New-York tribune., 1870-11-14

ters tho speedy In council of war held In His
Maicstys presence, 1t was however, eVennu ~ teeng,
NJ The metropoIiian population The vote passed ON s,s
occasion decided that the bombardmen snOu % v1 thoao
taton and carried through In accorfance Wlt .noso
sit ni of The military art by adherence to when 80
many similar tasks have been successfully So'eu ia 'Ho
course OF tho war. nj, y;..
sends pnder date Of oct a. the following extract rom
the prorneia Correspondence on the reasons Tor attack
ing Paris: .,-.,
There can be no political stll less any senmenta
n S, t carry on TO the complete overthrow OF
France war which has been forced upon az ng"ioo %
will and the continuance Of which ~ renuereu PiI
i've nv tbe conduct Of tho present G0vernment " We
~ OF the people Of France IT. rs p h The lat to
that OF ali nonarchs, King william w3uid DO ,n iast y.
,ncnr u The responsiblity Of needless continuation
OF hostilities Of further boodshed ana on oI uno
partial destruction of such city as PARIS we're 9y
possible discover some other means % tTrc gr naa@e oW
the and obtaining guaraeS ~ shic Paris oec
pies in France and the strength and ufnge en- ol TSh nd
has been put too f my ar Without m the reduction Of tho
capital II this requires siege, WIN to h d th
fan 81 those Who have converted Paris into fortress
And how enormous s the gut OF tDe Plesent hs hn U
France who when all other military RESISTANCE ns peh
n down make the walls and works of Paris the main
stay of their defiant and naughty arrogance -, our
sons and brothers poured like water in this fearful
war calls upon not 10 permit Ourselves 70 po d
i'm onr career but pursue to the end The end OF VIC
torlOus war against France can DC ohg rT. VS ~ r or
Paris can we find the definite Acknowledgment Oh our
Victories and the guaranty future peace Onr Generals
will he in postonso reduce tno nst & pulwrn wa NJ ~
thc enemy and the attack once eptcreu upon, We may
hone that their will be crowned with corresponding
results.
WHY THE CITY SHOULD BE BOMBARDED''
The following article from the WeSer-Iatung
Is Indicative Of the general feeling In Germany In respect
70 the necessity of making this final obstacle to
future invasion OF Germany. 1t shows that II the DOM
badmont of Paris be considered to attain that
end no other considerations be allowed to interfere;
The WeserZeitug, after briefly noticing several te-
ories advanced by various Journals to account o Io
shows by a simple calculation that this delay was iney
able The weight of the pr2ectes to feed dne nod ta
1000 railway wagons, and the pieces themselves mus @
weigh very little less. Before the fall OF S0iss0ns the
Germans had only one available railway whlch was
also employed for the transport of as wen s
other military PURPOSES, ,G Gyeh 10 acb na banIcd 1 by msi
force into position, often over very broken grouhoi
which was in itself dfcalt and teoG5 sgo have
directed pretty formidable artillery IRE agalnt ra @
but it appears to have been decided at headquarters that
the attack should be deferred TIL the entire siege IRAN
had arrived. The means that must now be empoSyen
are too terrible and too earnest for noisy and iress
Observation-Disclosures beside being very costly We have
heard of shells which cannot be made for less than $50
ana r. nan (rS des e 'TS power S and eectye bombardmen
by far the most humane, az usually conducts 70 ueneo
results. In nothing is 80 cruel ana murdcrous Us
This species Of mercy IS we readily acknowledge sad
aud terrbe and ia neutral countries compassion ior the
Parisians already beginning to ece the sympathy ~
directed toward ourselves, rs the aggrleNcu anu
injured party. Even those who have been nertO most
favorable TO Germany ask In alarm whether De rear
necessary to devasatc that royalty beautiful captall
and whether Germany has not already gained victories
enough aud obtained sufficient security TO renouicc THIS
last frghtful succeSSl ~
Unfortunately tine first OF these questions must he an
sYered in tho affirmative; the second in the negative
The obligation Of forcing Paris to surrenders merely te
necessity imposed Of cOnquering peace. In thl5
war Germany has indeed victories in abundance,
but glory IL object and they would be all utterly
II in concluding peace we ala not OBTAIN tat
tecry from aggression which has not been fet on our
frontiers for the last two hundred years And TINS secuI
ty France, ntrcnchcd behind the walls OF her capital
these walsi Ii il not but tho French them owes
who are aswerable for the fate Of the women and child
ren their ObstnaCy has exposed 10 the pers ol
This decisive and desperate struggle.
Tie pity asked to show the Parslans Is, llnhap
pily through fault of ours, wholly rrec0nclable with
our obligations the and children OF our own peo
plc what IT means to expose Our women and our faI
heart from history Of couutry-a point on which
most neutral nations, especially the English, secure IN
their Island home, are unqualiied to speak We cannot
admit that humanity ODligeS U.S. out OF compassion
for the family OF the robber and invader, 10 leave
those who arc dearest 10 us in the old position or
| constant peril. such iadyiscd leuicncy would be
indifference those whom 1t is first duty To
Bismarck IL stated to have lately SAID
Every soldier knows that he IL fighting before
Paris to protect his own hearth IL is literally true This
| is question OF magnanimity OF moderation or self
rcnunclaOn; have an imperative duty To perform,
duty 10 our wives and sisters aud children. We're not
there "A single German heart that could bear the
| thought OF the mseries which must attend lombard
| ment of the French capital.