The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-28
mEoRArHIC SUMMARY


ca an end. At noon on the 18th tho Versaillists
attacked the gate of st. Cloud, at 1:3O the
combat ragged at Neuilly, and at o'clock the
line of battle extended from the Bots dc Bou-
logne to the gate Of Cliohy; 10000 troops
were engaged ON tho Goth the Communists
abandoned Anteuil gate and fell back into the
city. On tho 21st, Sunday, at O'Clock in the
evening the Versailles troops entered Paris
simultaneously at the gate of st. Cloud, near
Point du Jour, and at the gate of Montrouge
on the Boulevard Brienne. BY night on the
22d, over 10000 Versaillists had entered the
city. The barrricades under the Arc de Tri-
omphe were carried by assault, though at fear
full sacrifice. MacMahon immediately planted
eleven cannon on the debris. which swept the
Champs Elysees. On the 23d at o'clock Gen.
LAdmirault carried the heights of MOntmar-
tire by assault. The heaviest fighting was in
the Rue Royale and the slaughter was terrific.
The barricade in Rue st. Honore was captured
and recaptured six time. Gen. Clinchamp,
turned the insurgent position at the Tuilleries
and captured 10000 prisoners. Gu the night
of the 23d, the Tpilleries and the Louvre were
both on fire, as also the Hotel de Vile.
The reported murder of the Archbishop of
Paris, fifty priests and ten hostages, by the
yet been denied, and it is impossible to give
apy certain information as to their fate. The
ires which have been raging in the city since
the 22d still continue, though they have been
considerably reduced and confined to narrower
limits by change in the direction of the wind
and by the efforts of the fire companies. which
were ordered to the city from all places within
a circumference of twenty miles. The Com
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Charlons, Bellville and Menilmonraol. The
Quarter Manf1ord was captured with 5000
prisoners. The following leading insurgen is
| have been shot: Wales, Amoraux, Brunei,
Pigault Dombrowski and Bausquet. The re-
ported arrest of Pyatt, Delescluse and Cluseret
| is yet unconfirmed. ROchefort while attempt
ing to escape to Belgium, was captured and
brought to Versailles in chains. Gen. Mac
Mahon has summoned the insurgents to sur
render. All hereafter found with arms will be
shot. body of the insurgents. attempting to
escape towards Pantin, were attacked by the
versaillists, and fight was going on at 5
O'Clock Friday.
| GERMASY-The German Parliament on the
| 10Th inst, adopted the second clause of the
Alsace, Lorraine bill which declares these pro-
vinces incorporated in the German Empire
forever more. They are not annexed to any
| particular state of the empire. On the 25th
inst, in a debate on the bill as q whole incor-
| porating Alsace and Lorraine with the Ger
man Empire, Prince Bismarck said, the task
he undertook when he became Minister to es-
tablish the Empire was nearly accomplished
His health was bad, and his personal wish was
to retire from active duty. He remained only az
an advocate for the complete restoration OF the
provinces of Alsace and Lorraine to the Faith
erland. He complained of the lack of conf
dence shown by Parliament unless the amend.
ments it had made to the bill now before il
were expuuged, he would withdraw the meas
ure and let the Emperor appoint q responsible
Minister in his place. A vote was taken and
the bill was sent back to the committee fol
revision. A committee of the Reichsrath
have agreed to an address to the throne, pro
nouncing the ministerial plan for concessions
to nationalities failure, and encouraging te
malcontents, and demanding strong State OF
CARNATIONS. Tho Empress of Russia arrived
in Berlin on the Goth inst The Gear is expect
ed on the 9th prox, to witness the triumpha
entry of the troops ON the 11th.
ENGLAND-In the House of Lords, on thu
22d, the Marquis of Salisbury asked if, in view
of the evident dislike of the Canadians to tn
treaty of Washington, the government intend
f ed to press its ratification before the 18th o
june. The Earl of Lauderdale, quoting from
z the report by the Atlantic cable of Senate
Summers speech, denouncipg the treaty saw
, aa q peace measure ridiculed the idea of al
, apology from England, and declared she neve
made any. Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary
;. declined to answer the Earl of Lauderdale. 4
was inconvenient now to discuss the terms Q
y the treaty. He personally sympathized
little with Sumner as with Lauderdale. Th
treaty was not o treaty until it was ratihee
Lord Granville declined to pledge the govern
ment to q refusal to ratify before June IL, sin
a ply because notice had been given of the intel
e ton to raise discussion upon it in Pariiamen
!. Earl Grey said diplomacy was impossible ii
> had to be submitted to Parliament befo
ratification. It was the prerogative OF u
Crown to conclude treaties on its own motto
On the 25th, in the House of Commons,
Rylands gave notice of his intention to NOV
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