The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-27
THE POLITICAL QUESTION,
TELEGRAM TO TINE NEW FORK HERALD.


N. THEIRS Pnss-rhc Meeting Between Theirs
and bismarck Arranaed.-The south German
states-Rumors nbout His Hoiincss-No Mix
iDg-Esgland Regarded with suspicion.
LONDON, Oct. 20, 1870.
Dispatches from Tours. dated Tuesday evening"
state that the pending peace negotiations are aue
to the initiative taken by Great Britain The free
pass for M THEIRS to enter Paris Is not expected for
week or ten days.
THEIRS AND BISMARCK TO MEET.
The Pan MAJ Gazette OF last evening announces
that a meeting between NJ. Theirs and Count
Bismarck mas been arranged, the government at
Tours having accepted the principle OF the arInis-
tice.
THEIRS EXPECTED.
The arrival OF M. Theirs AT Versailles is expected
to-day.
NO SURRENDER OF TERRITORY.
The Tours government Is firm IN its refusal to
enter on any negotiations involving surrender OF
territory.
BISMARCK WANTS AN AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT
Bsmarck's constant answer TO tine advances daily
made to him for peace Is that the election Dy the
French OF some authorized government Is an inds-
pensablc preliminary.
THE PROSPECTS OF AN ARMIsTtCE.
The Berlin Provincial Correspondence semi
Officially says:-'On the fact OF armistce little hope
Is to be founded, the French refuse recognize
hopelessness OF their The delay the bonn
bardment of Paris is due to the imperfect state Of
preparations, not to political conslderations.n
ENGLAND ANXIOUS ABOUT RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA
The greatest annoyance and some little uneasI-
ness have been caused In the minds of the English
Ministry by the guarded but absolute refusal OF
Russia to take any part Ia the recent English
attempt at negotiating peace. AZ ft Is
known here that the chief or cabinet OF the
Russian Adjunct Chancellor, Won Westmann after
passing three days at Brussels, went by way or
Rouen to Tours at the beginning OF week. and il
expected in London tonight It is feared that Rus
STA Is quietly conducting negotiations her own
account, with view to soating Great Britain on
the Eastern question both from France and Ger
many The attitude of the Austrian government,
too, though at first regarded as decided ana
encouraging to the English propositions, is pro.
nounced TO have been unsatisfactory in q high
degree. on that the steps taken by the English
government felt to have resulted only in morti-
fcation for the Gladstone ministry, and in ex-
pressing the weakness of the influence OF England
In Continental affairs without in any WY contri-
butng TO advance the prospects OF settlement.
POPULAR SENTIMENT IN GERMANY
correspondent At Ostend sends extracts from
the press OF Cologne Berlin and Breslau. setting
forth the severe pressure OF the times the people,
The prices Of all necessaTes OF life are rls-
Ing, societies forming for the support
OF the enormous number OF families thrown
upon the charity OF the public. In The
cities OF the Elbe and in the capital prostitution Is
n creasing TO an extent which alarms the sanitary
authorities. The general feeling Of the country is
war; and the liberals are no longer sllenced by the
authorities IN their protests, the feeling which
they represent has become too strong to be sup
pressed by force.
WHAT THE SOUTH GERMAN STATES WANT.
despatch from Brussels this evening says that
the conference between Count Bismarck and
the representatives OF the various southern
States OF Germany regarding the terms
OF unifcation has already begun. The
Bavarian representative announced that his
government desired a separate military budget and
some special taxes well special postal service.
lie agrees in these points conceded tnat her
deputies in the federal Parliament shall not partci
pate in the discussions the federal budget 1t is
not thought these terms will be accepted.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE POPE.
Rumors were circulating in Brussels to-day OF ne
gotations between the Emperor Napoleon and the
TTuosldH BoNcIHulcub TcShIuIHR utc EcSIoIdtiOu Vi
the temporal power OF the Pope and the question OF
peace between France and Prussia; but they cannot
be traced to any reliable source, and are therefore
discredited.
RUSsIAs HOPES.
The St. Petersburg Journal loficlal organ,. Octo-
Der 49, hopes that the discussion OF the conditions
Of peace will not be mixed up with the discussion
Of an armistice. The Constituent Assembly is the
only competent power to decide that question. The
writer hopes further that pending the armisce, in
Difference to humanity, Paris may be revlctualled.
REPORTS ABOUT QUEEN VICTORIA.
The French regard England's last effort at media
ton with extreme distrust. IL Is reported on the
Continent that Queen Victoria has written to the
King Of Prussia, urging him to moderate his
demands.
EUGENE AND PEACE.