The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-19
ME EDIATIoN.
The Interview Between Favre
and Lord Granville.
NO DEFINITE RESULT.
Especial to the Tribune ]


! LONDON, Friday, September l6.-Ur
to six o'clock yesterday afternoon NJ
Theirs had submitted no other tangible
proposal to the British government, than
that the neutral powers should stimuli
taneously exert their good offices for the
restoration of peace.
Lord Granville was inclined to act
upon this suggestion, but Gladstone
thought that such an effort was sure to
be misunderstood 1t would appear
like league against Prussia, and was a
measure not to be adopted unless the
parties thereto were ready to support
their representation by force, if they
were not accepted; views which, Of
course, involved the total rejection OF
Theirs proposal. The following is the
rebuff to Thiers: The purpose was to
alarm England by declaring that
a general republican movement
was imminent throughout Europe,
and ought to be pressed by
strengthening the present moderate
Government of France. On the advice
of friends, however, he abstained from
addressing this menace to the English
Government. 1t is absolutely true, as
before telegraphed you, that Thiers is
here without instructions, credentials or
power Of offering any guarantees on the
part Of France. independently Of
Thiers, and before his arrival, the
French Government, which does not
conceal from the English Cabinet its
anxious desire for an armistice, had be-
sought Earl Granville to transmit to the
Prussian headquarters certain overtnres
tending TO negotiations OF specified
terms The answer received from
Prussia takes the form OF two ques.
ton: First Supposing the terms of
an armistice are agreed on between
YOU and the United States, can
you undertake that the French army
will abide by them ?-meaning 10y
the French army all the forces
under Bazaine in Strasburg, the army
of Lyons and all other organizations.
Second, supposing the army accepts;
will the nation? Mr.. NJ. Favre re-
piled 1--WE undertake to answer for the
nation as well as for the army. We
will convoke the assembly in the short
est possible time, fortnight at most,
and submit the conditions to that as
sembly, which should he free TO express
the national will, and to resign our
powers into its hands If such assembly
accepts and ratifies our acts, that will
be a full guarantee to Prussia. y Obvi-
ously, this answer admits that the pres
ent provisional government cannot q i've
any guarantee which, even if followed
by an immediate armistice ought not to
be repudated by the assembly. Prus-
sia's reply however is awaited, and
meantime an attempt is making to
bring about a personal interview be-
tween Favre and Bismarck as to the
supposed purposes Of Prussia to treat
with the Regency for peace as tcIe
graphed by Berlin correspondence. He
writes by post that his information came
direct from the Berlin Foreign Office.
From other information / presume ii to
be the view held and urged by the Tory
party at Berlin that the court faction
which does not appear to be Bismarck $
views but which has always retained
considerable influence over the King.
In any case it does not extend beyond
negotiations for peace, leaving France
to decide her own destinies hereafter.
Persons in close relations with Bis
marck insist strongly that he holds
very different views and that in the
negotiations for peace he will not dis
cuss technical questions nor ask 10y
what title any French Government
holds power, provided it can guarantee
the execution of the terms of peace to
which it agrees.