The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-05-18
THE PARIS REV0L UT !
DEsPERATlTiia HTI lilli ii lSFioKE PlRIs
: 1oNpoN, May 12,I 18Th.

A Paris dispatch says that For
Vanvres was captured last night BY th.
Es6illss stfooup1 ind, 4ofsu
short vi time whsn tit ,vrss a1pjsear i
Eb3 the Communist forces. There Ehal
fbs<d. despersts dsating tdsts oidsy
The Geveranisst stsrdaJ
carried tbe balriiessds I'm cue ii liaa0 Il
Bourg.h. Refine, killing and woundlne
100 - The insaresbtsa eapta.lihg sl3,,
The e.nnonade oontlnues with terrible
eaect.t sii tJse <FsI! sd .syaH xtSaas g 4:
Z May ls.-The News special from
Versailles reports I sus7aF combat Il
Auteul' Visdact, aud ono sinsurgeat gun:
boat sunk 1s15faf. atGafsss ast,f:. >sa!15 ~
Z Asdispstch from Versailles s.sstts
that il the French Assembly TO-DAY
President Theirs announced The sign:
iogt Of the de- s'tiv treaty IF pence be.
tween France and Germany He stat
ed that no slleviatioo IL the . conditions
imposed BY Prince Bismarck could 30
robtsined!;1, tx I95: tFtaTt 5yG3s; aas isan0s
a Another report announces that the
new treaty abrogates tho commercial
, treaty between France and Germany,
and gives 70 Prussia the control Of the
railways ID tbs oeded territory, in con.
sideration Of { deduction from ths var
indemnity Of 826. o00, 900 francs
Ono Of The elsu,es Of tho treaty, it. is
said, provides for 5the1a.equisition by
Prussia Of the railway from Thionville
TO- Lupemburg. Gai2l:1y'2a >js ri Jas
It's also reported that: Prince Bis
msrok has promised to relinquiah one
million of the war indemnity on the
condition that France, sgrees to the i'm
nudity from capture ofptivate proper.
ty on tbessea. oT:fataE, ft:8ffs2@@ ii Z, S.'2 !:
NEW York, May 15:---A Versailles
Of 5anday night 's.ys'':: Thir-
" thousand men are ID the Bots de
B.alogue sheltered BY the trenches q, Of
the besiegers.i Yesterday the, Fiji iinsadf:
gent, attempted Z ssortis from, Fort
Dauphin.a Tie head II the column ,oll ", ,1as
allowed to advance little, whom sud.
denly tvsnty.eight shells II burs,ed
among them,' and the column, W. W.
blown to atoms. The few remaining
retreated in terror. .1@s'A $3.50 . 81 ',,S>'s
Waivers will soon surrender, The
troops in the trenches are only one hun
dred metres from the fort, which has
not fred a shot in twcnty-four hours
Shells from Mendon are fred every ,ry
minute, and the vvisduct at Auteul bal,
been smashed to pieces Tie troops gpt
are id excellent spirits, and anxious for i
: fight. 4o3 "t'' @'s.>{'s US I'll. sII'o:
Galiee, cavalry has been ,e d a., q
clear Che boulevards. O. TIE q entity.
Of tue army 80 ten.ipch hoviitsserasi 81 re
10 readiaess for street lighting: *'s.'1'
Pans, May .l4,,X M:--The.. con, e
trail oomnmitte h,a ordered + { general, ,1e
search, vhish Is progressing, for arms IS
and persons iininioal 70 tie government ., e,Iu
Of the commune. Grousset, the Federal
minister Of foreign ,ffairs, has issued
. protest against tho deslarationl Of
Theirs that the Commune has disregar:
dad the convention Of Geneva 10 regard
to explosive bullets, and retorts that the
Versaillists have themselves been guilty
Of an infrac:ion Of the convention,
which they charge upon the oommu-