The New York herald., 1870-09-20
only solution of his difficulty now is to make
peace with the republic.

The War in Frnnce-NO Prospect Of Peace.
The faint glimmer of sunny peace which
was yesterday allowed to penetrate through
the thick clouds of war is again darkened.
There is no hope for peace until the Germans
are able to dictate its terms from Paris or
until the French have succeeded in driving the
enemy across the boundaries of France. The
announcement made in the London O6server
that Lord Lyons was acting as an intermediary
between NJ Jules Favre and Count Bismarck,
that brief armistice had been agreed upon
and that the prospects of peace were good,
has turned out to be delusion. True, it is
still stated that an interview between the poll
tical head of the French provisional govern
ment and the diplomatic head of the North
German Confederation had been arranged by
Lord Lyons and was to take place imme-
diately; but there is little comfort to be de-
rived from that. M. Jules Favre has declared
over and over again that the provisional gov
ernment cannot consent to any dismember-
ment Of French territory, while Count Bis
AuoA IN "uN AAS oovSAOASA "AO O4u0Ay ACoOANON
to treat only with the Emperor or the Regency
as the de jure government of France, and to
exact, by way of indemnity as well as of
material guarantees for the future, the cession
of the provinces Of Alsace and Lorraine.
This determination of Prussia is clearly set
forth in an interview between Count Bismarck
and Mr. Aalet, Secretary of the British Lega-
ton at Paris. ''What is your ultimatum?"
asked Malet ''Strasbourg and Metz" replied
Bismarck. ''Dismantled?" queried the Secre-
tary. ''No," was the response, stronger
than ever" With those irreconclably oppo-
site views on one side and on the other it is
manifest that no practical result tending to-
wards peace can be expected from the inter-
view between Favre and Bismarck.
And still diplomacy is not entirely idle H.
Theirs having 80 signally failed in his mission
to England, where he tried in vain to prevail
upon that timid and selfish government to act
as mediator between France and Prussia, is
now reported as having departed for st. Peters,
burg. His mission there is probably very
different from that which he executed at
London. In the one place he only asked for
the good Offices of government supposed to
be friendly and to be actuated by Christian
desire to promote peace and good will in the
other place he may be able to present reasons
of State sufficient to induce the Russian gov
ernment to lend to France not simply its
moral, but its material aid. Let France offer
to Russia the withdrawal Of all opposition to
the development and realization Of Muscovite
policy in the East, and the Czar may regard
his armed Intervention in favor of France as
an operation in which he will have the best of
the bargain. That would be good stroke of
policy on the part of France. 1t would enable
her to overthrow her enemy, Prussia, and to
punish her faithless ally and professed friend,
England. 1t may be assumed that M. Theirs
is authorized to make the offer. If so, and if
it be accepted and acted upon, then we have
only seen the beginning Of the war in Europe.
The diplomatic circular addressed by NJ
Favre to the French Ministers at foreign
courts is not calculated to smooth the way
of negotiation with Count Bismarck. While
he admits that the objection to the absence of
authority on the part Of the provisional gov
ernment is well founded, and states that the
main object of Fastening the convocation of
the Constituent Assembly is to remedy that
defect, he states that nothing is to be ex-
pected from Prussia; that her exultation at
and statesmanship that the terms which she
would be certain to dictate cannot be accepted;
that France, free from the winding sheet of
the empire, is ready to immediate herself for
right and liberty, and that national disaster is
to be preferred thousand fold to national dis
honor Ofthe like tenor were NJ. Favre's de-
clarations to one of the HERALDs correspond
ents, as detailed in despatch published to-
day. "Be good enough" said he, ''to tell the
people of America that we are most grateful
for the sympathy which they have so gener
ously extended to us that during the past
fortnight we have worked necessarily and
with all our power for the defence of Paris.
Everything has been effected for its security.
final result. We are determined to fight the
Prussians to the death. We are prepared to
blow up the Prefecture, the Hotel de Vile and
every public building in the city before we
yield" Entertaining such sentiments it is
very manifest that his interview with Bismarck
is not likely to result in an arrangement for
peace.
The disposition of Prussia is still less favor
able 70 peace A despatch from I,ondon co va
that Prussia distinctly refuses recognize any
French government, either imperial or republic
can, and that she is reluctant TO make peace at
presents the meaning OF which, perhaps, is
that Prussia reserves the right of deciding for
herself as to whether the empire OF Charlie
magne may not be reconstructed, with her mon
arch rs emperor. The Gazette of Berlin has still
another view, which il expresses in this way
Tho tof E,n x,s,tc