The New York herald., 1871-03-19

- like well made men In uniform. TO al appear
ana their dress was newer and IN better trim
than that OF some regiments which marched
pa wG st aays oeor ore ra eae rs s,a hv h
breeze, the man who, followed ms fathers example,
has steadily made and Improved the German army
always patiently waiting for this moment
long delayed. but. come at last raised his
hand and salnted the Imperial ensigns carried
by those who have won him his purple An ofilQer
remarked ..rhe Kingn he IS King st TO all
Prussians- 'knows perfectly wen how to manage
parsda. Inc mr. urown , P,lnce does not. He does NOS
Jagers, aud the Jagers by the "sehutzen3 bat.
talon, 2 BODY or rifemen pecular 70 the Prussan
Guard Corps. The scnutgep lost nearly all their
ohcers IN the battles before Metz After The Schul-
zen battalion marched tue pioneers lne englneers
OF the German armies--lnen VINO work m siepc
opeta'lons ana beleaguer oftresse butid aud re-
par bridges, restore roads ana railways, who know
al .ho " oi construction ana destruction, and
as ready 10 blow up q house 10 bulld a barrack.
Ihey shoH perhaps, less ot marital. defiant an
m .nal we lnahtry but contain among their ranks
Ihe Ploheers came the laniwehr OF fhe Guard
men who nave most Of them, wives ana children
mal.in2 ansa iohgihg !or tnem az nome The German
ollcers present coulu not hep utterlng their admta-
loa aloud so mighty were the forms SO ooId the
bearing o. the PICKED houselahers OF The armed ua-
ton. Next passed the 'Leb reglment' the lrussian
Kings own. light only IN name Tor The
men men ,composns II are by no meaps iu-
ierlOr III stature ana strength 10 the rest OF the
Prussian infantry AFTER them the cavalry, not Ia iu
regiments but In deuacnments OF cu,rassiers uhans
Drasoons ana hussais, weak IN nnn,ocrs, so as not
10 cause the whole body assembled to amount TO
above Il total OF $4,000 men. The troopers looked
well, but were not so handsomely mounted as the
cavalry who were with the army OF Prince Fred
erick Charles. Ine held artlilery OF ile Guarl sue
ceeaei the cavalry aud was worse norscd. Last of
all came the men Of the siege artillery, Jew in'num
per being only brought there TO represent special
arm winch played great part III the latter part Of
the siege.
Upon the whole the review was simple-on,y n
raiid Inspection and the march past III quick rime.
Each battalion alter passing the Emperor, who
marched down towards the Windmill and tnen 10
us Quarters on toe other side Of the SEINE. without
tunei To Versailles with his SON. the dream OF his
lie being now accomplished.
tion.
All the Paris journals rsappeared on the 80 inst
after the departure OF the Germans. The Debats
says
France was absolutely poweress TO continue the
contest, depte her Palroilsn, despite her passion
force dfags from her, and that poor mutt
laled Lorraine. which has seen her prmc-
pal town or buiwark, Mets--la Pucellc, as it
was caiied-pass under the yoke OF Germany,
against which it had so long protected us. No:
France could not CONTINUE the war. IL Is, ABOVE sll
the deputies Of Paris VINO have spoken in the sense
of war q o0t1dpc'. Was IL wen in them 10 give
such counsel Paris. alas is out OF the discussion
The war continuing, her resistance was in any case
annuled, since sne had capirulated. 1t was in he
provinces that The battle Of France must
1es OF ,hs have nesn soast ana the dr
when to leave Oh. But the future belongs
not 10 US. Ii we obeyed selhsh ana personal sent.-
ments we should beqaeatn TO the generations which
will follow us the mot G'o1Tire or vengeance over
that couch OF pam On which stranglcd France lies
we should have for funeral GRAFTON TO sIeak but
word-we have no right to pronounce It, We have
no right 10 dispose OF the blood OF those VINO VIII
come alter US Our only duty is to render
them them capable Of thinking and Of acting
Will have the right of deciding one day
whether they win satlate their vengeance for the
blood Gf their fathers. 1t Is only us to leave
tnem native land dsmembered ana dismantied
and debt that VIII weigh upon the children or
tneir CHI dreu. Alas We greatly fear that popu-
lation VIII be always the samt--with ali its faults
and with all It's good qualltiesa population essen.
iiaiiy feminine; capable of the most vutuous hero
lsu, Us OF the most profound weakness: passing
nom the extreme OF resistance to the extreme OF
surrender, and Knowing how to die and TO Yield
Win equal facility.
The Verae, speaking of the entry, says
Providence mas OSan cruel. 1t has granted to the
Prussian magnl'iccnt weather Tor their entrance
Nhte telf gloomy country Is still enyeioped IN the
clouds and III the snow OF wlnie.. @ superb sun ht
up tile hilgilhcent avenue oil tle Champs Elysees,
Showing 70 the 1erGans in all It's spleiidog and In
all It's prillancy, The fairest promenade IN Europe
The Siecte writes as follows:--
This peace Is so oDefous Tor country and those
who have signed II have assumed such a responsi-
bil.ty, tnat w are obliged to adult, While waiting
that the Si6 repre- entatives had no other possible
issue from The crisis under which tue country la
bors ihey have undergone this peace rather than
accepted IL. They have signed ii because they could
do no otherwise. Among the hight Commissions
nominated by the Assembly there one especially
charged VITA examining our resonrces from the
mitted that rs information has noI been favorable
to the continuation OF hosties; and that IN decld-
Ing to pass under the Caudi1e Forks OF PRUSSIA that
deploraoe cn0ice has been deemed The wsesl. We
snail not be long III knowing the exact truth on tins
crucical point.