The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-08
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CONDITIONS OF PEACE.

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dent a. SEDAN anu S0ah' n'AaAA'A n
touching the conditions on which Prussia
will nak. ueare We End the report en-
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moment and HE8NACK VIII have much 70
DO with shaping the demands Of Prussia,
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KrSG OF PRUssIA's HEADQRs,
NEAR SEDAN, September :.
The tiHt question asked on the hill Of
CheVa1ge, Aler We knew what mag
nidcent victory had been Won, wa, what
terms win Count Bismarck demand Of
France. There have been SpCculaliOns
and rumorS enough. Fortunately, atm
able to give very clear account Of Count
BismApCl5G vieWs a. stated BY hlmSeL l
had u long conversation with him on the
subject only tour days before ihe VlcIog
Of Sedan; that j., on The 2sth Of August
The substance Of Il am NJ liberty to
make public. had received file Of
paperS rom England and had forwarded
those Of latest date, at the Chancellors
request, for his perusal. On going to
claim my papers In the evenlngaI his Ex-
Ccllency's quarters, was asked TO step in
and sit down. found Count Bismarck
at a deal table covered with papers, lOllr-
mails, orders, maps and cigar boxes, buslIy
smoking the cigar which never seems TO
quit his lips.
lie apOiOgized politely for keeping on
his white and yellow forage cap saying that
he had only that instant come in from q
long walk around the prcttily situated
town Of Clerinont, where we were then
0usrtered, and that he was afraid Of taking
cold II lie remained uncovered. After II
little talk about the war, very interesting
but which would be out OF place here,
and inquiries on my part as 10 the recov.
Cry Of his son who has been slightly
wounded, | broke ground by asking Count
Bismarck what were likely to be the con
ditions of Dcacc demanded BY the King OF
pr,ssia'0 Government.
Fe answerC4l at once, with great appa-
rent frankness and in the ClOarest manner.
suppose need hardly remind your
readers that Count Bismarck speaks cap
ital English, so that there could he no
Dosslbility Of nv misunderstanding him.
"ThCrc are three courses open TO US,
ho said "with regard to peace with
France. We must stop the possibility OF
another so unprOyokud and uncallcd for
attack bv the French nation or tue French
iovcrnmenl on our common Fatlierland.
No Minister who failed 70 do this could
hoId office Tor a week, for Tic opinion o.
,lSII GERMANY would, be SiRinst him.
There are, Us have said, three ways OIL
stopping an attack on the Rhine provinces
FYrst' We might make Alsace and Lor'
mine d neutral State, like Luxembourg Oh
Belgium, extending from the IOrmei
com6irv 10 Switzerland, and so scparat
inr France and Prussia by group o.
neutral States, but conGcssitappcars L
me lint neutrality of the existing SINAI
Siotcs ia already 10 difficult 10 protect ant
u at cvcrv moment capable Of so many
and s6ch dangerous complications, that
do not ihink il would be worth whit
N make more neutral States and will
tScr1 new duties and dangers.
Seo0ndlv, We might annex Alsacc ant
Lorraine and hold them as conquered terri
tory. But am sure that this would not D'
liOnked on iayorablv By the majority Of my
German fellow.countrymen. We are al
: most anxious TO complete our unity, bu
: We do not want any people among us wilt
are unwilling members Of the German
nation. That Alsacians would be mos
! dislOyal subjects Of the King Of Prussia II
: snite oF a great majority Of Them speaking
: Iho German language and being OF TeutO
! mic origin there can be no doubt
TIiT3lv There remains to us then MS
,birl course, to take, Metz and Strasburl
and to keep them. ThiS i sc'dt tre 4aHS
Z do5 StraSburE particularly . 1bSo
iutelv nccdfill for the protection Of Soull
. EerT1NnV which Il al the mercy Of
Frenoh army, So long Us France pos
|. sessns stFasbltrr there i nothing to stOl
!. a French invading army. Now II wOull
be vcrv unIiifr 10 leave our South German
brethren unptotected .a(ler they hay
fnnTht so 6rayely and well by our side i
his campaign Then, again, by hoidInl
strasburg We could always prevent an y,
a mnvcmrSt IN the Rhine. We should b
aSIo not only TO- march an army BY Y
valley II ma Main on Paris; but to lake
cobIentz in danE and rear, So we llav
IIesieged Strasburg vigorously and, Ehe
We have rot thc Old German town bac
: AGAIN We,shSll5 make d .GibrGlter Of It.
!, "Bnt allow me to suggest" said, "tha
d tho ccssion OF Strasbourg Is not thing I
Z which France will be easily reconCied
y al ths more because it Is aB you say 9Th
4. low ~. ', "I France On the East.H
=. INV dear Sir" was the reply, "yO
It have Seen with US continually since on
y n~,roncc into France, / have heard 20
/. S SnuoS"HS,v taking. French. Now, hav
C So,, rot clearly seen that itwould be diff
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