Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-10
FOREIGN.

telegram from Mr.. Moran, Charge d'AfIairs
at London, on the goth, announcing that
the. German Ambassador there had been
officially informed that the capitula-
ton of all Paris forts, and an qrmistice of
three weeks by land and sea, was signed at
10 O'Clock on the evening of the 2Sth, at
Versailles, by Count Bismark and Jules
Favre. The army of Paris would remain
prisoners of war in the city. t-H
The German troops occupied all the
forts around Paris on the morning Of the
Goth.
Emperor William has sent the following
dispatch to the Empress Augusta:
| "vHRsAILLKs, Jan. 90, 2p. m.
Last night an armistice for three weeks was
| signed, The regulars and Mobiles are to be de-
tained In Paris as prisoners OF war. The National
| Guard will undertake the maintenance OF order.
We occupy all the forts of Paris. The city re-
mains Invested but viii be allowed 10 revictual As
! soon as the arms are surrendered. The National
| Assembly is 10 be assembled to meet At Bordeaux
In fortnight, All the armies In the field will re-
tain their respective positions the ground between
the opposing lines TO be neutral. This is the re-
ward Of patriotism, heroism, and great SACRIFICES.
oow goa TOT Ss gned nay RsaG9
A telegram of the 10Th says Emperor
William would not enter Paris, but would
return to Berlin on the 31st, leaving the
Grown Prince in command of the Prus.
SLAMS. Paris was being supplied with pro-
visions.
Berlin was in perfect frenzy Of excite
ment on the 29th, on the reception of pos
tive news of the capitulation of Paris.
A Versailles dispatch of the 20th says
the terms of lasting peace offered by Bis
mark are as follows:
l. The cession Of the province OF Alsace, and
that part Of the province Of Lorraine known as
2. monied indemnity OF 1000 900 900 francs.
s. Forty war ships from the French feet.
one Of ag m TSw ~ wna
be guaranteed by municipalities. n this guarantee
be refused, the property OF each individual will be
held until acquoseence Is obtained.
1t is said that Bismark denies that he
has ever negotiated for the restoration of
the Bonapartes, or that he intends to in
terfere in the domestic concerns of France
The bill removing the capital of the
Kingdom of Italy to Rome has passed
the Italian Senate by vote of 94 yeas to
80 nays.
A Versailles dispatch Of the Both says:
A Gordon has been drawn around Paris
and no person is allowed to enter or leave
without permit from the German au-
thoritiea The revictualing of the city will
proceed under German supervision. Con-
fidence is expressed at the German head
quarters that peace has been secured.
The German soldiers are chagrined at
being prohibited entering Paris"
The contribution imposed upon Paris
by the articles of capitulation is fifty-three
millions of francs.
A dispatch forwarded from Versailles on
the 2sth, by Jules Favre to the Govern
ment at Bordeaux, says: "a treaty was
signed to- day. There is to be an armistice
of twenty-one days. The National As
sembly is to be convened at Bordeaux on
Feb. 10; election 10 take place on the sth
of February"
An official dispatch to the Baden Minis
try on the Both states that the army of
Gen. BourbaH had entered Switzerland,
crossing the border near Bruntroul. A
reported attempt of Bourbaki to commit
suicide is confirmed.
A dispatch from Victoria, on the 30th,
says the Legislature Of British Columbia
has accepted the proposals for confedera-
ton with Canada
A Versailles dispatch Of the Both says
the distress in Paris was very great. The
destruction of the railways impeded the
revictualing of the city. The Germans,
meanwhile, were supplying articles of
first necessity from their own stores.
A London telegram of the 31st states
that postal communication between Lon.
don and Paris had been reopened. Gam
beta. had ratified the capitulation. The
Prussians were driving cattle into Paris,
to feed the inhabitants. The reassembling
of the Conference had been again post
poned in consequence of the illness of the
Earl of Granville.
1t is stated that the ex-Empress Eugenie
after a stormy interview with the Duke de
Persigny, ordered him to quit her pres
ence, since he persisted in urging her to
consent to the dismemberment of France.
A special telegram from Berlin to the
London 1Emss, on the 1st, says the condi-
tions of peace presented by Bismark to
Favre embrace the cession of Alsace and
Lorraine with Belfort and Metz; payment
of a thousand million francs indemnity for
expenses Of the war; the cession of the
colony of Pondicherry, and transfer to
the German navy of twenty first-rate frig
ates. NJ. Favre referred these terms to
the National Assembly to meet at Bor-
deaux.
A dispatch from Versailles on the 1st
says the armistice had been carried out in
the West and North of France without
difficulty. 1t was reported that the ar
mistice had been extended to all the
departments.
A late Constantinople dispatch says the
dykes at Smyrna had been destroyed by
torrent. A large part of the town was in,
undated, and many persons were drowned.
Hon. John Ross, member of the Domin-
ion Senate, died at his residence, near
Toronto, Canada, on the 3lst ult.
The Berlin ProUihcidI COrrespOndez Of
the 1st states positively that the Emperor
VIII " bhS
tice, on account of pending negotiations
for peace.
A Bordeaux dispatch of the 1st says the
government there had issued a decree or
dering the elections for the National AS
sembly to be held on the sth.
Many thousand of Bourbaki's army
died from starvation. There were $4,000
prisoners taken including 100 officers, two
being generals. His army, $4,000 strong,
entered Switzerland on the 1st.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies has,
by vote of 239 against 30, resolved to
transfer the capital to Rome.
A IShdon dispatch of the 3D. says the
condition of Paris was terrible. The pop
ulace was violently excited against Eng
land. M, Favre had requested the Ger.
man authorities not to allow any English
men TO enter, as he considered their lives