Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-09
I'm .frmisfioe-The Conference be-
fireen Thfors and RismnreE.

AT last an armistice has been of
fcrcd by Count Bismarck through n
channel and in circumstances which
make success more than n possibility.
1t has been known for some days that
Nj. Theirs was tho one frcnchman
who was likely to bring about an arm
isticc. Observing men had begun 10
feel that the great historian. states.
man and orator had not visited the
various capitols and interviewed the
various governments of Europe whol.
ly in vain. After having visited Lon
don, Vienna and ST. Petersburg, he
sought out the government at Tours,
found his way subsequently TO Yer.
sailles, and, 10y consent of the Prus.
sian authorities, he has been permit.
ted TO visit Paris, see and talk with
the men in power, and return TO the
Prussian headquarters ut Versailles
The cumulative result of the labors of
the old man-for Theirs is now in his
seventy fourth years. that Bismarck
offers an armislicc Of twenty-five days
TO allow the general elections TO be
held throughout France. the armisticc
TO be based on the status quo existing
on the day of signature Later news
gives Great Britain credit for the
scheme which Thiers has submitted
to Bismarck and of which Bismarck
has approved. II all this turns out TO
be well founded an armistice may be
considered certain.
What kind of an armisiice? (? Will
it be an armistico only between Paris
and the investing Prussiansy VIII
Gambctta, who found Paris too hot
for him, and who went up in n bal.
loon, happily succeeding in reaching
Tours-will ho and the Tours gov
crnmcnt consent TO an armistice? NJ.
Thiers has been TO Tours, and We have
no good reason TO doubt that he is in
complete harmony with the men who
IN that city claim TO represent the
French nation. We have no desire TO
raise difficulties; but that the gov.
ernmcnt in Paris and the govern.
ment at Tours may differ il is not TO
be regarded as an impossibility. What
relations NJ. Gambctta sustains 10
Gen. Trochu, we have no means of
knowing 1t is just as likely that
they differ as that they are agreed |
Trochu has evidently the confidence |
OF the officers and men properly be. |
longing TO The French army and now
inside the walls Of Paris More than
that: he seems to have the confidence
Of tho members Of the provisional gov.
ernment who have preferred Paris to
Tours. Jules Favre, who is. porbans.
as good a man as Gambctta and n liz.
tie better, refuses TO leave Paris.
clings TO Trochu and runs all the risks
Of the bcleaguered city. Itis possible.
we say again. that NJ. Thicrs is in tho
confidence of the divided government
ef France-of the men who reprcseni
France at Tours and Of the men who
France in Paris-but il he
Is not, what will be the value Of an
'rmisliceg The armistico spoken of
s conditional il permits a general
election and insists on the status quo.
II General Trochu agrees to an arms.
lice, and all the prominent men who
are with him consent, that will be
wen Tor Paris. But if the Tours gov
'rnment, headed by Gambetta. refuses
70 como TO any agreement, preferring
a
Is ,hey say death to dishonor, how
v, mlll general election be possible p
The difficulty VIC have raised consti.
iutes ons Of the great difficulties crl