Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-11-15

private uOWFy anu Hcf JeWcIfy.
With these exceptions, we have
nothing"
Correspondent-"Your Majesty
having preached the topic, will you
please say, how it is about the story
that you have 100000 francs
worth of property on Broadway ?"
Emperor-"I have no property of
any kind or description. This story
is as unfounded, as untruthful as all
the rest
Correspondent-"The accusations
with which the press is teeming are
not confined to this point. Treason
is charged, and strange to say, the
French soldiers, prisoners in Ger
many, utter the same word. Their
answer to the question asked them
is Nous Sontn1eS trdtie.
Emperor-"Poor men 1t is their
mistaken pride and ambition. They
are naturally 10th to acknowledge or
even to believe that they have been
conquered"
Correspondent-"But Your Males
ty yourself is reported to have said
on one occasion of u reverse on the
field, 'Je sues trdtie."
Emperor did not. 1t is a pure
invention, like so many othors.-
When | have said, and what as prob
ably said by many members of the
government, was that probably we
had deceived ourselves as to the
strength of our army, as well as that
Of the Prussians As for myself, bas-
ing my opinion upon personal convic-
ton, l have often cautioned my minis.
ters against erroneous estimates.
| we'll recolIcct how Marshal Mel
pointed TO the drawers of his desk
and told me, with confident mien,
that the army was completely ready
for every occasion. II was not less
the case with LIE Bnuf. 1t was prob
ably not fault of the heart, but OF
the head, that they would not listen
to me when told them we could not
complete with Prussia's military es-
adjustment; that our offensive
strength, as compared with hers was
insufficient. This was the deception,
the fault of which must be shared
more or less by all Of us, and which
led to the most disastrous results
We were to have ready at moment's
notice 200, 000Teserves. When need
ed not more than half Of them were
at hand, and these only after delay
of weeks thus the Prussians got the
start of us. Notwithstanding the
bravery Of our troops, with double
our numbers, they obliged us to
yield thcm each victory. What is
the feeling in Berlin ?"
Congratulations is the gem
eral desire peace by all means"
Empcror-"France, too, needs it !;
but the conditions imposed by Count
Bismarck are too cxacting altogether.
The government could not accept
them and at the same time maintain
u foothold. France cannot endure
so deep a humiliation"
Correspondent-"As to that senti-
ment, the Berlin people have been so
worked upon by the official press that
it may be regarded as an impossi-
bility for even Bismarck to lower the
demand for territorial annexation on
the largest scale"
Emperor with deep emotion) =
"France cannot bear this"
Observation-Disclosures that
Your Majesty may be recalled to the
throne, and France yet become pros
porous, though she may have lost
portion Of her territory, why should
Your Majesty commit yourself on
question of this character ?"
Emperor, (musingly)-"You may
be right, but-"(Here tho Emperor
who had heretofore been all cheerful
ness, sighed for the first time)
Correspondent-"Will Your Maies-
ty have the goodness to explain why
the provisional government refuses
to hold elections for representa-
tives 2"
Emperor-"In my opinion it is be-
cause they arc afraid of the Reds"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES they not
Just as much apprehend that large
number of Bonapartists would be re-
turned ?"
Emperor-"I do not think so. The
discordaDt clements of socialism, COM
munism and anarchy have spread ter
ror and got the upper hand, aud it is
very difficult to contend with such
Utopian, seductive delusions."