Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-11-09
THE WAR IN FTRnpF.

Much JOY is manifested in Europe
over the conclusion Of an armistice
and hopes are entertained that ulti.
mate peace Will be the result. The
conditions or the armistice are as fol-
toWs; Its duration will be of twenty
five days. The inhabitants will
nave The liberty to bring in food dur
ing this interval. Free elections will
be held in all departments.
The armies are TO remain as thew are
at the beginning Of the armistice. King
William, the Crown Prince and Won
holtke will retain their immense cohorts
on b hills that environ Paris. and il the
protocol refers to all the armies. then
Prince Frederic Charles will halt in his
SOUTHWARK movement against Lyons at
Dion, GENERA Won Werder and Carl
baldl IN Vosges will ''stand at arms
facing each other, General BOurbaki will
stay the ardOr OF his army Of the north.
the Crown Prince OF Saxony will rest AT
ease on the banks OF the Loire. and the
immense French levies at Tours, at
ROuen, at Lyons and elsewhere through
out the country will swing idly on the
gates OF a A peace, made up OF all
the blazonry Of battle, will appear to
have fallen suddenly on the land, where
only yesterday heavy guns were ready
to belch forth destruction on the fairest
city Of modern civilization.
A special dispatch under the date Of
Nov, 4 from Versailles says: Two
deserters from Paris say il is thought
that the Provisional government viii re-
fuse to hold elections for fear OF losing
power. Instead OF allowing candidates
to run for office they desire to submit to
the people a vote As 20 whether they will
support the government Of national de-
Tense. An affirmative vote, which they
are certain to secure, will be interpreted
a equivalent 20 their election. A feeling
is growing that Favre and his friends
have resolved to sacrifice their country
rather than yield their power.
A correspondent at Paris, 29th OF Oc-
tober says: yesterday my butcher
gave me notice that he could give me no
more meat. I went to the ward office
and got a ticket authorizing the munci-
pal butcher to give me one-ffh Of a
pound. l sent for the meat at S A. N.
he returned at ? P. n, having been COM
PEELED to wait six hours at the ward Of
ice to get the ticket.
Gustave Flourens has two of the En-
peror's horses, which were left in the
stables. Napoleon has appointed an
agent to pay his tradesmen's bills. Pla-
cards are on all the walls, calling upon
tho creditors TO attend the sale Of the
effects of Napoleon and Eugene by auc-
ton two months after the siege is over.
The provisional government refuses 10
deliver 10 the Empress her cashmere
shawls and laces.
The balloon factory turns out one bal
loon a day. Silk is now too expensive
and balloons are made OF cotton.
Many Paris actors serve in the Garde
Mobile at St Denis, where nightly con-
certS at maximum rates of admission are
held. Horse flesh sirlOin is sold at eigh-
teen cents a pound, and all other parts
at eight cents. There are still 1900
eatable horses left. The catacombS have
given six months supply Of ssltpetre.
The cellars and one of the vaults OF the
Pantheon have been filed with powder.
Tours, November 5.-The govern
ment is in receipt of dispatches from the
project Of Lyons and Msrsailles announc-
ing that the revolutionary leaderH and
m~erceneries still keep up their turbulent
demonstrations. Their actions create
considerable anxiety among the council
OF the committee of defense.
LONDON, November 5.-The election
in Paris on the question Of the mainten-
sncA Of the powers of the government Of
national defense has resulted in an over
whelming majority for the government.
The returns Of the city are nearly COM
plete, with the exception Of two arOndis-
sements. The result 10 as follows in
round numbers
Ayes, $4,000; nays, $1,000; majority
1913, 090.