The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-23

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concentrated in some one of them. No open
town is to be defended in the north, but the
fortified places of Lille, Abbeville, Dunkirk,
Calais, Cherbourg, st. Malo and Brest are pre-
pared to stand a siege.
Havre, which has an exceedingly strong
fort on a hill, is being strengthened by lines
like those at Lyons, but Rouen is to be aban-
doned to the enemy.
The southern army, when concentrated, is
to wait until the latest possible moment to
gain time for drills, but when one of the
great outer forts of Paris has been taken and
the bombardment of the city commences, the
army will march north against the Prussans.
AS to the military preparations in general
there is abundance OF men. Small arms are
very scarce and there is great difficulty in get
ting even smooth bore muzzle-loaders. Fur
ther supplies are expected shortly from Eng
land and elsewhere. Ammunition is still more
deficient Cavalry and artillery scarcely ex-
ist, and there is no hope of providing either in
time for the operations affecting Paris.
PARIS, Sept. 22.-It is impossible to sepa-
rate now the political from the military queS-
tion, for understanding one you must under
stand the other. There are two different
Powers in Paris: One official-the provisional
government, which satisfies nobody, but is ac-
cepted and tolerated by everybody; and the
other is the central republican committee,
composed OF four delegates from each arron-
dssement or eighty delegates. These four de-
legates are selected from twenty-five delegates
elected by the people in every reimbursement.
They are in constant communication with the
people during the day through twenty-one de-
legatcs remaining in the reimbursement, and at
night by public meetings.
A special committee of five remain in per-
manency, day and night At the sitting of the
Assembly just eighty delegates constitute the
Commune of Paris.
The International Association of Working
men has been the cradle of that powerful
organization, which is Objectionable. to the
bourgeoise, and a source of fear to the gov
ernment, but has the deepest root in the
hearts of the people.
They sent, yesterday, message to the
government, asking for immediate measures:
First. To transfer the police from the cen
tral government to the municipalities; the
law or decree interfering with the absolute
freedom of speech, of the press, meeting or
associations.
Second. The appropriation of the neces-
saries of life wherever to be found, and their
distribution among the families of the National
Guard and hose in need, proportionately to
the amount Of provisions, the probable dura-
ton of the siege; and the number Of persons
to be fed.
empty apartments or public buildings for the
accommodation of the defenders of the city.
Fourth. A levy en- masse of all Frenchmen
without exception.
Fifth. The immediate dispatch of general
commissioners to the departments to raise
the population and send them to defend'P Paris.
The government refused yesterday to yield
to these demands, and to-day delegation of
one hundred and twenty members, comprising
nio fu Of fhn ,fralo mil md
two special delegates from each reimbursement,
will again present them; and if the govern
ment persists in its refusal the people them
selves will come peacefully but en- n,dsse.
At Lyons the workmen have constituted
an independent government for the defence of
France. The first success of the Prussians
will overthrow the provisional government as
Sedan overthrew the imperial government, and
then the people will certainly take better care
Of themselves than their traditional masters
have.
The Prussian cavalry entered Nantes, on
the Havre and Paris Railroad, and made a
requisitioD, but subsequently rejoined their
corps, which was advancing in that direction.
The fighting near Paris continued, with
varying results. No important engagement
has yet taken place.
The report that the Prussians had occupied
Orleans is not confirmed.
The manufacture of arms by private parties
as well as in the national armories has been
vastly increased
Letters from Metz, picked up at Teutrange,
reiterate the assurances that the place is we'll
provisioned and that the morale of the garri-
son is excellent.
Count de La Guerroniere, while returning
from Constantinople, was arrested at Mar
seilles, but was released by order of the gov
ernment.
1t is reported that Lyons will be made the
temporary capital of France.
The provisional government has determined
to repress the eXcesses of the ''Reds."
PARIS, Sept. 20.-[Special to the New
York Herald. THE last hours for leaving the
city were marked by rush of hundreds,
whose courage way at the latest moment.
Hundreds of applications were made to Mr..
Washburne for passports, by Frenchmen who
were never outside of France, and who pre-
tended to be naturalized citizens, but were un-
able to produce their papers.
Beyond doubt Paris is provisioned for four
months. An appeal has been issued by the
authorities begging the citizens to exercise the
greatest care and trugality in the use of proyi-
sions from the present time.
Trochu is working indefatigably. Yester-
day he was confined to his bed by illness.
For the past two nights Paris has been in
almost total darkness.
The action of the extreme republicans, even
in this hour of trial when unity is indispensa-
BILE, on Saturday and Sunday was disgraceful.
There were demonstrations in several portions
of the city in consequence of the demands OF
the ''R eds;'' noisy and dangerous crowds as
sembled in different quarters, uttering revolt
ing cries. A large number of the roughs were
armed. In some places violence was commit
ted, and in one place storehouse was broken
open and quantity of provisions seized under