The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-02
FROM EUROPE.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. |


French Civil War.
BERLIN, April 30.-An Imperial Council was
held to-day to consider the situation of Paris.
Prince Bismarck was present 1t was agreed TO
notify the Versailles Government that o further
limited period will be allowed for the rsstora-
tion of authority, the enforcement of order and
the fulflment of the treaty stipulations, after
which Germany will take an independent action
to establish law and order in Paris. The
despatch will emphasize the wish of Germany
not to enterfere in the internal and political
affairs of France, but will add that such inter
minable civil war originating in revolution aud
characterized by disgrsceful excuses cannot
longer be tolerated, for the moral aud material
interests of Germany, as well as those of the
whele of Europe, are suffering.
Germany to Restore the Regency.
Private reliable information leads to the be-
lief that it is the intention of Germany to re-
store the regency, as the next legitimate Gov
ernment, in the event of the Versailles Govern
ment being unable to enforce its authority.
The Proposed Surrender OF Fort d'Issy.
VERSAILLES, Monday Night, May Fort
d'Issy proposes surrendering. The Government
troops now surround the fort. Hostages are
demanded by General Faron as guarantee that
the fort win not be mined, and threatens If it
be blown up that the garrison will be shot.
Sixty thousand men are ready at Reuil to make
an attack on Paris.
Fort d'Issy is In Ruins
| and the village evacuated. ia understood that
the fort has been undermined, and when the
Vers allies troops enter it is to be fired. Gene
villiers has been evacuated by the Versailles
| troops by order of the Prussian commander
Mezy, Governor of Issy, has been arrested
The journal La Paix
| Is suspended
General DOmbrOwslSi
| has ordered the inhabitants of Neuilly to
evacuate the place within twenty-four hours.
The cause of
General C1useret's Arrest
was the abandonment of Issy for which he is
partially blamed. The battery at Porte Ternes
iSdismounted. 1t is also reported that General
Dombrowski has been arrested.
How the Insurgents Keep Up the Spirits OF
| Paris.
LONDON, May 2.-The Times Versailles spe-
cisl says that the insurgents at Neuilly are them
selves throwing petroleum shells into Paris tc
keep up the indignation of the populace against
the Versailles Government. The people are led
to believe that they come from the lines of the
army of the Assembly.
The Reds have been successful in
The Elections at LIE Mans
and HarbOnne
that Marshal MacMahon sent a column of 25, ,0Ot
troops against the insurgents who were msking
a sortie by way of Choisy le Roi.
A Great Battle is Expected Tomorrow.
new army, for the reinforcement of tina
enveloping Paris, Is being formed at Auxerre.
PARIS May l, Evening, via London, May O.
The ReUeil announces that the
VerssilIists have Attacked Fort d'Issy,
and were repulsed. The workmen who wer
sent from Paris last night had unspiksd tht
guns in the fort, which was thereby enabled {,
make an effective resistance. The lombard
ment of Forts Vanvres and Montrouge is con
tinued. There was an engagement befor
Hsutss-BagDeux to-day, and general action i
expected this evening.
The VersailIists are Daily Calming
Ground.
Another despatch says the reoccupatiOn o
FerT d'Issy by the Communists is again contra
dicted, and it is said that the fort is entirely de
serted. A force of $4,000 National Guards car
ried the Versalist barrieade In the lower par
of the village of Issy after an engagement.
The Ronite,tr says:-It is rumored that
J General DombrowsISi and HIS Staff Vver
, Made Prisoners
| bv the Assemhysts at AsniereE.
. The Germans I'm LondOn.
' LONDON, May 2.-The German residents 1
London celebrated the return of peace by
e festival yesterday.
q The London Post announces that the
. Emperor Napoleon
9 is still suffering from rheumatic pains.
I Severe Engagement.
n VERSAILLES, May 2.-The Clamart Railwa
I Station was captured last night by ehasseurs Q
4 the point of the bayonet-
: Three Hundred Insurgents were KILLED
= The Chateau of Issy, the defense of whie
3 the insurgents had temporarily abandoned, wa
g simultaneously attacked by two regiments {
y Versailles troops. Three hundred GOmmunis