Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-11-18
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Weekly News Summary.
FOREfGN.

Versailles, Nov. 6, says the provisional
government had finally rejected the proto-
col agreed upon by Thiers. and Bismark,
although previously they signified their ap1;
proval. Thiers had received orders from
Paris to notify Bismark that his <condi-
tions could not be accepted, and to return
to" the capital Immediately. An : ,AssoI
ciated Press dispatch, datedat 4p.1 m. on
the 9th, says: "Thiers has received Or
dersi from Paris to. break off negotiations
foran armistice, and leave the royal head
quarters suel .ar iatla laoId ,.eTl
4. The election in Paris on the question Of
the maintenance of the powers of the gov
1ernment of the National Defence resulted
in large majority for the government, in
complete returns on the 9th showing 307,-
374 yeas to 53,5s5 nays. i9 5., st #
A London dispatch of the 9th says:
"There is increasing bitterness here at the
sligAs Of Bismark, as shown in his firm
language to the English, as contrasted with
his courtesy to Americans and Russians"
The General Commanding at Metz has
made the following reports: "By the
capitulation Of Bazaine, SO, eagles, 3541
field guns, ammunition for more than So
batteries, 800 siege guns, 66 mitrailleuse,
100000 rifles and sabres, 1900 military car
riages, a powder mandatory, ETC., fell
into the hands of the Prussians.. z Gle -
The London Times of the 18th says the
armistice turned on the question of the in
gress and egress at Paris during the TWEEN
ty-fve days, Theirs insisting and Bismark
refusing. A dispatch from Vendomei on
the 7th says the proposition foran armis-
tice was unanime meusly refused by the lead.
ers of the Paris Government. The reason
found was the refusal on the part. of the
Parisians of the project to revictual the
city, and also because she accepted with
reserve scheme for allowing Alsace and
Lorraine to vote for members of the Con-
stituent Assembly. The Paris Govern
.ment is generally supported in its action
by people of all classes. ~ : iei q
Complete returns from the Paris election
show vote of 557, 1896 in. favor of sustain
ing the government of the National De-
fense, to 62,638 against.
F4 A London dispatch Of the 7th says the
French Government had ordered the arrest
of Bazaine and officers of his staff wherever
found <''e
1t is stated that Gen. Changarnier de-
clares that Bazaine was, not guilty of
treachery, but attributes his detection to
incompetency.
~ The news from Shanghai to the 10th of
October continues warlike. -Four gun
boats, carrying ten guns each, were
launched at Shanghai. The Chinese were
importing cannon, arms and ammunition.
No further outrages on Foreigners had
been reported.
a The Canada Government has consented
to allow American fishing vessels to OBJ.
tain supplies of stores in Canadian ports.
A dispatch from Tours on the evening of
the 9Th says a general battle had been
fought that day near New Orleans, All
the ambulances at Tours had been sent to
the front. No news had yet been received
of the result of the fight. dae7s d1e
Verdun has capitulated to the Prus-
siansr
All the Berlin newspapers, official and
otherwise, throw the responsibility Of the
impending. destruction of Paris on the
French. The Correspondent asserts that
the French Government acts as if it were
unconscious of defeat =. Its tone and MANI
ner are the same as they would have been
if the French army had been victorious,
and were now before the city Of Berlin. Il :
Bismark has furnished the following exl
planation Of the rupture of negotiations
for an armistice: The French Govern
ment having declined, through its
representative, Theirs, its ability to accept
the German offer of an armistiee on the
basis of stat,S quo, the Count proposed that
the French name time for holding the
elections for the Constituent Assembly.
The Germans promised that, in such an
event, the absolute freedom of the elect
ions should be respected, even in the ter
ritory now occupied by the Pryssians.
Thiers thereupon withdrew, to the out
posts to consult Favre, but at length re-
turned to Versailles without power to ac-
cept the German terms. l-0 ga
: July 1, 1871, is fixed for the transfer Of
the Italian capital from Florence to Rome.
The army is to be reorganized on the Prus-
sian plan. ss.ie ,iaig,.s s4.lt :, u. oe ..as
Thiers and Laurier arrived at Tours
from Paris, by balloon, on the evening of
the Sth -.,s.sfs- ~yggE IN rs
The London Times of the 9th discusses
the Alabama question to show that Eng
land can go no further in the way Of con-
cessions. 1t says: The Clarendon treaty
abounded in concessions. Many English
men thought that it yielded so much that
the genial, exuberant johnson had OUT
witted Clarendon. As the rejection of the
treaty by the United States Senate was due
to political irritability, England now
stands free of all blame" - s'"''',a
I, Gable dispatches on the 10th announce
important French successes before Paris,
through the capture of several Prussian
camps. Garibaldi is reported to have been
again victorious, having routed force of
Germans 5000 strong. The intelligence
from the Army of the Loire is that there
had been three days continued fighting
without decisive result The losses of the
French were frightful, but the enemy were
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