, 1870-09-29
PARIS.

SEPIEMBE
PARIS.
Its Social Components for"the
Siege. =,
Street Scenes During Bombardment-
Socialists versus shopkeepezA
Why Republics Fall lin France.
Protection" IN Element Of An
rFaox OCH OWN CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept 70.
lneed make no apology for accompanying
your telegraph neus with some explanations
of the besieged city OF PAtis. I have spent
three yeara there; two amongst the poor peo-
pie and the etudente, when I WAS also poor,
anothet on the rich side Of the river, when I
was poorer for having more wants. Now let
Ms try to undaratand the situation Of pa1ia in
siege.
THE USE OF IT'S WALLS
Bonaparte, the First, and zeal, dep1ored that
he had not fortified Paris when it fell 80
quickly IN 1914 Therefore, almost as much
money Is would build the Illinois Cantral
Railroad wah expended by his suceessors upon
the subject Of his regret. The Consequence
is that Paris is encouraged bohiud her new
walls to mako bloody, futile, and vain re-
esstance, when otherwise ehe would havsaayed
good lives, and submitted to ta1os, instead Of
death Thus tyrant's clustering apology for
his failure becomes 4 cause OF VOC TO later
generations Vienna Is not fortified, and sbe
quietly yielded, in 1866, to the name pruasian
Arnv which Paris Fesists. Neither Ia Berlin
fortified. In fact, 4 great hive o. people,
numbering several hundred thoutand, and not
4 seaport nor 4 strategic position, should
peSer be impeEilled by siege or bombardmeut.
The horrors OF capture hy storm, according to
the practice Of war, are scarcely woree than
the prolonged calamitics Of siege. In 1914,
Paris, at her fall, contained not far from
the present population Of Berlin, or in figures
62e 600 people. In 1867, dur1ng the s1hiLi-
ton, it numbered l,900, 600, and this was prob
ably its approximate contents whan Louis M
poleon declared wAr. Sixty thousand yeatly
births atteated the prodigfous fecundity Of the
pl&ce, and the deaths were 5000 IN the same
period. It poseesaed 60, 900 criminals a1ope
During the exhibition OF 1867 it was filled
with the surrounding nona1chs, and their
popu]aeee, and la,d claim to te the heatt Of
civilization and At this pinnacle Of prosperity.
Conceive the city Of that day, hEimming with
gayety, splendid with troops, rich in bran nav
architeetures, luminous with cafes, without beg
gars, the poorest g1isette lghtheaEted, the
INNS reaping silver, the jou1na11 filled with
intoxicated leaders, snavely taking it for
granted that there was the capital Of the Chris
tian Augustan age-it Was such a city for
| comforts, arts, and wantou atmospha1eB as
hAa neFeE been beheld. Our American cities
were business blocks and villages TO
il. There waa perfect order, get plen-
| tiful laughter eTeEyWhe1e. Tha intellect,
the senses, the rebellions Of our nature were
freely invited to go forth and enjoy. Who
could have thought that within three years
that Paris was to be the haggard and etnaci-
ated spectre that it il to-day, \ sul1en Je1usa-
lem, with the legions Of Titus hemming it in!
1OPo0HArn1CAL RAA1s.
The general aspect Of Nspoleonic Paris ia
veil Known to al swift green river drawn
like bow through the middle. spanued BY
twenty bridges IN island Of perhaps two
hunored acres in the centre; around this
Island, IS II with an unsteady compass, three
great circles drawn, the two inner circles broad
rt1eets or Ronkuards the outer circle fortii-
cations; all the three circles piarcea By two
broad straight shafts Of streets, one parallel
with the river, the other perpendicular
to it, and the two meeting 1t the centre By
the island: this IL Paris. Between the outer
circle Of bouleyards and the forti1cations
3hn =
bsain gently eloping to the centre. Within tne
inrermost circle OF bouleyaxds is the former
Parls OF tho barrlcades, in parts still winding
and tortuous, but military engineers, seeking
to reprees outbteaks there: lAve pierced the
avenues fitted TO artillery, and these are now
to serve the Prussisna' use. The whole Of
this vaunted reformation might have been
labelled BY Napoleon: "PKeparc 70 tho way
O. the FEusasans; make their paths straight"
Old Victor lingo, with an old mans memosy,
addressing the invaders, says: "Dehind ths
foti6cations you Will find the barricads i"
Alas: the possibility Of ba1ricades is past, and
the fottifcatfons Of Paris were meant By
Louis Philippe to repress Paris. and not to
protect has. In 1ssS, when the first instalment
said in the Chamber Of Deputies that the
forts wore to be held, 'snot tor Paris, but
against her;" the Deputies protested against
any series OF detached forts, and demanded
tnat ugis were Any 1oftahcasaons At Al,
.a9y saan,a % IN me io5m Ct circuit wal'e,
enemy By the National Guard or the citizens.
% 8te&t We tne 1eeAh& amongst the catizens
that the workmcn had resolved to demolish
H foftet ana they Were for time suspended.
lnese tof's 40, indeed. command Paris from
every I'M. md ao1ne Of them command little
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