The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-09-29
WAR TOPICS.
=. From the New York, Tribune.

Great bfaaip. III this European
crisis, seems to be tortured by thesmem-
CRY of her past miadeeds, and trembling
with the fear Of retribution. Suppose,
cries The Pail Nall Gazette, the French
Republic, eager to wipe out the disgrace
of the present war, should some day
help the American republic to ayenge the
Alabama wrongs; and then suppose the
Fenians should take hand in the fight
las they surely would want toy and sup
pose another republic should rise up; in
Spain, and insist upon having Gibraltar;
and suppose, on top of all this, Russia
should crowd us to the wall in Asia !;
what "a pretty pickle England would be
inf True enough, the prospect is not
cheerful; and the moral Of it all is that
for conducting to peace of mind in times
of trouble, there is nothing like clear
conscience. -
lift had been the purpose Of NJ.
Fayre to defeat his own negotiations with
Bismarck, it is not easy to see how he
could have gone about it more efTectual-
" than by the publication of his second
diplomatic circular. He fully agrees
with the Prussian Premier in pronounc-
ing the Provisional Government irreg gu
lar and unauthorized, and declares that
il cannot accept the terms which the
Prussian5 offer as their ultimatum.
Why then does he insist upon-an inter-
yieW7 Perhaps frank and informal
conversation between the two Ministers
may facilitate later negotiations; and
meanwhile II. Favre and his colleagues
adopt the1onlg course. lett them in hast
ening the eonyocation Of the Constituent
Assembly, and putting the question of
fighting or surrender to the vote Of the
French people.
In his inaugural circular to the Pre-
fects and Provisional Administrators Of
Departments, Minister Gambetta de-
clared that the new government was ''a
Republic Of war TO the knife against the
invader" And get it is evident that the
new Government has all along been bent
upon making submission with the best
grace possible. This ought not to sur
prise US; the action OF Frenchmen- is
often wiser than their talk. Even jules
Fayre entered Office with declaration
not much less violent than his colleagues
and at once turned all his energies to ne
gotiations for peace. 1i IL Z s-'iA'.-
A great many journals continue to
quote the supposed declaration Of King
William that ne made war upon Napo-
leon and not upon the French people,
and to ask Why, having captured tho
Emperor, he does nes@therefore stop the
fighting and go home. The King never
made the remark attributed to him. It
was an error Of the Gable, by which we
were at first deceived. Mail advices
showed that what his Majesty really said
that Prussia made war upon the French
dfniieS, anu not upon peaceaDle cltIZcnS
and peasantry.
1T is mentioned as an illustration Of
German system that tie transportation
of the Kings armies was affected accor-
ding to schedule prearranged in Berlin,
regulating the running time of every
main and branch railroad throughout
Germany, and so perfect were all connec-
tons that not one train was behind time
The movement Of troops began, by this
plan, On the 10th of July-one day after
the declaration Of war-and on the 9th
of the same month 60o, 900 men had been
transferred TO the frontier without the
slightest accident.