The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-10-06
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS

on MONDAY, at D a CLOCK IN the alter
noon.
/ New YORK, Sept. 2S.-The surren
der of Strasbourg seems confirmed by
private and special dispatches. The re
sistance was most heroic. Uhrich wa;
obliged to yield to the clamor of the citi
zens. The Prussiaa soldiers, on entering
the city, were Mortified at what they
saw, and complimented the soldiers on
their desperate defense.
The latest advices show that the occu.
patton Of Orleans will compel the aban-
donment of the line of the Loire, and
the capture of Tours is now probable.
This will leave all the western depart
ments open to raids of the Prussian cav
airy. Lyons may soon be occupied and
| the Pfussians viii no doubt overrun
France with mounted men, who may de-
vastafe the whole country.
Paris letters by the last steamer, all
say that the capital is provisioned for
| fully six months.
Ostend dispatches say that Alsace and
Lorraine VIII never be given up with the
consent Of the French people that if
the government consented to surrender
these provinces for the sake of peace,
another war would soon follow.
A London special says the seat of the
French government has been removed TO
Poitiers, where there is railway con-
munication with Bordeaux and Roch-
elle
Every man capable of serving in France
is entering the army.
LONDON, Sept, 2S.-An armistice Of
forty light hours was concluded at Me-
ziers, on Monday, for the removal Of the
wounded
Tours, Sept. 2S.-The disposition to
rrsist the Germans to the last grows
stronger in the West and South. Troops
continue to pour into Tours.
Ike Prussians have marched into Or
leans, and are now in full occupation.
At the outposts of St. Cloud the Mo
biles are deserving in crowds. At Paris
200 have been shot for insubordination.
LONDON, Sept. 2S.-All democratic
papers in France which were suspended
under the empire have resumed publica-
ton.
The people residing in the suburbs of
Paris have returned to their homes,
where they have been driven by the law
lessnes of the Mobiles
The region around Paris for twenty
kilometres from the walls is depopulated
and devastated Only few gorgeous
shopkeepers remain In the villages,
tempted by the enormous profits.
The Prussians opened fire on the gun
boats while passing st. Cloud, recently,
killing and Wounding several Of the
French.
The Prussians are erecting a battery at
SeYenes. 4 lively fire was opened on
them from Fort Dissay while they were
at work.
LONDON, Sept. pa Madrid cor
respondent writes, under date Of the Goth
Of September:
An interview has taken place between
Olozago and Gen. Prim, in the presence
Of Sagasta. After Olozago explained
the true situation of affairs in Paris, Prim
said, 'Why did you recognize the pro-
visional government without orders ?"
Olozago replied, Il always had great
sympathy for France, with which Spain
is bound by its geographical position and
race, an | recognized without instruc-
tons What is done Is done. 1t is for
you to approve or repudiate, to retain
or remove me. Were nay political life
to count by this single act, / should not
think it useless. Ny country awaits
your decision. My residence is at Vice."
Subsequently Olozaga broakfaSted with
the Regent, urged the recognition, and
triamphed over Prim.
LONDON, Sept. 28.-Intense excite
ment was created in the diplomatic cir
cles here, to-day, BY the reception ut the
Foreign Office Of 4 note from Russia,
saying that the expansion of the boun-
daries of Prussia compelled her to inter-
feTe in the present struggle; that Prus
STA had consistently and persistently VIC
lated her treaties; that to the remon-
strances of the other she gave bul inso-
lence, and that now she had openly avow-
ed her war on France to be one Of con-
quest, for the acquisition Of vast proYin-
ccs, which would make her the one dom
ainant epower Of Europe. 1t was the
duty Of the other powers to check Prus-
sja's policy of aggrandizement, or pre-
pare for absorption in the German en-
pire. Upon receipt of the note, special
meeting of the Privy Council was held,
which remained in session five hours,
waiting to exchange dispatches with
Lord Lyons, Minister at Paris. To night
it was openly stated by an attache, OF
the Russian Legation, in the presence of
the Russian Minister, that the movement
OF Turkey was a felnt, and that 400, 900
troops were now massed on the PruSsian
frontier. Lord Clarendon, when asked
tonight the effect of the Russian note,
replied that it was equivalent to an Off
cial notification that Russia had declared
war against Prussia.
New York, Sept. 29.-The news of
tie massing of an immense Russian
army on the frontiers of Prussia is con-
veyed, this morning, by special from a
London correspondent 1t is stated, in
addition, that the Russian Minister at
the court Of Berlin has been instructed
to demand Of Prussia full and categori-
cal explanation of her purposes and poll
cy in continuing the war with France.
There is great Hneaslness in Berlin and
London. A Cabinet meeting in the lat
ter capital. which was to have been held
Friday, has been called for to-day, in
consequence of the urgent dispatches
from Lord Lyons, British Minister at
Tours, who beseeched England to inter-
fere aud compel peace before all Europe
is set in flames.
LONDON, Sept. 29.-The military pre-
parations of Russia are proceeding on
gigantic scale. There is great activity
everywhere.
OsrEND, Sept. 29.-The troops of
Baden, which have beer besieging
Suasbourg, after leaving a garrison in
the city. viii be sent to clear Upper
| A!Sace Charmed peasants and Snapshots
ers who are perpetratsng great excuses
and seriously annoying the rear of the
German army.
A special received at Brussels from
Berlin states that Alsace and Lorraine
are to be treatea as German federal
provinces, under the Immediate admins
tration of the federal authorities, and to
be represented in the German Parlia-
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