The Portland daily press., 1870-07-21
War Notes.

A gentleman who has just returned from O
trip up the Rhine tells his experience to the
London Times He says that the German
army is quiet, grave, anxious and resolute. On
the other hand the French are yelling, drink
ing, staggering and literally spelling for a
fight He says that for every one German SOL
der he saw hundred French.
The Empress Eugene is delighted that the
Prince Imperial W II now see his first campaign
" tn his father.
M. Olivier avows his entire confidence in a
favorable result of the war. The surveillance
established in Paris over the telegraph pre-
to the Government.
The authorities on Saturday night forcibly
put stop to the riotous demonstrations OF the
peace party in Paris A thousand men wav-
ing white flags marched through the streets
shouting "Vive la PAX" At one time col
lisiOn with the troops was imminent. A party
of citizens had a serious af,;ay on Friday with
soldiers in a cafe, and one man was killed and
the place badly damaged.
1t is positively asserted in London on the
highest authority that Austria joins France
aga nSt Prussia.
A great popular demonstration in favor of
France was made in Dublin Tuesday evening.
More than II 1000 people with twenty bands of
music were out on parade. The French and
Irish flags. were carried entwined. The police
charged the procession and captured three
flags but the mob rallied and aud retook them.
Intense excitement prevails.
The North German Parliament met Tuesday
afternoon. Vehement cheering followed Count
Won Bismarck's announcement of the declara-
ton of war by France. The King then opened
the session by a speech, which was followed
with the widest enthusiasm. After the speech
loan of 12) 100000 thalers was carried unan:-
mousiy amid the widest expressions of enthu-
siasm by all parties. The most perfect har-
mony exists in the Governments of all the
North German States. In the Saxon Cham
bers Baron de Friezen, Minister of Finance,
made speech, telling the Deputies that
France was anxious for war and that she
would have it as sharply and severely as pos
sible. His remarks we're greeted with enthu-
siasm.
All Germans in the service of the French
have been ordered to return forthwith.
The Prussian Government has announced
that merchantmen even of the enemy will not
be interfered with on the high seas unless for
cause which would expose neutrals to seizure
Gen. Wiedle, Adjutant General of Hanover,
has been arrested as Weimer as spy.
The Frankfort Gazette, in an editorial, asks
how the cause of the war concerns the people
of France and Germany, and intimates that
the question is one between the monarchs of
the respective countries and one that the PEG.
pie do not feel at all interested in.
The French passed the frontier near Saar-
bruck Tuesday evening and seized the custom
house.
The Italian Government has called out two
classes of military reserves as precautionary
measure.
Turkey has called out the reserves and
stopped the telegraph in all direction.
Telegraphic communication between France
and Germany has been destroyed by the au-
thorities.
Admiral Milne has been recalled from the
mediterranean to command the English Chan
mel squadron.
1t is rumored that Prince Napoleon will 60
to the Baltic and with his land force cooperate
with the fleet in occupying the territory of
Hanover.
The last story concerning the cause of the
war current in Berlin is that the failure of the
intrigue by the Empress Eugene to marry her
niece, the nrchess of Ava, to Prince Leopold
OF Hohen-oliern, is the real source of the pres
eat trouble between France and Prussia. The
father of the Duchess is now in Madrid,
drowned in debt and generally despised.
kilograms from the Hague speak of rumb-
Eng sounds of heavy cannonading, as if from
point off the coast of Holland, being dis
tinctly heard at the Hague, creating great ex-
element 1t is supposed that the F.ench fleet
has overtaken the Prussan squadron which
sailed recently from England. A Ere sch
squadron is blockading the Elbe, watching the
German ships at Hamburg.
The London Times reports that forward
movement of the French army has begun, and
that host.lities have already commenced near
Forbach. Hesse Darmstadt joins Prussia as an
ally. 1t is reported that England, Russia and
America propose the naturalization of the
Baltic an North Seas