, 1870-12-05
PARIS INSIDE.

EXTRAORDINARY Article from Figaro.
CaFyt.peaaeaee tSos. ls) Of tie London 1tn.a.
An article pub.lshed BY the pA1u Figaro
On the 1lth Of cs;ovenher, IL reducsd In the
lionitur tfu Selne-ei- 0ise. which appe.rs It
Versailles under the ausoioes OF ths proustau
suihodtieR. The Figaro beads its Artic1s
With tho queation, p" Arc We Loaf ?" aud pro-
ceeds to EXAMINE into the real position OF tho
capital. lteass:
Paris ia not improving: II cur ins,eneh ments are
pushed win ac,iyt1y the P1usslans are siill
more &C Ire. beatdes. We have already consumed
oecomiue seace: 1e are sSoui 70 lily upon sit
meal, and we know not, thanks . the Ietcence
Il ..,,ts tae : government, o. hnv nE hat re; =
vew, CUR position hss mot improved Some
people are comp'ettly 'iepEe.sed, and are
the old self-esum1uon md the old belief that
Hutofe Ia looEiI on nd sdn!rtng them. Lei
the ponnlat!on Of The capital so-ca,led "a, done
Ha'ctly a, ythi0g for the defence: that 1t has
R1ea'ly thwa, I'd sno impeded =; thai np y tats
sesr, ara Thar on the day wneo it shall really be
! called upon to endure those hAIdthrs It will be
les oell'coee; 4 ts quite time to tns l check
| ance. and stlsmati1e II traltots all lho!e who
speak Of pesce and Of an arnIstice. II all taoss
s e1s @ stnee The be- commsn:enens @ q tas s!sse snsy
would be vety willing 70 see N end Of T. We
h4ve not to consider the rnluc OF big Wprdx. bat
c. nviueed IN vain are we told that tho numner
ese esei q Fl e ps &
at u on the other one hundred ot Krupp's gu0a.
Then on either side there would be one hundred
seusi We eau. successfully resdaf tie
lIas,,sn st%y: cannos nops To- sonpsl It
sea,e. and ,he ua,des Aob!1es-yery superior e
the National GaaEds-are ssll not equal to rhe
I German troops In snstMbte and disctcline. II va
admit tor n marntnt thAt we can break the line o1
leVa st1rent. do We cot know that tho county, fol
tpace Of thirty lrs9ues round, has been WzAtes
and that tho bloody kacrtace necessary to atra!t
sircle tfsJ7 The whole question, then, Ls 70 know
whether We have or not 2 !el'esnE army whica
spproschlng TO o9- ald. Without L ~ our enoEt!
) sim, hut the enemy Win KIN mauy Frenchmen
aud Inc i q Of Paris viii not be averted hy ala
IL at, aeit yns any has nisSs7to bsca has MYTH
Il me government sssnred ~ that It mustered ;.
40 nleD, aud It had but 1e,ooo soldiers 70 onros
w we MI, bs 1oid that De Amy i not 5es oFesn
} tzed, hut that ahor1l1 It Will DC. Whens We car
not wait ,naennltely. or xe should nc
| need a relieving sTHE For how man
qatsou ssss "s 70 e. se''sss' .as
'leIs sEo. md We are tnausst e repsat It =
: which our provisions will suf1ce. Have 70 zatt
D On augnt wc. on the cantrag, r attempt ~ ont
adetrerare enoEt, which viii permit us 70 t1l1 vi
!. hnpot : Sel,h'F must the government forget t
; stnlner rrtdlc'lon Of ". De Btsmark, nor whit q
-the last hour before declaring that th.re nre
| father rEoyIttonA But we may he told that 4
! horeltts position We arc describing: Nol J
= whc lends TO great catastrophe II We ha
IA written these lleen II ts u arrive At this cruel
sn ssn pfngances assn1on 70 rs PsH
q Anh mag without d.-honor seek n t'ett upon b
+ orn soco1nt- PARIS Is nov erect and upstandla
Il heip ri sram nm = 8.thnus We nave m4d- that cle,
W hut II 1u4y get ln1ct upon the enemy consi1'
- sele Iosats II nsy sss tsll many Of Ms so!dls
=, very honorable conditions, but II
III Eait for famine until We have search
GO " a,ms - ,dies ~; among Inc iIaana ota
tt, the hn1rnrB which famine nr'rgs 10 It's tn
IT, Prussia wll1 then be in position 70 dictate
to ra aes ne H roe na1 Sss
tn have We p!oylstons7 Docs IL s9pect felev
!: army. and within what apace oi tine! II tue
so nsht, artl NC will uGht boldly and nersevcEsn:
but IN The other event, why shoula PaEt* sacri
i'Ee.t tot .he 1eas 81 Ftsn1a En- TG'sa ~n1a tooS
There is a story about this ne neEspspsr. s.
ma time back, Lieutenant Hoffman, 7weltt / G.
e,1 rsuv. Royai G1enadirr Regiment, being a.
~ Crown Princes, happened to speak Of
ins | went On at the outposte. what houses were
arc front, and ct the people they saw, wherein
:eN- TIE hosaa tl't"neIe - urs,e ~
led Wien Foa "ouM n5ans t@o 1sse ..s ~ =
IN. s,id rotihng. but when next be Was Oh q
~ IN he went out In advance OF the sentries,
uld 10 me 49sk Ro mAuea ~ es'T r..
~ len. which was occupied by an Euglisbu
Tho apparition Of q Prussian officer. re
yer in hand. was startling. and the den,
for the laet pari. paper equally astonish
SEQ Seeas anas.. e. n.s .as;i;e. - ~. thn
1na Vn ten Of the houso entrea'ed the officer to
~ ceive somo wins, Ia order that hs might 81
y, fbe French that the fnray had been made
. o. tie aake Of tho dtinkables. tell the tA
it WIS told 10 mo. It is au illust1at1o
ado eottnGns ~. snu ~ ~ ~ prI'.
.ht efse, Ne @h;.;, ri, m dorbt he .nnrsc;,tes