The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-27
NOTES OF THE WAR.
THE wouNDEn so1ptERs


The Brussels correspondent OF the London OBJ
SeTUeT says - "The strange events OF this
week have turned Brussels into a vast hotel
and tomorrow the town will be a vast hospital. We
have already here from 10000 to $1,000 Germans, eX
PEELED from Paris. We have now also thousands of
French refugees, whom the proclamation OF the re-
public and the inminence Of the siege OF Paris have
brought hither. We meet at every moment high dig
nitaries OF the Court OF the Tuileres chamberlans
stewards, ladies OF honor, and wives OF high func-
tonaries OF the empire. To-day began the arrival OF
the wounded, who, in accordance with convention
concluded between Prussia, France, and Belgium
have been sent from Sedan. IN this city tue COM
munal government have ordered, and privdte per
have prepared II, 900 beds and throughout the
country 10000 of the wounded have shared gene
rous hospitality"
The Standard asks Englishmen whether they
calmly while France and Germany are tearing each
others throats. Is this the result OF our LIBERAL
ISM Is THIS how we interpret that gospel OF peace
Ciple OF noa-intervention, our glorious economy,
our high Liberal humanity? Must we let the war
then be fought out to the bitter end, leaving the
strongest in to win and to take by force what
ever he desires? If not now when is the time for
THE AUTHORIZE ATIvE OPINION OF EUROPE.
The Manchester Guardian says:-''If the French
Government really desire the exercise Of the autho
ritatiye opinion of Europe on their behalf, 1t must
be clear that these incentives to popular passion
little caculat ed to promote the Accomplishment of
contrary enect for exactly in proportion as their
primary object of provoking agitation is attained
they will render the common action cf diplomacy
impossible, by compelling every established Govern
ment TO make It's concern its own safety.
PROPOSITIONS.
Among the many propose Is to arrest the march OF
the Prussians on Paris the most remarkable is one
signtd "a French woman" The French woman
begs 10000 OF her sisters in Germany to come at
once to Paris when, with 10000 French women,
they will throw themselves between the contending
armies. "This, says the French woman, with some
historical inaccuracy, prevented the Greeks and
Romans from killing each other" Another gentle
man requests some patriot OF wealth to hand him
over 1O0 francs, in order to enable him to make
machine capable Of destroying the whole Ptusslan
army.
THE EMPEROR AND TIE PRussIAN ARMY.
The London Times remarks that nearly thirty
years ago the Emperor Napoleon published COM
parson OF the military resources of France and
Prussia, which speaks highly for his discernment,
but which since his downfall has been made the
basis OF q remarkable conclusion. He admits that
the Prussan soldier may not be more perfect speci-
men OF the fighting man than the French SOLDIER
but that he adds, Is not the question.
The question is, which system of organization will
best produce its thousands OF trained men on the
answer Of course is favorable to Prussia. Al At
present, says he, France, with all her expenditure
men into line upon the frontiers, while upon
the line OF the Rhine alone 900 men could be
collected against her in less than fortnight" 1t
would hardly be possible to delineate more sue
cinctly the opening circumstances of this very war;
HYESAs or THE Battlefield.
Captain Furstenberg, OF the 10th Hussars, had
been wounded in the battle OF Gravelotte, aud
passed the night of the 18th to the 10Th the battle
held Recovering consciousness, after a fsinting
ut, at dawn he observed some figures busying tugm-
selves about. one OF them approaching him, he
noticed quite plainly the sign OF the Knights OF St.
John on his armet He was just about calling out
TO the man for aid, when his voice failed him at the
view presented TO his eye. The man with the St.
johns cross called the other figures to group
"Quite close to me (the deponent states) plainly
recognized man in the garb OF field priest, and
two knights OF the Order OF st. John. When those
men had arrived at the group they commenced cut
ting open the uniform OF each at the breast with
knives and scissors; whoever moved was choked at
once by their hands; If nothing was found about
their breasts they examined pockets and hands, each
priest pocketed the valu sbes These hyenas then
approached the place where l lay; with difficulty |
them noticed me and bounded towards me. called
out as loudly as was able, when two OF them ran
shooter at my side; fired, and the field priest fell
down wounded; the others escaped, bat were over
taken by the hed-watch, which happened to ap-
proach at that moment"
THE TERMS OF PEACE.
The Telegraph argues that so long as France would
not understand what had happened, 1t was as useless
to speak OF terms to her as to reason with person
in delirium. Germany could not possibly accept the
monsrous argument that the Republic was to sue
ceed the Empire without settling the Empires debts.
1t is not because Paris is beautiful, nor because
Strasburg talks French, yet because part with
French Soil would be fatal 20 the Republic, that
Germany can be summoned to stop her armies and
TO forego the securities demanded by her mourning
citizens. But the moment the question is trans
ferred from the wild region OF sentimental rawlings
In Paris, fresh and powerful body of consdera.
tions appears, and those considerations all tend to-
waIds an honorable peace.
HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF.
The PdH Mall Gazette ays:-"France, at the pre-
sent moment offers TO the world example OF the
fate OF house divided against ITSELF So deep are
the animostles so bitter are the hatreds OF the
Frenchmen against each other, that even when the
enemy is almost at the walls OF Paris, the first act
OF the new Government has been the dismissal OF
the police and other employees OF their predecessors
as though this time still further TO embarrass
the domestic administration OF their unhappy coun.
try. The French seem 10 hate aud dread themselves
more than they hate and dread the Prussans IL the
German army withdrawn tomorrow, aud
herself v lOubt
first act OF the French would be TO begin attacking
each other?n