Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-11
Weekly News Summary
FOREIGN.

the ramparts, under a heavy fire. All
lodges of the order in Paris were rep
resented. Several Masons were wounded
while on the walls. At Versailles, on the
Both, President Thiers granted an inter-
view to delegation of Masons, who ar
rived from Paris the day before. He told
them that the Government desired to see
an end to the civil war, but the Assembly
could not capitulate in the presence of an
armed insurrection. He referred them to
the Commune for restoration of order
within the city of which it had usurped
control.
Schamyl, the great Chief of the Cau-
cassians, is dead, at the age of seventy
four.
A Brussels dispatch of the Goth says
difficulties had arisen in the Peace Con-
gress on the subject of the contributions
and acquisitions made in France since the
conclusion of the armistice.
Fort Issy was, on the 30th ult, sum-
moned to surrender by the Versailles
army. The Communist garrison asked
and were granted time for deliberation.
The negotiations for surrender failed,
and the bombardment was recommended
and was very violent on the 1st. A large
number of troops moved toward Paris on
the 1st, as reinforcements to the army of
investment.
A Paris dispatch of the 1st says the fir
ing the night before was fearful, and
apparently utterly reckless. Nothing to
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commencement of the civil war. The city
was greatly excited and alarmed, and
groups of frightened people were collected
in almost every street and avenue, dis
cussing the state of affairs. The delegates
from the Masonic lodges of Paris had re-
turned from Versailles, unable to accom-
plish anything. They report that Thiers
expressed the opinion that peaceable ar
rangement with the Paris Commune was
impossible.
The provincial elections in all parts of
France have resulted in the choice of Con-
servative Republicans.
Paris dispatches of the I'd state that the
Commune had issued decree appointing
a Committee of Safety. There was an i'm
mense concentration of Communist troops
in and around Fort Issy. New works
were being constructed rendering the fort
more formidable than ever. A Versailles
dispatch of the same date says cannonad-
ing was going on along the whole line, and
breach had been made in the walls of
Issy.
Special dispatches from Berlin on the
Both ult. state that at an Imperial Council
held that day it was agreed to notify the
Versailles Government that a further
limited period would be allowed for the
restoration of authority, the enforcement
of order, and the fulfillment of the treaty
stipulations, after which Germany will
take independent action to establish law
and order in Paris.
The opening at London of the Interna-
tional Exhibition of Science and Art took
place on the I'd.
A cable dispatch of the Goth ult. an
nounces the death of Sigismond Thalberg,
the pianist He was fifty-nine years of
age.
A Versailles dispatch of the Sd reports
the situation of affairs unchanged. The
government batteries were still preaching
the walls of Fort Issy.
! A Paris dispatch of the Sd says the
Communists were falling back. The vii
lage of Issy was almost surrounded and
its remaining defenders were closely
pressed.
In the British House of Commons, on
the Sd, motion for a second reading of
the bill enfranchising women was debated
at considerable length, when a vote was
taken which resulted in majority of six
ty-nine against the measure.
A Versailles dispatch of the 4th says the
Versailles forces had carried by assault
the insurgent position at Saguet Mill. One
hundred and fifty Communists were killed
and ten cannon and three hundred prison
ers captured. The mill had, however, been
evacuated by the Versailles troops, as ii
was exposed to destructive fire from the
insurgent fortitications.
A Berlin telegram of the 5th states that
Bismark had gone to Frankfort, to confer
with Favre, who had left Versailles tC
meet him.
News from Paris on the 9Th was to the
effect that the Communists still held For
Issy, and were having it entrenched. Th'
Official Journal admitted that the Com
munists had suffered serious losses in pris
oners and cannon. A Paris special to tn
London Times of the 5th says all hopes o
peace had been abandoned.
Earl Granville announced, in the Brit
ish House of Lords, on the 9Th, that thu
government had received official dis patch
es confirming the reports of the safety c
DR.. Livingstone, and also giving assuranc
that his immediate wants had been pre-
vided for.