The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-14
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have been received, announcing that Paris
will not be bOmbarded. The German au-
lily provisfoned that a surrender may be
expected Within month, from that cause
alone.
BERLIN, November I2.-The Cross G1-
zetts says the authorities will show no false
generosity in refraining fr ON bonn harding
Paris. The fre VIII open very soon.
BERLIN, November I2--In the offioiai re-
port OF the capture Of Verdun published,
two Generals, eleven staff officers and l50
officers were captured. Besides these, l36
guns, $4,000 men and a large amount Of
stores and ammunition fell into the hands
Of the Prussians.
Herald Special.l
BERLIN, Novem Der 1.-THE following Is
the text OF the latest dispatches from
Count Bismarck to the Diplomatic Repre-
sentatives of the North German Confeder-
tton, dated Versailles, Sth of November:
Your blank well know that Monsieur
Thiers expressed a desire to be admitted
to negotiate with our headquarters, after
having entered into communications with
the different members Of the Government
TOR the national defense OF Tours and
Paris, in compliance with the orders OF his
Majesty, the King. declared my will
ltngness to grant such an interview, and
Monsieur Thiers was allowed first to pro-
ceed to Paris, on the Both ult., from whence
he returned to headquarters on the lsts
and that as the first statesman of import
ancs, 81. Theirs had accepted the pleni po-
tentiary of the Paris Government, led me
to hope that proposals would be submitted
possible, and in the interest og concIu-
EioD of peace, I received Monsieur Theirs
with that respectful conduct TO which his
distinguished person, not to speak of our
former relations, fully entitled him.
NJ. Thiers declared that France, induced
by the desire of the neutral Powers, was
ready to accept an armistice. This his
Majesty had in the face of this declaration
/ considered that every armistice in itself
vantages connected with the prolOngatton
of every campaign for every army, which
receives its provisions from distant re-
sources; besides these we took upon our
selves the obligation to leave the German
/ troops Whice had become available by the
eapitulaLion OF Metz In the the possession o.
/ was signed, and to renounce the oc-
/ cupatIoD of further territory of the
/ any or very little resistance. On the 9TH
4 er hand France would by the armistice be
enabled to continue its resources, to com
/ plete the corps now forming. and when hos
titles should reopen after the armisttce, to
/ oppose the troops to us, which at preseut
/ tions the desire of his Majesty to take the
/ first step in the interest of peace prevailed,
and was ordered TO make the advance
/ to Th1ers by granting an &rmisttce OF
4 twenty-five days, as he afterwards wished
| tWenty-eight days, on a simple basis OF
stdtts quo. On the day of signing 1t pro-
posed TO him by line of demarcation
| to be offered, to define the position of the
troops, to intercept hostiIfties for three
| weeks, and proceSd to the elections for the
] Constitutional National Representation.
on the French side this truce would have
resulted simply in a renunciation OF the
aud q useless and tncOm mprehenstble waste
of ammunition from the guns of the forts
| during the armissice.
| With regard to the elections in AIsace,
was in a position to declare that we should
not insist on any sttpuIat1olls which
| would call in question the claim Gf France
to the German Departments before the
/ conclusion of peace, and that we would
no9 make any of the Inhabitants OF these
a French National Assembly as 3 rep,
resentatfYe of their countrymen. I wa
surprised at the French PieDipotentialy
declaring, after the proposals, in which al
the advantages were on the part OF ths
French, that he would accept an armis
ttce only in the event of our agreeing to ar
extensive provisioning of Paris. re
piled that this would include so muct
more of a military concesson than ghl
stdtH quo, or anything reasonable. tC
be ex1ected. 1 asked him If he wa
| In position, to make any military offer II
| return, and was obliged to ask this con
cesston OF the provisioning OF Paris, with
out offering anything else than the readt
/ ness of the Paris Government TO accord [,
the French nation an election of its rep
| resentltivs body, which would probable
| constitute an authority, with which /
would be possible to treat for peace. IL
this way I had to submit the result of tia
negotiation to the Kisg and his miiitarl
| advisers. His Msj ssty was surprised q
J the exorbitant military claims, and dis
| appointed In his expectations as to tn
NEGOTIATIONS entered into with NJ. ThferF
The incredible demand that we ghOuI
give up the fruit of all the efforts mad
during the past two months, and the ~
yautages gained, and bring the situatiOi
back to the moment when the tnYestmen
/ of Paris was commenced, coul
J we but prove that, in Paris, they wer
looking for pretexts TO deny the natfo
: the election. and were not willing 10 civ
I them an opportunity TO carry them CT
without interruption. In compIiance Wit
: my desire to make another ATTEMPT I
come to an understanding on another be