The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-10
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
Particulars of the Failure of the Ar
mistice.

Particulars of the Failure of the Ar
mistice.
+ LONDON, No1ember6.
/ have already sent an account OF the semi
armfs,ice proposed BY Prussia 10 France through
General Bur, side and Paul. S. Forbes, aud eau
add from reliable Information the following facts:
No cassaiioa OF hostililies was contemplated ex-
cep for lrty-eight hours, durl"g whfcn m enelre
arnstlce was 70 take place TO enable voting TO go
on aud the returns to be made. NO reVl Iualuug
Of Paris was to be allowed. blsnaIch iast5S
that the military situation should remain entlreiy
unchanged during the semi-armlsilce. Ii tue
French could make sortie and drive tne flus-
sinns back they were at liberty to do 30. II the
Prussians cculd draw their liues c:oser or take q
fort. thew would have the same privilege. Anoth-
er imperative condition made was tnas Alsace
and Lorraine should not be allowed to vote.
fB1sHARcK's ARGUMENT
was that the cession OF these provinces as.s was
noInt I'm the controversy. the Prusslans deslrea
fr they could BY the use OF force, secure an entre
See9atlon in both provinces favorable to the an-
neTstfon TO Prussia. They would not 90 Lnat,
but should such delegations be elected tney Wouio
be accused OF using undue means 10 secu.e tuas
result; and II delegations opposed 70 ,anneHssion
were returned the rest Of the representatives OF
France would consider that they had no rlSnSs 20
vote for annexation in the face OF tne oppositLoa
az the representatives OF those provinces, speak
mo the language OF Alsace and Lorraine: BIS
maret has always declared that 0y anncxatlon ne
meant Metz, Strasbourg, and the German. speak
inc portions OF the PROVINCES. Jules Favre ob
iected to both OF the conditions, and insisted that
Paris should be revlctualled, and tnaG Alsace aau
Lorraine should be represented on those points.
General Burnsde's mission therefore ceased.
80 MTHE NEW PROPOSITION
NJ. ThIers still insts on the revietualllng OF Paris
and the other besieged places. Taere ls ina
" refuses these terms. He proposes an armistlce
OF TWENTY-FIVE days, the military situation 10 re-
main In s.atu quo, which does not contemplate
'revictualllng Paris.
Teieprams, dated Versailles on the 4th instant,
were received this morning. Thlers nad ions
conversations with Count Bismarck on the "a ana
Arm Instant. The following s the result OF the IN
teryiews: Theirs, at the nrst- interview, sho%ea
Bismarck his authorization lrom tne falls 9os' oS
ernment to arrange an armlstice on the basis pro.
posed by Lord Granville. bismarck tepheo 'aa'
It was alryery we'll as far as 1t went, Dut an au-
thorizatiou from the Tours GoVsrunens Was ats0 hs
necessary Thlers said that Gam0etta and MS
colleagues would not disavow'an agreement pade
by the Paris Government and sunporteI oy Ito.
chm and the army OF Paris. But ne woulu uluer'
take at once 70 communicate WIN tours, anu Go-
tain formal authorlzatlonin In addition 10 tue ~
formal powers already received. bismarck in-
sisted on the necessity OF conyoklng an assembly,
to speak with authority in the name OF the coun-
try. He said he was willing TO suspend actiSe @
arranged the siege operations Wouio nave iuh
course.
ArT1E SECOND INTERVIEW
Bismarck waved the point OF the Tours Govern
ment authorization and discussed the conditions
Of the armistice. He proposed that Paris should
receive daily one days food on the scale ol pres
ent ratlcns, and both oelhgerents proceed on taer
material preparations the Germans to commune 10
occupy the whole territory now held by them; to
cease to make forced requisitons, and to be al
lowed to bring forward all their stores and war
material without interruption. Thlers agreeGto
these points and asked, "Will Alsace and Lor-
ralne be permitted to send deputies TO the ASSEM-
blyY'' Bismarck replied in tine negative, but at
happened at the final interview Is not known. II
Is reported that Theirs and Bismarck have signed
an agreement which was sent to Paris to receive
the ratification Of the government.