The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-05-22
THE PARIS REVOLUTION,
The Government Troops in Paris.
a Panic in the Capital.
COMMUNIST REPORTS.
THE COMMUNIST DlspIRIrEp.

| COMMUNIST REPORTS.
THE COMMUNIST DlsPIRITED.
| LONDON, May 20.-A despatch saws tina
wounded soldiers are constantly arriving M
the hospitals The communists are disprite,
ana making preparations to explode the ram
| parts. United States steamship Relief has ar
rived at Havre. The Prussians have evacuat
ed Yvelot.
| A GENERAL ENGAGEMENT.
| PARIS, May 20-fSpecial to N. Y. World l.
Inc Russians are ut Bondy and Aubervilier
and are strongly reinforced.
Inc prisoners accused of causing the explO
Champs Ode Mars will be shot Tonight. a
noon yesterday the Versaillists attacked the
| gate OF ST ClOnd. At 80 the combat rape(
at Neuilly and at 2 o'clock the line of battl
extended from the Beis de Boulogue to tn,
gaze Oh Chcny. Twenty thousand troops wer,
| engaged. There was no decisive result.
THE VICTIMS OF PARTISAN INSANITY.
The first hostages selected for execution ar,
the archbishop Of Paris and Abbes Degierry
FEELING OF CONFIDENCE.
Two spies were shot yesterday. -Four indi
viduals have been condemned to deoth for al
legged connection with the recent powder mag.
azIne explosion near Champs de Mars The
central COMMITTEES is again the principal pow
mlttee OF Public Safety. The journals of the
Commune declare that the Federal positions
every where are strong. Their organization is
improved and their confidence in the future is
greatly strengthened.
STILL MORE RADICAL GOVERNMENT.
PARIS, May 2O-Evening. An important en-
gagement is reported 10 have occurred TODAY
near AntemI and Passy. The result is un-
known. Fort Montrouge still holds out. The
Governor of Fort Bicetre has been arrested.
The Versailists in Bots de Boulogne have made
seven distinct attempts to storm the ramparts
OF Paris, but In no case was the assault sue
cess. A great number of troops have been
concentrated at threatened points. The bas-
ton facing the German position is being ac-
lively repaired. The minority in the Com
mune and military commission have been re-
placed by Communists of a more radical TYNE.
The church of Metre Danes des Victories has
been sacked and is now occupied by federal
troops. iefr
TERROR IN PARIS
PARIS, May 81, p. M.-The federalists have
abandoned their positions at Malakoff, Petit
Vannes and Grand MOnuouge. The govern
ment troops have surrounded Fort Montrouee,
which only maintains communication with
Paris by subterranean passage. The federal
forces arc re-enteIing the city in the greatest
disorder, shells falling ON Montrouge. The
inhabitants are terrier stricken and many of
them have been killed.
BEFORE THE ENTRANCE OF THE ENEMY.
PARIS. May 21-Sunday night.-The Yer
salillsts have not attempted an assault on the
south. A terrible bombardment sweens the
ramparts The Federalists are making des-
perats efforts 10 repair and protect the gates.
The only generals now outside of the walls are
Doinbrowski, who is at Bots de Bouogne near
Port de Ia Maette, and Wroblewski, iwho is
making stand at GENTLY. The Versaillists
attacked and captured part of the latter sub
urb. Auteuil and Passy are subjected TO q vio-
lent bombardment. The Auteuil gate has been
abandoned by the Federalists, whose forces
have fallen back inside the city.
Sunday night a circular from Theirs Official
ly confirms entrance OF troops into Paris 1t
says: THE gate st. Cloud having been batter
ed down Gen. Dariai rushed in Generals
L.admirault and Clnchamps are preparing to
follow"
Since the issue of the above circular good
news have been received. Donar's men hold
their positions in the st. Cloud gate, where
they have cut the telegraph wire Communicate
ing with other portions of the enciente A flag
OF truce was hoisted at Alnie gate. Two regi-
ments entered there and proceeded beyond the
Virduct Circular railway, meeting with feeble
resistance. Gen. Cissey reports that the NAL
akoff and Fort Montrouge havelbeen abandon.
ed by the insurgents and will soon be occu-
pied by his command, but the batteries on the
ramparts opposite are still firing. There is a
panic in Paris. 1t is said that Pyatt, Grous-
sett and other rebel leaders have disappeared
THE PEACE AGENTS.
FRANKFORT, May 20-Bismarck, Power
Quertier and Favre arrived in this CITY TODAY
for the purpose OF exchanging ratifcations Of
the treaty. All public buildings and great
many private residences are decorated with
fagsin honor Of the occasion.
3 GOvRasNMENT REPORTS.
VERSAILLES READY TO STORM PARIS
LONDON, May 81, noon.-Despatches from
Versailles say that three formidable preaching
batteries mounted on the slope of Mont Valee
rian have opened fl % on the ramparts of An
teul quarters. The government are all ready
to storm the city. A violent cahnonade was
| kept up on Saturday night. -
Dispatches from Paris report that all the
attacks OF the Versailles troops on Friday and
Saturday were repulsed. Pyat proposed to
the commune laws for taxation OF bachelors
and the abolition OF the confessional
The officers of the MOntnatre battery claim
that they have dismounted the guns of the
Versaillsts at Gennayiliers The Inhabitants
of Malakof and the villages near Vanguard
and Montrouge are flying from their dwellings
The Central Committee orders all the Paris
ians to return to their domiciles within forty-
eight hours on pain of forfeiture OF the rentes
standing in their name s3lI I.
MILITARY QUESTION.
VERSAILLES, May 20.-The Assembly to-day
adopted a motion demanding decision from
the French and Prussian authorities as to
what Towns are being garrisoned by German
soldiers.
THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS ENTER PARIS.
VERSAILLES, May 81, Sunday evening.-Tbe
Versailles troops entered Paris at o'alocL,
this afternoon. The entrance was effected
simultaneously at points at the gate of St
Cloud, near Point Du Jour, and the gate Of
Montrouge, on the Boulevard Bruno. The
insurgents have abandoned the ramparts.