now gen.
eraIly believed here that Russia sus-
tains Prussia. The Coche (Red Re-
publican Organ) holds the Empire
amenable for war without pretext.
Trustworthy kilograms Wahted.
LONDON, July 1S.-The Atlantic
Cable companies have agreed to send
their foreign business via lines out
side of France.
Neutrality of Belgium Questioned.
PNRIs, July 1S.-FIgaro, in order to
show why France distrusts Belgium,
mentions the fact of General Brisl-
mentz's appointment to command
one Of the corps, and says that he
formerly served in the French army
many years ago, and held offices of
trust under the French Government,
but resigned on account of his diff
culties with his supervisors, and left
the country.
Patriotism Of 6ermaFs in America.
NEW YORK, July 1S.-Large num-
bers of Germans, lately arrived in
this country, and who, not being citi-
zens, are liable to military duty in
their own country, have called at the
office of the Prussian Consulate and
expressed their willingness to return.
Bismarck has been telegraphed to.
Agents of the Hamburg and Ameri-
can Steamship Company announce
that they viii dispatch the steamer
Silesia tomorrow at the usual hour.
The Silesia will touch at some point
in ireland or Great Britain.
French Demand from South Germany.
PARIS, July 1S.-France demands
q decision from the South German
States by noon to-day.
Russia Neutral.
PARIS, July 1S.-GOulOis says that
Sweden, according to dispatches re-
ceived here yesterday, is ready to
Join Denmark and France, if the fleet
operates in the North Baltic Sea. 1t
is reasonably certain that Russia will
be strictly neutral.
PARIS, 4 pm, July 1S.-News re-
ceived direct from the seat of war tC
one O'Clock this afternoon, says there
has been no blood shed. The Prefect
of Police issued a proclamation re-
questing the citizens of Paris to make
no more war demonstrations.
Enthusiasm Of ST. LOuls-What of Memphis
Germans
ST. LOUIS, July 18.-The Germans
held meeting tonight to express
their sympathy with Prussia in the
about to commence between
her and France. The meeting was
one of the largest ever held here.
After speeches by DIR. Hammer, Emile
PreetOn, Carl d. Cuger and several
others, which abounded in the de-
nunciatiOn ofNapoleon and the praise
of King William, Bismarck and the
German nation generally, the follow
ing address was adopted:
To the German Nation:
The despOtic gambler on the French
throne, under the contemplate preteXt
that he has commenced war of sup
preston of conquest against Germany,
the times of Melee and Napoleon L.
are threatening once more, and you
are struggling for the independence
of all nations, and for your own ma
tiOnal life. Your defeat would dis
member the German Fatherland and
make it q dependency of France.
Your victory secures German unity,
and with that her liberty. Your
triumph would even liberate France.
1t is with pride and joy that we hear
of the German people, North and
South, rushing to arms for their cOun-
try as one man. Firmly confiding
on your patriotism, your strength,
and your perseverance, we expect
glad tidings of victory for the holy
cause OF the land Of our birth.
Resolutions were unanimously
adopted that the Germans of the
United States, in order to express
their sympathy in patriotic way,
viii raise fund of 81, ,000, 900 for the
support of the disabled soldiers and
orphan children of the fallen ones;
that the Germans of st. Louis pledge
themselves to contribute $4,000 to
this fund; that the address and pro-
ceedings of this meeting be tele-
graphed to the President of the North
German Parliament, with the request
that they be presented to King Will
liam and published to the German
people.
A finance committee was appointed
to raise funds and cooperate with the
Germans of other cities in the United
States in carrying out this project.
EX-United States Senator b. Gratz
Brown, sent a letter to the meeting,
in which he says, with the interest
that appears to be the excuse for a
declaration of war on the part of the
Emperor of France, no American
can have any sympathy. We, as citi-
Zens of a Republic, can rightfUlly
sympathise only with people of for
eign country, and the defense of their
nationality has the right of homoge-
nOusness, development and their laud-
able wishes to draw within a COM
mon league of all kindred descent or
speech or affiliation, that united
faith may make of them one
nation, either for defense or erganiza-
ton. He thinks that however much
we may condemn the authors of this
war, startling impulse will be given
to many latent Democratic tend
eneies, whether France, with its
Napoleonic dynasty, or Germany,
with its federated unity, shall
henceforth be the controlling force in |
Europe, and involves, also, the ques-
ton as to whether a civil order that
appeals only to central authority for
support, or a civil society elaborated
on the basis of local self contract,
shall obtain mastery for the future
in moulding destinies of the conti-
nent. The triumph of the latter, he
believes, will rebound equally to the
benefit of the French as to the Ger
man nation. He also believes that
German unity viii in the end, work
out German Republicanism and fed
Grafton of all that great brotherhood
OF people in the heart of Eu-
rope. With the surroundings that
now obtain this can only be
done under the lead of Prussia, at
all events as the only State under
a kingly form OF government that
has admitted any political progress
and local anatomy as an element
of social organization. OF Napoleon,
it will be long years before any
foOthold for liberal advance |
will be formed under the shadow |