The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-24
VICTOR HUGO.
His Address to the Germnns-severity Mingled
with Klndness-Pathos and Bathos.

Win ADMINISTRATIONS ana batnOs.
portion OF Victor Hugo's address to the Germans
was received by cable number OF days ago. The
full text has now been received by mall and the fol-
lowing exordium, which is in Victors best STYLE will
be read with INTEREST,"
Germans He who speaks to you is friend.
Three years ago. from exile, welcomed you to
the Exposition of 1867 in your city,
What city
For Paris belongs not alone to Paris is as
much yours as it is ours Berlin, Vienna, Dresden,
centre. 1t is only at Paris that feel the heart
OF Europe palpitating Paris is the city Of cities
Paris is.
Paris is nothing more than an immense hospi-
You return there to-day
How?
AS brothers, as you did three years ago?
What is this sinister misunderstanding
tions are France and Germany. Germany is for the
West what India is for the East, kind of dgni1ed
grandmother We venerate her. But what Is pass
ing and what is TO be said? To-day this Europe
which Germany has constructed by her expansion
and France by her divergence, Germany wishes to
overturn.
Is 1t possible
Would Germany overturn Europe in destroying
Paris?
Reflect.
Wherefore this invasion? Wherefore this savage
effort against brotherly people?
What have we done to you?
Does this war proceed from us? 1t was the empire
WHICH UeSlIeu IIe tIuplTe WHICH, lHdue Ine
empire is dead. 1t is well.
We have nothing in common with the corpse.
1t is of the past; we are of the future.
1t was hate we are sympathy.
1t was treason we are loyalty.
1t was Capua and Gomorrah; we are France.
We are the French Republic and have for our
device "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity; I" we write
ourihag "Unted States Of Europe" Welfare the same
people as yourselves. We had Vercingetorix as you
had Arminius. The same fraternal ray, the same
sublime bond of union Joins the German heart and
This is SO true that we shall say here:-
II, unfortunately by your fatal error you proceed
to extreme violence Il you come to attack us In this
Frances II you assault Paris shall defend it to the
last extremity; shall fight with all our strength
To1ndeS@ao @ sSS n you S know know :, where I've, we sGSll M
Shall assign the Tuieries in advance as hospital
for wounded Prussans There will be the field hos
there our women shall go to care for and succor
them. Your wounded shall be our guests we will
treat them Loyalty, and Paris will receive them into
1t is with this fraternity in our heart that we
shall accept your war.
| since the Empire is at an end. You have killed
your enemy, who was also ours; what more do you
You come to take Paris by force But we have
already offered it to you with love. Do not make
| people close their doors who have always held ou
| their hands to you. Be not deluded about Paris
| Paris loves you but Paris will fight you. Paris vii
| fight you with all the formidable majesty OF he
| Paris, menaced by this brutal assault may be
come terrible.
| Jules Favre has told you eloquently, and we al
repeat 1t, expect desperate resistance
The following paragraph from the concluding
portion, is too rare and rich to be omtted:-
At present you believe you have last blow Il
| strike. You rush upon Paris and lake advantage
OF our noble army, deceived and betrayed nearly al
| stretched dead on the battlefield, to throw you
10000 soldiers, with all your machinery OF war
your mitrailleuses, your steel cannons, your Krup
bullets your Dreyse guns, your innumerable cavalry
your terrible artlery-on 300, 600 citizens stapdin
! on their ramparts, on fathers defending their fire
| sides, on city full OF trembling families; wher
there wives, sisters, and mothers, and where,
this hour, /. who speak to you, have my two grand
| children, one of whom is at the breast.