Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-22
FROM EUROPE.
THE CIVIL STRUGGLE IN FRANCE!
BLOOD AND TERROR In PARIS!
The Government Troops Enter the City !!
End of the Conflict at Hand!
All the Particulars from Both Parties up
to the Hour of Going 20 Press.
France.

THE BEsIEGED FRENCH CAPITAL-BLooD AND
TERRoR-sUBTERRANEAN CONTRADICTION
BOASTS OF THE CoMMUNIsTs-EYIDENCEs
OF WEAKNESS, ETC.
LONDON, May 21.-Dispatches from Paris re-
port that all attacks of the Versailles troops FRI
day and Saturday were repulsed. NJ Pyat pro-
posed, in the commune, laws for the taxation of
bachelors and the abolition of the confessional.
There was heavy fighting yesterday on the west
and southwest, but, according to communist re-
ports, without important result. The officers of
the Monmartre battery claim that they have dis
mounted the guns of Versailles and Gennevil-
liers. The inhabitants of Malakoff and the vii
lagos near Vanguard and Montrouge are flying
from their dwellings. The central committee
orders all Parisians TO return to their domiciles
within forty eight hours, on pain of forfeiture of
rentes standing in their names. An undated
official report of the commune announces that
its forces have been successful in several en-
gagements.
PARIS, May 21-Sunday AJternoon.-The
federalists have abandoned their positions at
MalakoH, Petit Vanvres, and Grand Mon
trouge. The government troops have surround
ed Fort Montrouge, which only maintains COM
munication with Paris by subterranean pass
age. Shells are falling in Montrouge. The ill.,
habitants are terror-stricken. Many have been
killed
Two spies were shot Friday Four individu-
ais have been condemned to death for alleged
connection with the powder magazine eXplo-
sion near Champ de Mars.
The central committee is again the principal
power in Paris, and acting in concert with the
committee on public safety. The journals of
the commune declare that the federal positions
| everywhere are strong. Their organization is
improved, and their confidence in the future
| greatly strengthened.
Sunday Night.-The Versaillists have not at
tempted an assault on the south. A terrible
| bombardment sweeps the ramparts. The fed
eralists are making desperate efforts to repair
and protect the gates. Gen. Cecilia has returned
TO Paris. The only generals now outside the
walls are DombrowSki, who is in the Bois de
| Boulogne, near Port de la Muette-and Wro-
| blewski, who is making stand at Genotilly.
| The Versaillists attacked and captured part of
| the latter suburb. Auteuil and Passy are sub
| jected to violent bombardment. The Auteuil
| gate has been abandoned by the federalists
whose outposts have fallen back inside the CITY,
THE BEsIEGERs - FORMIDABLE PREACHING
| BATTERIES AT wORK-THE GOVERNMENT
TROOPS ENTER PARIs-END OF THE BLOOD
| SHED AT HAND.
LONDON, May Acknowledgements from
| Versailles say three formidable preaching bat
| teries, mounted on the slope OF Mt. Valerien,
| have opened fire on the ramparts of the Auteuil
| quarter The government troops are all ready
| to storm the city. A violent cannonade was
| kept up Saturday night.
VERSAILLES, May 21--Slt7dap eUening-The
Versailles troops entered Paris at four O'Clock
| this afternoon. The entrance was effected sim
| ultaneously at two points, the gate of st Cloud,
near Pont du Jour, and the gate of Montrouge
on the boulevard of Bruno. The insurgents have
| abandoned the ramparts.
| Sunday Night-A circular from Nj. Theirs Of
ficially confirms the entrance of the troops into
| Paris. 1t says: The gate of ST. Cloud having
| been battered down, Gen. Donai rushed in. Gems.
| PAdmirault and Clinchamps are preparing to
follow. Since the issue of the above circular,
| good news has been received. Donai's men hold
their positions inside the st. Cloud gate, where
| they have cut the telegraph wires communicate
| ing with other portions of the enciente.
A flag of truce was hoSted at Auteuil gate
| Two regiments entered there, and proceeded be-
yond the Viaduct circular railway, meeting with
| feeble resistance. General CisSey reports that
Malakotf and Fort Montrouge have been aban-
doned by the insurgents, and will soon be occu-
pied by his command; but the batteries on the
rampartS opposite are still firing. There is a
panic in Paris. 1t is said that Pyat, Grousset,
and other rebel leaders have disappeared.
Germany.
ROYAL vIsIT-THE CONQUERED PROVINCES
PEACE RATIFICATIoNs, ETC.
BERLIN, May 21.-The empress of Russia has
arrived in Berlin.
The German parliament has adopted the sec
Ond clause of the Alsace and Lorraine bill,
which declares those provinces incorporated in
the German empire forever more. The Polish
and Danish members abstained from voting.
Herr Delbruck stated that the conquered terrific
ry was not annexed to any particular state of
the empire, because none coveted it.
FRANKFORT, May 21.-Bismarck, Ponyer-
Quertier and Favre arrived in this city Yesterday
for the purpose of exchanging notifications of
the treaty. All public buildings and a great
many private residences are decorated with flags
in honor of the occasion.
Portugal.
DISsENsIoNS.
LISBON, May 21.-Dissensions have broken
out between the government and the chamber
of deputies.
Spain.
THE ARMY.
MADRID, May 21.-The government will pro-
pose, in its next budget, that the effective force
of the army be fixed at $4,000 men.
Wallachia.
ELECTION.
BUCHAREST, May 21.-The party of order has
triumphed in the elections, and the govern
ment is sure of majority in the next chamber.