Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-21
RUTLAND HERALD,
TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1870.
The French and Prussian War.

Before Ndpoieon las Sot las sAooPo
across the Rhine, detachments of the
Prussian army have entered France at
Forbach, in the department of Moselle,
and are advancing on the city of Metz,
which is the capital of that department
and strongly fortified city of $4,000
people. 1t is situated about forty miles
south of the Luxembourg fortress, is about
thirty miles west of Forbach, and is an
important railroad center. The Prussians
are reported marching on Metz from two
directions, by way of Thionville, which is
half way between Metz and Luxembourg,
and, if the dispatch is correct, by way Of
Kehl, also. Kehl (which,must be confound-
ed with Kiel, a seaport in Holstein) is a
German town in Baden, directly across
the Rhine from Strasburg. AS it is also
reported that the French are throwing
bridge across the Rhine near Kehl, and
as Seltz, from which the dispatch an
nouncing the Prussian invasion comes, is
thirty miles north of Strasburg. it is more
probable that the southern detachment
to operate against Metz has crossed the
Rhine in the Palatinate. Strasburg is a
strongly fortified French city, and there
are said to be already 100000 French
troops near the frontier and about Metz
and Strasburg. The French affect to des-
pise the Prussian invasion, but is signi-
hcant as another instance of the Prussian
policy of opening the war in the enemy's
country. There are rumors of battle
near Forbach, in which both sides lost
heavily.
Another dispatch says that the French
army is concentrating at Metz, and will
cross the Rhine into Baden at once that
the French gunboats are already on that
river, and that Marshals MoMahon,
Baziiue and Canrobert will command
divisions under the emperor, who takes
the chief command. The French navy
will at once lombard the Baltic ports, and
the gunboAts will run up the rivers of
North Germany. The army and navy
will attack together, and, of course,
France expects them to be irresistible
The small Prussian fleet III the English
channel is watched by IA French fleet. and
will soon be attacked by it. As for the
mail steamers and the general commerce
OF Prussia and North Germany, it is still
to be seen i'll how much danger they are.
The London Shipping Gazette of Saturday
feels certain that the Paris conference
doctrine on privateering aud blockades
will be recognized and ipossibly that the
immunity of private property afloat will
be permitted. But, on the other hand. |
the rapidity with which the emperor is
enforcing blockade and bombardment of
the Baltic ports, looks as if he would not
be too particular about the rights of neu-
trails. In any event there will be a great
increase III business at the neutral ports
of Antwerp and Rotterdam; and the
carrying trade of both England and
America will be largely augmented.
The unanimity of feeling in favor of
war has been broken in France bv the
sudden recalcitration of old Theirs. who.
after making warlike speech three
weeks ago, has turned about and ques-
tl"ns the Wisdom of the ha~ty action taken
hS thr Emperor. l. seems that the tour
MINISTERS " no favored war last Wednrs-
day did hot resign, although Lebout is
about to DO 80, in order to take u com
msnd i'll the field Under stress of weather
Olivier agreed to their terms and de-
olnrrd war But M. THEIRS on Friday
A. gf,II lin ,a 4
while the war cries of the majority were
r"suunding in the Chamber He spoke
vigorously against the war, saying that ,
Prussia had given the satisfaction de- .
minded by France, and that the Chamber
should tt fleet, and sat down amid the
murmurs of the majority. Olivier re-
sponCed that the government could not
do otherwise than il had done whereupon
NJ. Theirs again took the floor, recalled
Mexico and Sadowa, and said that the
government had made another blunder
The majority interrupted the speaker {
who continued amid the greatest agita- :
tion. When silence was restored, Gam
BETA demanded that all the correspond
ence had with Prussia be laid before the {
Corps Legislatif, and Jules Favre second q
ed the motion, asserting that France e
could not make war on the authority of v
telegraphic dispatches. Gramont replied 8
that 1T was necessary to make war im- Il
modiately, so that Prussia might hava no d
time to arm. The demand for tAs cor |
respondence was rejected, 1914 20 "a, and 6
the new loan and army bill carried by e
GAG to 10. Its provisions are: First, to I
call the Garde Mobile into active service a
second, to authorize the enlistment of T
volunteers for the war; third, to issue a
demand loan of fifty millions of francs in h
aid OF the army and sixteen millions in b
AID OF the navy. In the Senate the 1
Emperor's right-hand man, M. Rouher, u
responded in behalf of the nation in favor Il
Of war, and he is supported by nine r
ten'hS of the nation, no,doubt. h
Still greater enthusiasm for war prevails b
in Prussia and North Germany. On King IL
Williams return. from Ems, which is in n
the western part Of, the kingdom, he was
everywhere received with great enthu- CT
siatm. Reaching Berlin late Friday night. S
a hundred thousand people met him at O
the station and escorted him along the 81
grand street "Unter den Linden" to his '
palace, shouting and singing the stirring il
war song of 1866, Ich bin Elm PreuSse, c.
ce""t Ihr meme FarJen9 just as the W
French populace were singing the Mar n,
'eiliaise, by imperial permission ON the ia
same evening. Volunteering is going on CD
as rapidly in Berlin az it did in this conn in
try the first week after the fall of Sumter va
ana the Prussian troops are going into hs
the held quite AS fast as the French are. a..
Our anticipations of the two alliances 81
begin to be verified. Denmark is report II
ID as. joining France, and Holland de. 81