Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-10-04
War Notes.
The official number of the Germans

expelled from France is 100000.
The war feeling is so high in Ber-
lin that recently a landlord came near
being mobbed for demanding his rent,
as usual, in advance, of a man who
had just been detailed for duty in the
reserve. He displayed upon the out
side of his house a placard bearing
the inscriptions 1.-The man may stay
and mo advance shall be demanded
of my tenants" Even after this the
military were hardly able to protect
the building from the excited crowd.
A non-commissioned Prussian off
Ger who was detailed to stay at the
depot of his regiment, made three ap-
plications to be detailed for active
duty, all Of which being unsuccessful,
he shot himselfin a fit of despair.
A citizen Of Treves had three sons
in the Second Regiment of the Prus-
sian Grenadiers of the Guard, all in
the same company, and, strange to
say, in the same rank. They were
all three wounded by the enemy'S |
bullets on the 18th of August at Grav-
elotte. One was only slightly wound
ed, the second severely, while the
third, who had received two bullets
in the breast remained upon the field. |
When both his brothers knelt at his
side and asked him how he felt, his
last words were: Cover me up; |
am very cold"
General Pelle was one of the two
General officers who refused to sur
render at Sedan. A letter addressed
by him to his wife says:
d am prisoner of war with the
whole army. Never has any people
had to undergo such an afIront. Tell
/ your brother that if he reads the re
port Of the council Of war held for the
surrender Of the army, he will see
that two Generals refused to submit.
They were not named; but the world
should know that the dissentients
were Generals PeIle and Care de
Bellcmare."
NJ. Louis Blanc writes that "who-
ever says that the cession Of Alsace
to Prussia would be q guaranty of
peace for the future, is false to his
conscience or has lost his reason
That which would be fatally develop
ed by cession OF that nature, would
be spirit of revenge, an internation-
al hatred, which it would be impossi-
| Bile to eXtinguish and on the first ia
vorable occasion it would lead to war,
| and continually renewed war"
Napoleon III. is the seventh French
sovereign deprived Of his liberty by
the fate of battles. Louis Ie Debou-
uaire, in 500, was confined by his
sons, with his second wife, Judith, in
a monastery. In SIC Charles the
Bold was made prisoner by the re-
yolted mobiles. John l. was made cap
tive at the battle of Poictiers. He de-
livcrcd up his sword to a Belgian
knight, Denis dc Morbecquc. Louis
NI. was lorcibly conducted by Charles
the Bold in the suite of the Burgundi-
an army, which was going to besiege
the Liegeois, the Kings own allies.
f Francis |. was made prisoner at the
battle Of Payia, Like King John, he
gave up his sword TO Il Belgian, Count
de Lannoy, Viccroy Of Naples. Last
Iy, Napoleon I. surrended twice, in
1914 and 1915.
4 correspondent states that the re-
covery Of Marshal Mcmahon is rctard-
ed 10y his state Of mind; he is contin-
ually deploring his i'll fortune and the
fate Of his beloved France. 1t IS said
he blames the Emperor very much for
his surrender at Sedan. and declares
that General &c Wimpfcn ought to
have tried to cut his way through the
enemy, even if out Of 10000 he had
lost 10000 in attempting to do so.
McNahon's military career grows
brighter as facts come to light. 1t
appears that not he, but Count Pail
kao, was responsible for the absurd
movement which placed the French
army in its terrible dilemma at Sedan.
Official documents show further that
not Wimplen, out Napoleon, ordered
r the capituIation. General Mcmahon
wished to retreat on Paris and defend
. that city, but Count Palikao planned
. the Sedan campaign in all its details
e and is responsible for its disasters.
S IfRussia is determined to take ad
D vantage of the present crisis in Eu
A rope and swallow Turkey, there would
= appear to be no serious obstacle il
the way. Prussia would not inter
vene, being only too glad to have hel
ancient ally employed where she coulC
not "take hand against any exaction;
which the interests and safety Of Ger
many may require of France. Aus
: tria would be content if allowed t.
u share in the sick mans effects. AnC
England, with most to fear from Turk
ish dismemberment and Russian su
premacy in Asia, will not alone bravD
, the power Of .the Gar. So Russi;
n may, after all, realize the dreams 0
i her ambition so rudely broken at Sc
d bastopol, become the master Of tn
f BosphorouS and hold undisputet
+ sway at the ancient capital of Con
j. stantine. 1t is quite apparent tina
e the "balance Of power" which ha
$ held the chief European national tie
r to their present boundaries for tn
is last thirty years, has ceased to be
$ and that a new era is about to dawn
Of A general peace seems very remote.
, The capture Of Toul adds anothe
. leaf to the German crown of victory
~ and removes another obstacle to tn
-, capture Of Paris. 1t opens the raj
=, way from their base of supplies q
Or Nancy to the headquarters of tn
10 German army before Paris, and a
90 the same time enables the German
$ to bring the force besieging it forwar
"a to Paris along with their formidabl
a siege artillery, whose efectivene;
v the Parisians will doubtless soon hav
sr, ocular demonstration. The NOR;
he effect of the capture cannot be high
20 1t proves that French fortresses al
he not invulnerable, and while addin
n to the confidence of the TeutOn In h