The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-21
| SECOND EDITION
T0-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
THE ROUGE REVOLT.
Another Severe Battle.
Paris Under the Rod.
Fighting from House to House.
Compromise with Versailles Impos sible
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How Asnieres was Taken.
PARIS, April 10 "wednesday, Noon.-The
taking of Asnieres was accomplished by strate-
gem. The troops of the line Stimulating friend
ship and determination, thus passed the outposts
of the insurgents without difficulty. The build
ings at Asnieres were destroyed.
The Communists are building
Barricades ON the Rue Rivoli
and many other streets.
VERSAILLES April 10 "wednesday, Evening
Twenty thousand Imperial Guards, under Du-
crot, are expected here tomorrow. The troops
are in excellent spirits.
H - The Firing is still Heavy.
PARIS, April 10 "wednesday, P. MAJ half I
past to-day there was an
Engagement Along the Whole Line.
Dombrowski reports that Versailles agents
assassinated Nationals. and the police agents
rree stripped the Dead nf
Communists on the field. Also, that their troops
attempted to surprise the insurgents outposts at
Asnieres. The trick, however, was discovered,
and the enraged Nationals drove them back.
1t is reported that the Communists are mus
tering on Grande Jotte Island and erecting
batteries. ata 9t tta5 ~
The Communists have Retaken Their
u FcsepfE4 Positions, rsrllL s..
with sixty-nine tons of provisions. Fighting
continues and is of bloody character. The insur-
gent right wing is making a strategic move
ment, with view of enveloping the Versailles
troops who have advanced too far. pc
Levallers was Quilted
and sacked. The Rue Asnieres is full of dresses,
furniture, and ch1gnons. s--'t
The Nationals are sheltered behind houses,
supported by iron-c cars and fixed batteries.
A despatch, dated 5'25, says Valerien and
Courbeviere are shelling Paris frightfully.
The Arc de Triomphe
has fallen, and the Avenue des Ternes was visited
by shower of shells.
/ Forty Civilians were Killed
| The Nationals are returning dispirited and
| disgusted There has been tt6
,H-- Awful Slaughter I'd ft .i..-. IS
Dombrowski complains of the inefaciency
of the officers. Chief of Staff hobart was ar
rested by order of Cluseret. sas
| ca The American MitraiIleuses ae.
have been moved to the front. Dombrowski
states that he is waiting the cooperation of the
| gunboats, which will be ready in four days. The
| Communists are moving the houses held by the
Versailles troops at Asnieres. -i 3e
| h.9n- The Arch was Blown Up
at 5 o'clock. Near the church there was q
frightful explosion. The church is held by
neither party. ~
| The Spanish Cortes.
MADRID, April 21.-During the discussion in
the Cortes to-day, Senior CASTELAR, spoke in
Savoy. He was called to order by several MEM
bers on the ministerial side, and scene of con-
fusion ensued which only terminated in the
adjournment.
English House of Commons.
LONDON, April 21.-In the House of Com
MONS last night, the Chancellor Of the Exche-
quer, in continuation of his explanation Of the
Budget, said in order to produce similar results
to those attained in the United States, he pro-
posed the placing of a halfpenny stamp on each
box containing one hundred matches, while a
still higher rate was to be imposed on wax
lights. He estimated the result of this means
of taxation at E550, 900.
Mr. Lowe then estimated the result of the
withdrawal of certain exemptions from taxa
ton, as on dividends on stocks belonging tc
foreigners and held abroad, and the imposition
of further duties on legacies and successions
proportioned to the amount thereof, at e630, 600
The remainder of the defciencyin in the revenue
was to be had from an increase of tax on In
comes, by which the receipts of the Government
will be raised to the amount required to NEE
the expenditures of the fiscal year, viz, seventy
two million pounds sterling Mr.. Lowe, at thu
! conclusion of his remarks, was greeted by th'
cheers of the ministerialists.
A running debate followed, generally hostil'
, to the budget after which division was de
mahoea Oh INC "atch uuty. Inc 'oS0 iSeuiS0
} in majority of 167 for the Government.
False Communist Reports.
LONDON, April 21.-A despatch irony Versatile
Gays the assertion of Communists that they hav
recovered the positions lost on the 18th Is false
The Parisians have been driven to the righ
7 bank of the Seine, and have not attempted
/ return to Asnieres.
I A despatch dated Paris, last evening, says tina
{ there had been desperate
House-to-HOuse Fighting
. all day at Neuilly and Leyallois. The forces
. the Assembly have been reinforced at Nenill.
but the artillery of the Communists defend
with great tenacity the barrieade opposite th
a position of the Versailles trooos.
: The CannOnading was Incessant
= throughout the day. The Versaillists have ns
' occupied the village of Asnieres, but are II
trenchsd at the railway station and in ColombS