The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30


/ making in Paris, and tell you frankly that
4 on my side am taking care not to be sur
prised. y He afterwards said that be trustee
i peace would be maintained, and that twonlt
be il at Paris they would only gwait the shor
time that would be necessary to enable hin
TO contribute to that result. Dc. Benedict
] explained to his Government that the King.
anxiety seemed to be that he should no
stand before Germany as having any respon
! sibility in the matter Of Prince Leopold,s
candidature, but should Let the withdrawal be
entirely the Princes act. On the IIth M. de
Gramont telegraphed to NJ. Benedetti thai
me latter was not speaking with sufficient
ilrmness, and bis language did not correspond
with the position he had taken BY the Empe-
! rer's Government. The Kings distinction
between himself and his Government must
| positively forbid the Prince to persist in his
candIdature, and either silence or ambiguity
on ms part would be taken to signify re-
fusal. On the 18th Nc. de Gramonb ss,at two
dispatches; in the first he consented to wait 3
day for the Kings answer; in the second.
marked .very confidential ? he said: "E,n-
ploy allyour skill to be able toinfornl us that
the remuneration OF the Prince has been d
nouneed, communicated or transmitted to
you by the king of Prussia or his Govern
ment. his is a matter Of the highest i'm
portanee. The participation of the King
must come out some way or other at any
price, On the evening of 1.-THE 18th it was
known at Paris that the Prince had with
dawn his candidature, andon the 18th NJ.
Benedeftl telegraphed to his Government
sIhe King Las received the response Of the
lITince OF HohenzolIern, who announces that
his son WithdraWs from the candidature. His
majesty authorizes me to says that he an
proves OF this resolution Ne. Benedeftis
says that ne considers the object eontem-s
plated in his instructions was thus gained,
and that France had received the satisfaction
she required. But he points to the language
OF the Paris press and the Assembly, which
denounced this success as ridiculous fri
unph; and to the pressure of public opinion
ne traces the necessity under which the En-
pefor1s government was placed ofs urging
wholly new, and in themselves, excessive de-
mands. But it appears from dispatch of the.
Duo de Gramont of July 18th, that as soon
as the French Government knew that the
Hrlnce had Withdrawn, it ordered nc; Bene-
dettl not only to require the King TO associ-
ate himself with the Princes act, but to give
Till then unheard-of undertaking not to
sanction his canaidature atany future time,
nj. Benedetti saw the King on the 18th. and
preferred his new demand according to his
instructions; but the King firmly refused to |
comply with it. He neither could nor would |
ne said, take any such engagement. While
ne was with the King the Duo de gramont
was indicting another and more urgent dis /
patch, to the effect that France was not and |
could not be. satisfied with what the KING
lad done. AT his last audience M.sBenederti |
vas led by the King to expect that be would I
zee him again on the following tla iia-
tead he himself received visit from the f
Kings aid de-camp, Prince Radzivil, and
earned from him that His Majesty considered +
he matter terminated, and tha! anything +
more M. Benedetti might have to urge must
communicated to the ministers. NE. Ben
detti attributes the Kings refusal to see him
o wounded feelings, as he had in the inter-
,al received from his minister at Paris, Baron
Verther, an account Of his interview with
he Due de Gralnent and NJ de Olivier, in Il
faieh they were represented as making de-
lands upon the King which the latter con-
dered derogatory. But in any case. M.
enedetd says, there was no want OF eour-
'sy at Ems ON either side. NJ Benedetti II
ccording to ORDERS returned to Paris, and
le King went to Berlin, with what result is Fl
My too well known. M. Benedetti proves |
onvincingly that ne faithfully executed his {
and is less successful id showing 1
lat the war was forced on the Emperor's I
overnmentb by the Assembly, the newspa-
srs and the population of Paris. d