The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-18
FROM EUROPE.
lBY ASSOCIATED PRESS
IN TO The Euening Telegraph,

The Fighting at Paris.
PARIS April 17-Noon.-Firing was going on
all night. 1t continues this morning. At
o'clock last night the forts and advanced posts
sent into the Commune the result of the vote of
the troops. The urn containing the papers was
carried by an officer escorted by the Nationals.
The procession was headed by red flag. There
were cries of "Vive la Commune !"
Yesterday, after the taking of Neuilly Church,
youth of sixteen
Planted the Flag of the Commune
on the summit of the church amid shower of
balls.
The Belgian Embassy was Invaded
yesterday by the Nationals. An immediate in
quiry was demanded, and several persons were
arrested. The inhabitants are collecting provi-
sions. The report that the
City is about to be Invested by the VersaiI-
lists and Prussians,
Jointly, causes great excitement. The barricades
on the Rue Castiglione have been demolished,
and large works erected at Batignolles, Belle
vile, and Montmartre and the church of st.
Jacques du Haut Pas was surrounded by the
Nationals to-day, and the clergy were arrested.
During vespers yesterday the
Church of st. Vincent de Paul
was surI ounded by the Nationals and pillaged.
Scarcely church remains open now.
The Communal Elections.
BoULoGNE, April 17.-The Communal cleo
tions in Paris are fiasco. Not one-tenth of the
voters went to the polls. In the Eighth arron-
dissement only 1130 votes were polled out of
17,825.
Prussian Intervention,
LoNpoN, April 1S.-The Times has q special
from Paris stating that it is reported that Prus-
sia will intervene in the affairs of France in case
the Commune should be victorious over the
Versailles Government
The Prussians Have Advanced
to Auber viliers four kilometres southeast of st.
Denis and within eight kilometres of Paris.
Churches Pillaged.
The churches of st. Jacques and st. Vincent
de Paul have been pillaged and closed.
Communist Cash In Hand.
A Daily Neeos special despatch from Paris
says the Commune has in its hands cash to the
amount of 10000, 000f. paid by the Bank of
France for unsold bonds of the city of Paris.
The RevictualIing of Paris.
despatch from Versailles says the Prus-
slams have agreed to stop the revictualling of
Paris by way of st. Denis. The insurgents now
occupy the greater part of the woods of
Colombes beyond Asnieres.
Prince Bismarck
in a note to the Versailles Government admits
the right of General MacMahon to occupy with
French troops the ground around Paris, made
neutral by the stipulations of the preliminary
treaty of peace.
Batteries Captured by the Versaillists.
VERSAILLES, April 1S.-Batteries established
at Chateau Becon were captured by theVersailles
troops on Monday morning, which are within
easy range of the insurgent batteries at Asnieres
and Clichy.
A report emanating from Paris that the colors
of the PoHtifcal Zouaves we're captured by the
| Communists at Neuilly on Sunday is unfounded
Earthquake Shock In Scotland.
LONDON, April 18.-A slight shock of earth
| quake was felt in Scotland this morning.
Capture OF Chateau Beeon.
| VERSAILLES, April 18.-1hiers in a circular
confirms the announcement of the capture by
! the Government troops of Chateau Becon.
This Mornings Quotations.
| LTvBRPoOL, April 15-lt A. M.-COtton opened
dull upands, I'D. Orleans, T5Sd. Sales estimated
| at II, 600 bales.
| LONDON, April ls-1l' 80 A. M-Consols, 9s9S for
| money and account. American securities quiet.
Bonds OF 1862 sOA OF 1865, old, 30; OF 1867 s21S
| ten forties, s95S.