The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-11-05
How far the

vern nient is justified BY the state Of the
military organization; with which Re-
publican France is preparing to meet
ner victorious foes, we shall know in O
lew weeks OF furthest. Meanwhile no
freeman in any country can refuse his
most cordial sympathies TO the spirit
with which these lenders of q peopie
striving to be free, and to establish free.
dom, riso to the shock of calamities
really almost unparalleled in the historv
of mankind"
BIsMANCK ON THE SITUATION AT PARIS.
The following memorial in regard to the
fatal consequences to which the popula-
ton OF Paris are exposed by prolonged
resistance, has been sent by Count Bis
marck to the Ambassadors of North
Germany:
The conditions of armistice offered to
MI. Jules Favre, intended as the basis for
tho establishment of order in France,
have been rejected by him and his col.
tongues. They thereby decreed the con-
tinuation of struggle which, accord.
ing to the course of events. onneora
| without any chance of success for. the
French people.
oinco then, the prospects of france in
this war, SO full OF sacrifices, have still
further declined. Toul and Strasburo
have fallen. Paris is closely surrounded.
ana German troops are advancing along
the Loire. The large forces before en-.
gagged near the above fortresses are now
at the free disposal of the German com.
mapders.
Tho country has to bear the conse-
quences Of q war a'ourdaoe decreea ~
tho French authorities in Paris. It's
sacrifices will be unnecessarily increased,
and its social condition suffer more and
moro dangerous decomposition.
Ihe command Of the German armies
does not find itself in situation TO
counteract this; but perceives clearly the
consequence of the resistance chosen by
the powers in France, and feels compelled
to call general attention to one point.
viz: tho special condition of Paris.
The heaviest attacks heretofore made
from this capital, ION the 10th and 3Oth
OF last month"; in which the elite of the
armies collected in that city, have not
been ablo to throw back the first line of
the besieging force, lead to the conyic.
tlon that the capital will fall sooner or
later.
If the time of surrender is postponed
by the provisional government for the
national defence until the threatening
want OF provisions necossitates capitn.
lation, the most terrible results muat
follow.
The unwlse destruction of RAILWAYS.
bridges and canals, within certain dis
tance around Paris, by the French, has
not been able to stop for one moment
tho advance of the German armies: all
communications by land or water, need
Ell for military operations, have been re-
established in very short time. These
repairs, naturally, regard military inte-
rests exclusively, while the other de-
structlons, even after q capitulation. will
prevent for long time the communica-
ton of the capital with the provinces.
1t will DO an absolute impossibility for
the German commanders, when that
case occurs, to provide one single davis
ratlons for population of nearly 2,OOO..
0OO. The environs of Paris, to the dis.
tancc OF several days. journey, since all
stores there are necessarily required for
the use of the German troops, will then
oder no resources, and will not permit
the inhabitants Of Paris to evacuate by
the roads into the country. The newt
abie result would be the starvation of
hundreds of thousands.
The persons in power in France can.
not fail to discern these consequences "a
since to the latter nothing is left but To
carry on the war proffered, the rulers of
France are responsible for forcing such
extremes.
The PRospECr IN FRANCE. The Balti.
more Sun says: It is almost incredible,
yet none the less true, that two illustri.
Gus Marshals of France, at the head of
armies numbering together $50, 600 vete-
rams, have been entrapped and absorbed
entire, within less than two months OF
each other, by a strategist of three-score
and ten, venerable military spider.
who, keeping ont of sight himself, while
the Prussan King, the Grown Prince.
and other royal figure heads have been
flaming in front, has silently woven his
web and entangled well-nigh all France
i'll its meshes. The movements of the
armies Of Prussia, organized under its
despotic military system. and directed
by the profound and peculiar genius of
Won Moltke, seem more like the opera
tion Of machines, impclled by mechani-
Cal forces, than OF intelligent beings
under the guidance of m ordinary NOR
tai. II there has been any failure in
aDy deDnrtmpnt Of tho military opko~