The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-29

His Life at Wilhelmshohe
Conduct at Sedan Vindicated.
Notes of the War.
NAPOLEON iii.
VFndicattan of the Emper0r-Tbe Emperor
conduct ut the Battle of Sedan.

INGepCnQ0nCC
The account which the Patrte has published of the
last incidents of the battle of Sedan, and which it
said 1t received from an officer attached to the STAFF
OF General Wlmpfer, has put the conduct OF the
ex-Emperor OF the French in so unfavorable light
account on the part or in the name of the prisoner
OF Wilhemshohe Subjoined is a document which
mas been communicated to US, its object being the
refutaton Of the account in the Pdtrie. We publish
1t in spirit of imparality, and because there are
sWays he deVed AS to its Value and the degres
OF confidence 1t merits, we Will content ourselves
with remarking thstit emanates from the aides-de-
camp who accompanied the fallen sovereign at Will
helmshohe, and who bear testimony in some degree
for ives aIr %ne y f5 m no Gop0 that
accused leader. The following is the document in
question:
September, which is attributed to officer OF the
a e Of the E@ero in S
Of that ths See s who had the
e be sde without stating the true facts of the
WI the Emperor that their troops repuised dis
PEI 9ba the 1@Gt nfS N ns %
be might nS9f @s aCesn them Situation At
rOr two officers Of star with letter which he pro,
person by placing him in the midst Of strong Column,
% The # n % scpce aTee SS
Der Of soldiers in order t9 save himself besides said
thinks he &c can t portion RI, of the let
peror reached the commander chief the latter I'M
parted to General Lebrun the commander Of the 2th
SELF their head and TO make the Prussian ines
men iigd, and win
h wa wa nIaSs Ian @ baf an hour teTvId e' & eacn
% @inpen wss oonVinced that his atte@p was @
layins down arms. General wipptfsn went back to
only tai the command ad interim to aix his signature
to capituaton he sent his resignation to the Emperor
shs The mark marks Of kindness which
for sake both France and OF yourself have
Ses Save MOI been able to ABOUT The TeS snd
think shall do well if leave to others the duty of
deem it
be allowed to retire. / am. etc. DE WTalPFFEN."
Ts psSS ss thf i %
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rad at niehta i snreiy faiss thai The
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Emperor asked him how the battla proceeding that
sre things are going well possible and we are
To the observation which his Majesty made that an
officer had Just warned him that eonsiderape corps of
4s enemy was 0"tnas ns" our % 'ns ~n"' re-
them do SO; we will dive them into the Meuse. and we
These are the only relations which the Emperor had
with General wmpfeP during the action, and il il
between the Emperor and the j, General: When they
epaTasd the Emperor S eeni len mos a'0
G6UWT p5 M4FRsTEEi RnnIf,
Generals Aidesde Camp OF the Emperor.
What Germany Holds Napoleon Responsible
The following article is printed in conspicuous
type in the latest issue of the North German Corre
Created some surprise in several parts of ,rope as
We can gather from numerous articles IN leading
foreign Journals, that King William, after the victory
of Sedan, should have treated his Imperial prisoner
with so much respect and delicacy, and assigned
6eatn 5 as no @ the of 9s
We have shown, in our last number, that the
King did not say, what the the revolutionary Govern
TO him that he was making war solely on the Bona
parte dynasty. The chronic passion Of the French
nation for enarging their territory at the expense
Of their nighbors, and particularly at the cost of
Germany, is too well known to King William to
allow him to lay the whole blame of the present war
on the shoulders Of Louis Napoleon Had France
been a peaceloving country, sincerely opposed to
wrongful aggressions, and valung liberty and pros
perity at home more highly than glory abroad, she
would have firmly refused her support to the En-
peror when she saw him bent on rupture with Ger
many instead of first greeting the declaration
of war with enthusiastic joy, aud then abandon
ing their sovereign in the hour of their common
adyersity. We have spoken of aba2donment, but is
it so certain that the French people have really and
so lately expressed its unfaterng confidence? 1t is
possibe but the proofs are still wanting A repub-
amid the acclamatonsi OF populace which will be
equally ready to cry as loud Tor something else to-
morrow. We are far from saying that France may
not finally and cheerfuly adopt the Republic OF NJ.
Jules Favre and his associates, but till the entire
nothing better than a makeshift. It is matter
of supreme indifference to Germany whether
France calls herself an empire, a monarchy, or a
republlc-we have had experience in all three and
ind the one good as the other-but so long the
French people have not formally announced theil
wil either by general vote or the voice of theil
representatives in full assembly, must continue
10 regard Louis Napoleon as the Sole Legitimate
ruler OF France. To the prisoner OF WihelmshohC
the King OF Prussia still desires the respect to bt
paid which is due to emperor OF the French; and
IL may be that he is not altogether uninhuenced by
wish that the future historian shall recount how
William Of Prussia treated an humbled enemy Will
generosity and magnanimity."
The Emperor's Daily Lfe-Visit to the Chateau
of WilhelmshOhe.
A correspondent writes from Wilhemshohe as fol
Iows:-
The eX-Emperor enjoys complete liberty OF action
and walks or drives wherever he pleases. Napoleon
and Murat. He often walks beyond that portion o
the park from which the public is excluded, an
does not seem TO care to withdraw himself from tn
gaze OF the inquisitive When him he lOoket
thirty years older than when saw him before
fiye years ago. The X-Emperor goes TO bed lat
and gets up very early. Lights are in his bed
room after midnight and between and O'Clock II
the morning he takes his first walk in the garden
He and his generals seem to appreciate the intens
gravity OF the situation, but the subaltern officers
OF his household do not appear to understan
me emergency; they smoke and Joke with a.
corners as II they were accompanying a successful
sovereign on pleasure trip through Germany.
spoke TO some OF them, and found them even NOR
thOughtless than they looked, which is saying grea
deal They tell every one who will listen that "Prus
sia will restore order in France" that the Empern
0f these gentlemen, who had all the manners Of
NJ the world eDerQefcallV denied on Ibp 4