The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-11-03
NEW YORK. October 2s.

The surrender of Metz and the re.
ported lack of provisions in Paris, to-
gether with the negotiation for an
armistice, have led the German and
French residents of New York to look
for peace very soon. ManO French
men express satisfaction at the sur
render of Metz on the ground that it
will bring a speedy peace and ALLOW
the return Oi prosperity to France.
The sympathiZers with the republic
consider the capitulation of Metz de-
strOys the last hope of the BOnapart-
ists' restoration, and renders it much
easier for the present Government to
treat with Prussia. Private Dispatch
es to bankers and merchants are all to
the effect that peace may expected
shortly.
A balloon letter from an American
in Paris says the city could not possi-
bly, hold out beyond November goth
or December 1st, even with the strict
est economy of provisions.
A letter from ROuen says the Ger
mans have in France 800, 900 troops
which they can dispose of for the
siege of Paris. There are at present
about 100000 oIl told occupying the
lines around the city, As the smaller
places fall, on the line of march of the
invading army, they will be able to
call more to their aid for the grand
siege. The main force under Prince
William occupy the west and south
west, with headquarters at Versailles.
Valerien appears to be the coveted OBJ
ject of the Germans. The western is
the weak side of Paris. Mont Valer-
len carried, it would open the whole
west and northwest of The city to at
tack. In planning the defenses of
Paris the French engineer evidently
relied too much upon the protection
afforded by the great lOOpOf the Seine,
between Fort D'Issey, on the south
west, in its thirteen mile curve TO st.
Denis on the north. They solely
trust the great formidable Mont Val
erien in the interval. They have,
since the battle of Sedan, done some
thing to correct this fault by throw
ing up field works at Gennevilliers,
at the head of this loop of the Seine,
and a redOubt at COurbevOle, holding
the junction of tho three railroad lines
that runs east and west from this
point. From Mont Valerien to the
center of Paris is six miles in q right
line. Two and fourth miles from
Valerien is a little station, called
Chalon, on the st Germain Railway.
This has been occupied by the Ger
mans, and this leads me to suppose
that they either intended to skirt
Mont Valerien and advance over the
interval between it and St. Denis, or
else attempt a regular siege Of the
former fort. The besiegeTs already
occupy the heights of Clamart and
ChatillOn, which are a mile ana half
nearer the center of the city than
Mont Nalerien, while the elevation is
only from three TO four feet less than
this fort. The same letter says you
only have little idea with what in
terest monarchical Europe is watch
ing the war problem in France. 1t is
the same old thrill that shivered over
the empires and kingdoms in 1892.
The French declaring OF a republic
has again frightened the mOnarchists,
and, therefore, France has no friends
except Omong the republicans. 1t
completely changed the war. We
should have had peace long ago had
the empire not been overturned. Now
Germany will not make peace with
France until it changes its govern
ment back to a mOnarchical form, or
drives King William, his Crown
Prince and his swarm of divine right
small fry back to their front.