The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-19

France. Nav they prose sincere In their dec. ara.
tlons, and have really directed them only against
pro Slain nv son. under the title OF Napoleon H..
Emperor OF the French" He further stated that
UOunoiI OF the government; and he invited the
Chambers TO form without delay the regency by
In their Debates, the nomination OF his son b p tSs
succession was eluded, and commission was nomI-
mated for the purpose or Professionally exercising
the functions Of government.
B0napartc, from the period Of his RESIGNATION.
entirety ceased to appear ON the public scene and
sell. The general impression, however was that ne
had proceeded to the western coast for the purpose
OF Watching an opportunity OF embarkng to Amer
lea. oucn afterwards proved to be the facts but
finding Il impossible to eude the British cruisers on
July ID he surrendered himself the Bellerophon,
The vessel Immediately set sail for England. where
no was not allowed 10 land but by the decision OF the
he Ts ro y" was e. ST. Helena 70 spena
ms 8i0ricS and all hts dlscomhtures.
RETURN OF LOUIS XVIII,
After the victory OF Waterloo the allied armies
rapidly advanced towards Paris, meeting some little
Opposition on the way and received the captuation
msanSi9s Sad moved 70 Cambray, where on June
rs ho issued . proclamation 70 the French people,
.rsrOnArioN OF WORKS OF ART.
Ono OF tho greatest puntshments that was In
nicted upon Paris for the part il took IN Napoeon's
Hast disturbance OF the peace Of Europe the loss
OF the works OF art which Emperor had pillaged
nom the lands he had overrun and which had been
Louvre and had made the richest gallery IN the the
world These were now returned to the palaces, tho
museurls and the churches from whence they had
been ruthlessiy taken, and, says Alison, nothing
wounded the French SO profoundly as this breaking
up Of the trophies Of war. 1t told them, in Ian
Guage not to be misunderstood, that conquest had
now reached their doors; the IRON into the soul
. p THE DEFINITE TREATY-pARIs, 1916.
The new war that had been waged by France re-
Quired that 1t should be succeeded by new treaty
OF peace. But the allies were this time not content
to grant such liberal terms as they had awarded in
the preceding year. and some Of them even demanded
the CO sion OF the most important provinces OF
which the Bourbon princes had despoled their
insisted se6n assnx 5aSE sso9 s
and Spain put in claim to the Basque provinces,
fortified positions on their frontiers. Russia, VINO
had nothing to gain. supported France. The claim.
ants that they might the better support their pre-
tensions IN the debate maintained their armies,
which had entered on all sides on the French SOIL
20 that above 100000 troops were guartered on the
was protraoted at Paris till late in the autumn. and
1t was not until November co. 1915 that all dicul.
ties were adjusted and the second treaty OF Paris
r CONDITIONS OF THE FINAL TREATY
Though the treaty was far from being as severe as
some Of the allies would have made IT, still the con.
ditl0ns were OF very oper0us kind. The basis laid
down by the allied Powers was that the fdemnity
due to them for their eXertions occasoned by
the late enterprise OF Napoleon could not be COM
prLsed entirely In cessions Of territory in pecuniary
payments without being injurious to the interests OF
VTuuCts duu tLLdt consequently IL Was Qe3lrOuS 10
unite them also that 1t was necessary for time TO
Keep the frontier provinces Of France occupied by
number Of the allied troops. or the articles which
followed the first declared that the French frontiers
should 90 restored to the position IN. whicl they
were in 1890, with the exception OF some modifca-
slons OF territory the borders Of Belgium ana
tho upper Rhine and In the vicinity OF Geneva, the
whole not considerable tn extent. but important in
obtained Phiiippeviiie and MaiienDurg with the
forsesse, 60 called. together with the whole OF the
sarrebruck were added TO Rhenlsh Prussia,
and al the territory on the left bank
S sus ~ wa ,n me the toTes; Of Landau
through which the river runs to remain entirely
to France with rdvo on the LETT bank, not exceed
territorial exchange with BAVARIA transferred her
Rhenish possessions to that Power, and Landau be-
was also ceded to the Heiyetic Conedsracy in order
to unite the canton Of Geneva with the rest of Swift
zeFand Beyond that point to the Mediterranean
which, In 1700, separated France from Savoy and
the county. Of Nice, by which change a portion OF
Savoy that In 1914 remained to France was restored
to the King Of Sardinia. AS the reader is aware
both Savoy and Nice now belong to France Napoleon
the Third having obtained them as the price
tho treaty OF Paris OF 1914 had reestablished
between France and the principality Of Monaco
to exist between the Principality and the King OF
Sardinia. In addition to these arrangements the
forti1catlons Of the French fortress OF Huningen,
which commanded the city OF Basic, was To be de.
molished, and no other fortincations were to be
erected at less than distance OF three leagues from
The indemnity In money to the allied Powers was
liked at 900 francs (e140, 000 the modes
and periods Of payment being regulated by a separ-
etc convention. It was further stipulated that an
army Of $50 600 men, composed of 5000 from each
OF the four great Powers and 10000 from the lesser
NOTICES. than three nor more than five years the
f0rtresses of France seventeen in Number, along
the ironsiers OF French Flanders Champagne Lor.
wa,a m ho
tanned BY France and placed under comlnander-in.
chief nominated by the allied Powers. The com
1erred upon the Duke OF Wellington. The rest OF
the foreign troops were to evacuate French terri
In addition to the sum which France had to nav
TO the alies for the expenses OF the last war the DIFF
ferent Powers obtained indemnites Tor the spo.Ia-
tons indicted on them by France during the Revolu-
ton, which amounted to the enormous sum or
7S6 900 francs ($147 00o. France had also to
ProvG provide 1o 900 1rancs ooo to the smaller
60 that the total sums which she had to pay
amounted to no less than s3O7 600 in addition to
Such ives the bitter cup OF humiliation which France
vas doomed 70 drain after SO many t1umphs over
she was made to feel what she had formerly indicted
on Germany. Italy and Spain. - M ~
t..eat- 4 % d THE HOLY ALLIANCE.
soon after the Congress Of Vienna had finished its
1abors, and while the definite treaty OF Paris was
under discussion, the three Powers OF Russia, Aus.
trfa and Prussia concluded on September 2s 1918.
TO the dictates OF their reilly ms has been styled the
Holy Alliance. The only particular stipulation, II
stipulation can be called, is conveyed In the first
article, which runs thus
Coniormab 70 The word. Of the Holy Scriptures which
command all men to consider each other brethren
three contracting nonarohs will remain united by bonds
Of true and ndsoiuble fraternity, and considering
othcc - felowoounrymen, they will all occasions
81 places lend each other aid and and regard
towards their subjects and armies fathers
OF famIIles they will lead them In the spirit Of
peace and Justice.
The King Of England declined to enter into this
alliance, taking advantage Of Its inconsisenCy with
the constitutional usages of his country beng signed
BY the s0vereigns themselves and not their Minis.
tors; however, statement made by Lord Castle.
reagh In Parliament appeared to intimate that the
English government had no other objection to the
treaty. Three years later In 1878, England was
party to treaties more consistent both in form and
substance with the usages OF Europe These treaties
concluded at Aixla Chapele. between Austria Prus-
sia. France and England, are often confounded with
not only in the absence OF all afrectaon of notions
not usually av0wed IN treaties but iii containing
two and afin ulot1n