The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-05-11
TIE FAILURE OF COMMU
NTSE AT PARIS.

#T ended EM8 N3tlstltllA6 a4Ntk
ncw not only despair ofc0ntroSling
prorfncial France, but It caEaot
much longer continue to distTact
Paris. Conflicting reports from
the capital and from Versailles still
confuse the accounts which We
publish Of The Gnal struggle at
Asnisres but enough Of the truth
81 the actual military situation is
known to show thai the in
restment of the city is complete,
and that the starying-Out p. ocess
has begun
It viii be remembered hat sim
ultane0us with the movement oi
Marshal MacMahon against As
nieres, the insurgenl right wing
under D0nbrOwski was thrown
ont as offensive crochet to the
line Of the ramp lrts, the Germans
moved from St. Denis to Sc. 0uen
and Auberyillers, and otherwise
contracted their lines on the north
and east Of the city. The success
Of MacMahOn at Asnieres having
forced the insurgents across the
Seine, the consequent advance Of
the army Of Versailles brought
their left In connection with the
Germ N right at st. Ouen. Prac-
tically this completes the invest
ment If the capital; and, though
the French President would very
greatly object to making public
acknowledgment that his move
ments and those Of the German
Gen. Pape were pIeconcerted,
there il hardly doubt that they
were made with this design. On
the south NJ IcM Ihons line have
been for some time firmly estab-
lished, and as the Germans have
agreed to prevent the passage o.
food supplies into Paris, the end
cannot long be delayed. To sus-
tain this siege Paris has not, a.
nn the former occasion, robbed ali
the rest of France, aud there ART
not DOW, as when the Germans sal
Town before he walls in Septem-
Der last, "bread and wine" enough
Tor all Paris for five months H.
come. The brief time which elaps-
I'd between the end Of the Gerlnan
siege and the beginning of Gh,
present investment had not served
.ully 10 replenish the stores of the
great City-indeed it is doubtful j.
the supply of necessary food Oh
hand bad reached the actual de.
mInd. Paris will, therefore, soon
W On short commons again.
Inere is d natural dreal, which
sc have shared to some extent,
t lat a reign of terror and of bloOu
wall follow the Investment and the
cessation of actual daily hostilities
D5twen the two armies. The tenn
per Of the Commune leaders Is un
questiOnably bioOdtnlrstv, bu,
even tigers have fears, aud lhe
terrOis in which they will exist as
a consequence Of their failure and
tile dread of punishment as tral-
tors at the hands either III the Ma
EIOnal Guards or the Assembly
VIII deprive them of much Of their
power. Flying and demorallzed
troops DO 40 stop to Wreak Yen-
geance on those they meet and
leaders IA Disgrace c4alln sym paLhy
islid support u tne weakest, Us
drowning men eaten at straws. Ii
blood II sued, 10 il mucn more
likely to be THAT vi tlls prominent
lllsnrgent leaders, WAC nave taIleu,
than Ut tiie innocent obscure VINO
lave taken mO part ia the rebel-
iivii aud france can spare little
VI sacii DiOOd, Perhaps tue worst
aud most lasting elect Ot the at
tempt Which has illus slgnally lail-
~ Will ~ TO render stlIl more re-
mote the chances for tile enlarged
iiDcrty Of the municipalities 81
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