Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-03
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FOREIGN NEWS BY THE CABLE
Ratification of the Preliminary Treaty.
The Triumphal March of the Germans
congressional and Washington News.
MISCELLANY.
PRELIMINARY TREATY Ratified
The German Entry-Mournful Aspect OF
the Cffy.

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The German Entry-Mcurnful Aspect ol
the City.
NEW YORK, March IA Paris special to
the Tele0rdns says the inhabitants main
tain the same quiet, sturdy indifference
shown on the morning of the entrance OF
the Prussians There were no demonstra-
lions by the people, and the troops pre-.
pared to bivouack in the Champs Elysees
and neighborhood without any apparent
excitement. The French troops who
guarded the barracks and bridges behaved
admirably, and, under tile great provoca-
ton, restrain their temper and keep cool
There has been 10 disposition OH the part
of the officers and men of the Prussiar
army to wander beyond the barricade
limits, even without military uniform
Prussian soldiers, if discovered in some
parts of Paris, would be attacked by an an,
CRY mob.
FRENCH NEWS.
BORDEAUX, March 1.-The Assembly
ratified the preliminary treaty by vote OF
546 to 107.
PARIS. March AT ten o'clock, 80, 00O
Prussians entered with So pieces of artil-
lery and the usual proportion of cavalry.
The Seone, which has been surrendered to
the Prussians, is nearly clear of French.
1t commences at the extreme southwest
and runs in the shape of an irregular tri-
angle, of which the Seine forms the east
side. The enciente from point Du Jour to
the Porte dies Fermes forms the west side,
and the Faubourg Honore, the Avenue
des Fermes from the Rue Royale to the
enciente, the north side or base. The only
points within these limits which are re-
tanned by the French are the baking es-
Enlistment of the army of Paris, the
Quai de Bieully and the Pont de Jena.
There are but few people OH the streets.
going to mass.
The Germans used no music except the
drum and trumpet for signals.
The Germans are astonished at the
mournful aspect of the city and the deser-
ton of the streets.
The statues in the Place de La Concord
are covered with Grape.
fAs ENGLISH NEWS.
LONDON, March 1.-The barricades in
the northern and eastern faubourgs of
Paris are only precautionary and will only
be used should the Germans overstep the
assigned limits.
LONDON, March 2.-Paris dispatches
state that several battalions of Germans
entered the city at seven o'clock yesterday
morning, to prepare quarters. at half
past eight, the Palais de Industrie was oc-
cupied. The same troops soon after pa
paraded in the Place de la Concorde. There
was but but small number of the inhabit-
ants present, and no demonstrations were
made. There was soon a line of German
troops along the Seine from Point du Jour
to the Palais Bourbon, while on the right
bank the French National Guards stopped
the passage of all persons in uniform.
The main body of occupation formed at
Long Champs and in the Bots de Boulogne
where the review was held, and entered
Paris at noon.
The Emperor's staff are qaartered at the
palace of Clyze.
Gen. Kamecke commands the army of
occupation.
A Prussian military commission has
been established to receive the complaints
of the inhabitants who deserted the occu-
pied quarters. The public buildings were
also deserted and closed.
The Emperor declares that he will not
enter the city. The Crown Prince will re-
view the German army.
- safssa -fs GERMAN NEWS.
VERSAILLES, March 1.-The Emperor
William has returned from Long Champs,
where he reviewed the army entering
Paris a.