New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-02

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| N tbe condition OF Paris, or 10 make III
direct oyertures entirely foreign 10 tho mission
of NJ de Ia Grangerie and hs coeagueS' Inc rfce Vi
sayony has since expressed his regret ha te'e gohc
men declined to visit Epnay, ana GEN. lroonu, having
nrocsted against the whole transaction the bodies nave
| - ion nm The affair presents many peculiar
features that IL may be worth the note taken OF IL
| In the midst OF the cOmmotion caused ny thi' ne"
phase OF the SIEGE the advocates OF the commune arc
! again agitating. Gen. Trochn has tnohsht IL worth
willie 70 issue an address the population ana to the
| Army of Paris den0uncng the attempts OF the Com
nm, marty n COW dissension and afirming-tbis is the
,ip nont-that no divisions exist among the members
Of the Government the subjects ana great interests
of which the direction has been cOhnded 10 'ne' nc
states that the Army has been sorey treo' anu "'cu
rest but the enemy depryes even Of mat by the most
furiou. bombarmen any troops were ever exposed TO-
Nevertheless the Army is preparing for action IN con
cert with the National Guard, and ali VIII do their duty
The Government, in presence OF the SunerHss anu tho
periis OF the country, Is undivided III me ucSo ' '0
hon, Of te delyerance OF the nation" This is the sub
stance of the declaration which baS Dech wen receiver
but an idea prevails that too much Is hlaue u ING
Commune p,rtv On the other hand it IL not this party
only which cfltici5e5 the Government ana cannot
avoid insisting upon the fact that u mas iad t'e open
to severe aninadyerson, though 10 not peHe'o ''o
Commune 4, the remedy; the Commune understood 10y
the gentleman Of the 3st of October Inc great f'pfo'c
against If is its ineia We have reached The lO6th day
NJ to investment and no active effort has been mado to
effect breach in the onemy5 limos, while the Fih"iS
have been allowed 90 do just what they pleased IN the
way Of strengthening them. am now mercy uho e'ho
of the popular voice II is moro than proDaDe IIochu
and his coea guos have substantial reasons FOR Their
cour,e They will have to Ice Judged by the event AZ
this crisis Louis Blanc addresses letter 10 ms IrIchd
Victor Hugo lie contrasts ithc situation now, OF uic
whole of France arms. with r condition on the iL OF
sppcmhor and iI'ist that were Paris TO capuiatc
The war would therefore terminate, for France womd
q, Esti-s tbp
du- and ayengo It. lie thon points out mat capu
| la;ion would rot put end 10 our material suffer
| ings. The Prussans, once within our wal" Wouid
| not, perhaps could not let us leave the city,
tor the NATIONAL defense would gain too much
| had We such liberty. We should thus become
even closer prisoners than Instead Of enc
mics around ~ We should have aore and over ne mas
tcrs M moro balloons, no more pigeons. No gnincr
Of light from outside. Famine too. would add its nor
rors Ia the situation. The Prussans would provide for
themselves ir- il u possible for them 70 procure
provisions, seeing the possibility Of the lines ~ conmu
uic1,on being cut by or armies, and of ali conveys
being intercepted. lie then suggests picture OF what
terrible would occur. among population OF two
millions and half of souls and in their midst ah army
OF occupation Imprisoned ike it. and starving Louis
Blanc dwclls upon the resources OF every KIND at
the command Of Trochu and the Government, and
that il only shift under such circumstances Is 70
wait lour generals become useless percentages, and he de-
mand5 onG % The system VI inacor believing that
Win illtl IN the country III INC HdboH ept''y h'Lf
| ton Will follow energetic and prompt action Louis
Blanc .sht have added TO the list of disasters tie
capitalization Of Paris would bring, the converting into
prisoners Of the 5o0O)) defenders Of Paris, tho sI
~ it, mense material OF war; and That OF tho
forts and probably An enormous ransom to the
IT'S from plie Tie picture alreJdy terrible enough
hc 5usa 5t5 t. but IL wants TINS background 10 com
| picte ,t
AFFAIRS At vEFsALIHs-rUE WORLD CORNE-
srOHBENT H. TROUBLE.
lFRON OR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
| YER ALLIES. JAZZ. I've have little war
! Ike news On nis side OF Paris and for one, heartily
envy your correspondent at Champ, who m-t have
he lombard nent Of Mont Ayron. ana have been
able 10 write you account of the bceiHnu" Of the
Pru,san attack d." Cf"uacs Of Paris. VIII only say
that thc llcry officers ercss themselves oynroycd
at the performance of their guns and prophecy that
when tic bateic, uf Cloud open snail for our
selves now quicAly they val bring down the bridge at
Au:.ul and break tic cl.uu ic fer de Ccniue. This
would greatly hinder the action oftAo mIacusc trains,
which allowed ~ the Pr-ians TO have caused them
considerable the late sortics l. BOUrgct Tho
work.. st. Cloud and Mcudon arc now quite ready,
and NON tho heavy guns are IN position An the reports
Of their being before this But
they are really ready. and think shall have some
thing decisive 10 tell sou of before long New troops
have been arriving during tie past few days from Ger
many, and every day meets numbers OF men hunting
for quarters, and making tho most desperate
efforts to speak little very bad French. The idea that
Troahu intends to retire INTO Valcron when Paris
! longer hold ont gains ground among the German
officers But they cay chat he will gain nothing 10y 80
doing they should decline 20 allow dck Of corn to
go into long any Of the forts held out No
German soldier Will go into Paris no French soldier
shall pass lines a prisoner, until have
the black and white flag flying AL the forts. Then,
and till then, viii hoist the royal cOiors ut tie
Tuleros." But suppo'nS Paris wcro TO copulatc to-
morrow, have good 20 believe that neither the
I sItalH Tfftt. NHNfl
would take up his residence in PARIS lie Je cant pas
Ia cidelc, the advantages of residence i'm tho French
capital for King William nil and tho dangers OF such
-couIn many and great. In population OF two mil
| lions some fanatic would surely be found who would
make attempt the lives Of the who have done
ST much IN tho last X month, 10 Lumiliac France. The
ponoOn bridge at 81 Geuain gas well those at VILE
Sc. George, Ia, now been carried away by tho
! floating lie. The railway, however remains Some Of
the Garde Landwehr from ST. German have been sent
| 70 Increase the garrison Of vorsaics.
! An unpleasant incident has occurred hero which
would gladly have passed over in silence but it l. almost
certain lead to the expulsion from Versailles ana the
German armies OF Major MacLean the correspondent OF
The Nec York World at Versailles think 1t my duty TO
give you exact account of the for that gentle
mans being expelled the Prussan lines, the facts Of
the only likely to be misrepre sentedt Some
time back, Cen Blumenthal, the Chief Of the Crown
Princes staff, and the virtual COMMANDMENTS chief OF The
Third Army sent for Lieut. Armit. r. n, the special
correspondent OF me Manchester Guardian at Versailles
and called his attention 10 letters dated Versailles,
which had appeared in his paper and to which he Ghe
GeneraD took great exception, notably which
tanned violent and totally uncaledor attack on Gen.
Walker the British military attach6 duty here. Mr.
Armt at once called Gen. Bmenthal, attention to the
fact that the letters I'm question were from an "Occa-
sonal" correspondent and assured nj, Excccncy that
not only he not the author. but that he was
| IN total ignorance to whence they emanated.
| Then 1 call you to find out and You must