The New York herald., 1871-03-31


To-day had an interview with Bismarck
on the subject Of the state Of affairs in Paris.
l was courteously received by the German
statesman, who, in the preliminary converse
ton, expressed his appreciation Of the good
sense and consistency displayed by the people
and government of the United States during
the war.
THE RED REBELLION NOT IMPORTANT.
CoRREsPoNDENT-Does your Excellcncy
think that the events now transpiring In Paris
are importantr
BlsMARoK-They are not important to the
degree supposed by many. One would have
thought that the public mind in Germany
would have been much more engrossed by the
rising and excesses Of the reds than is actu-
ally the case. To the general public there are
only two points to view when the matter is
discussed These are the possibility that the
German troops may be detained in France by
been the case, and, secondly, the point that
the present state of Paris is proof that Ger
man appreciation of the population of Paris is
more correct than is believed by neutrals, who
considered the city to be the centre of civil
zation, and regarded it as almost holy and
too sacred to be touched by German bar
barians As-1@;'..::'..' q ~ 7-'-':..r---
! TIE POLICY OF GERMANY.
CoRREspoNDENT-What will be the policy of
Germany during the present complications in
France2
BIsMARcK-That matter is as simple as pos
sible. In the eyes of German statesmen the
reds now in possession of Paris are simply
rioters. The government of NJ. Theirs is the
only legitimate one, and as soon as the insur-
gents transgress the terms of the Convention
concluded between the legitimate government
of France and Germany the Germans will
treat them as rioters and dispense them by
force of arms. AS long as they do not trans
gress the treaty stIpulations they will be left
alone.
NO DIRECT INTERFERENCE.
CoRREspoNDENT-Then there will be no
interference in behalf of the legitimate govern
ment?
BIsMAROK-Not directly; but facilities will
be afforded the Theirs government in regard
10 the concentration of troops at Versailles.
The French authorities will be allowed to
mass much larger force there than it could
according to the stipulations of the peace pre-
liminaries. 1t is also likely that on direct
application of the French government Ger
man aid will not be withheld.
aERMANY's INTEREST
CoRREspoNDENr-But Is not Germany in
terested in the preservation of the government
of NJ. Thiers?
BIsMARoK-Only so far as the fulflment of
the conditions of peace is concerned. Ger
tainly the government of NJ Theirs is the only
one which gives guarantees in compliance
with the stipulations of the peace prelimi-
naries.
WHEN GERMANY MAY HELP THE THEIRS Gov
ERNMENT.
CoRREsPoNDENT-Did Germany send mes
sage to the reds declaring that she would not
interfere, but would maintain friendly relations
towards them2
BrsMARcK-Certainly not. mistaken idea
is prevailing in England as to the position Of
Germany toward the rioters of Paris. This
is in consequence of the wrong translation Of
the letter written by General Schloheim and
published in the Journal O6iciel. The letter
said that so long as the Germans were not in
terfered with passive attitude would be OBJ
served; but this passage was made to read that
'friendly attitude would be Observed
very different thing from what was really writ
ter. There have been only three kilograms
sent from Germany relating to the riots.
Two were simply of military character, and
one Of these-my own, addressed to Jules
Favre-was also misinterpreted In short,
Germany will never interfere in the internal
affairs of Francs, bu. all parties in that coun-
: try must respect and observe tde peace stipula-