The New York herald., 1870-11-10

the press Is tcemlog are not confined 10 this point.
Treason is charged, and strange to cay, French
soldiers, prisoners in Germany. utter the samo
words. Their answer 10 the questions asked them
Is, Nous somn,es hdht ~
EMPEROR NAPoLEos-Poor men! II is their
mistaken pride and ambition. They are naturally
10th to acknowledge or even belieye that they
have been conquered.
eSoSSEsPoSpEsr-But, your Majesty. ysn your
sell are reported to have said on one occasion Of
. ;, verse on the aed Of battle, "Je suis nahS"
E,,ry,, 6S NAroLEoS--I did not. II ia a pure
invention I'M 50 many others. What may have
said. and what ln,ry members of the government
said, was, probably, eve deceived ourselves
as to the strength of our own army
as we'll as that Of the Pruss,sns.' Az
for myself, basing my opinion upon perso nal con-
yction, have often cautioned my M Anisters
against erroneous estimates. well recolect how
often Marshal Mel pointed to drawers in his de sk
and told me, with confdsnt mien, that tho arNv
was completely organized and equipped and
ready for every operation. It was no less tho
case with Marshal Lsbeuf. ftwas probably no
fault Of their hearts,, but OF their heads. that
they would not listen to me when T
told them that we could not compete
with Prussias military establishment; that our
effective strength, as compared to hers, was in
sufficient. This was the deception. the fanlt OF
which must be shared moresprle less by oil of u.s.
and which has led to the most disastrous results.
We were to have had ready for service at q
moments notice 100000 rcserves When they
were needed, however, not more thaa, one half the
number were at hand and theseronly after de-
lay of weeks. Thus the Prussans got "aheap OF
US, as you would say. Notwithstanding all this
the bravery Of our troops obliged thai to use
double numbers Of men, &C., to gaintA asy VIC
tories. What Is the feeling in Eerlin?
CORRESPONDENTS Peace is the general: ':desre
Of the people. Peace by all meay1s.
EXTERIOR NONCOMPLIANCE, koo, needs peace.
But the conditions imposed by aCount Bismarck
are too exacting, extreme, sir. What govern
ment in France could accept the m and at the
same time maintain itself against, the outraged
people' France cannot endure so dc ep a humilia-
ton.
CoRREsPoNDENr--As to the sentinel 1t in Berlin,
the people have been SO worked up on by the
official press that It may be regarded as an Inn
possibility for even Bismarck to lower his de-
mand for territorial annexation on tn largest
scale.
EXTERIOR (with deep emotion )-Francei cannot
bear this
ConnEsroSDENr.-Conside that yotr Ma
| jesty may be recalled to the throne, and france
may yet become prosperous, though losing o por-
tion Of her territory, why should your Ma jesty
commit yourself on question of this charact,r2
EMPEROR NAPOLEON (musngly.J-You may be
| right.
At this moment the Emperor, who had been ali
cheerfuness previously, sighed for the first time.
CoRREsroNDENr-Will your Majesty have tho
goodness to explain why the provisional govern-
ment 80 obstnately refuses to hold an election for
Representatives in the Constituent Assembly,
EMrERoR-In my opinion because it Is afraid Of
the reds.
CoRREsPoSDENT-Shou they not have just as
much reason to apprehend that large number Of
Bonapartists may be returned?
EMPERoR--I do not think so. The discordant
elements of socialism, communism and an-
archy have spread terror throughout the country
and gotten the upper hand, and it is very difficult
to contend with such utopian and seductive indu-
ences.
CORRESPONDENT am pleased to see evidences
Of your Majestys bodily health and strength.
But does your Majesty feel mentally strong
enough to resume the reins Of government in case