Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-30
FRANCE
GENERAL REVIEW OF THE sITUA-
TION.

GENERAL REVIEW OF THE sITUA-
TION.
LONDON, March 29.-At noon, yes
terday, Paris was quiet, and the In
surgent Committee still retained all
important positions.
SchOelCher has resigned.
The committee has dismissed
twenty-five officials, in the depart
ment of finance, for disObedienCe.
The Cri dU People opposes the elec-
ton of a COmmander-in-Chiet Of the
National Guards as both dangerous
and useless, and urges the deposition
Of the Assembly.
La Vsrite says the committee are
preventing seed from America
re-Ching farmers.
The FrQRcUis, Ds6dts, Steele and La
Terits blame the inanitiOn and reac-
ton Of the Assembly.
The Commune was proclaimed
in the Place de Ia Hotel de Vile at t
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Speeches
were made by members Of the Com
munal Council, from a platform
covered with red cloth, but the speak
ers were quite iu8udible at a little dis
tanee. The place was filed by enOr-
nous crowds Of Nationals, who often
raised their caps on the points Of their
bayOnet, ats the same time ZealOusly
cheering the Republic.
Sixty guns have been collected in
the place, and salvOs Of artillery were
repeatedly fired.
A letter from General Crep1ier, re-
pudiating the Committee, is pub
lished.
The Bank Of France has again adj
vanced 500, 600 francs to the insurgents.
The Postal Director has given up
his functions to the appOintee Of the
Committee.
The PrusSians are concentrating at
Lisle Adam, near Paris, and viii re
main there until the disorder in the
city is at an end.
The Times special from Versailles
says that 40, 600 Prussians are expected
there tomorrow.
The government is steadily organ
izing trustworthy force to march
upon Paris, which will possibly be
made in about eight days.
1t is said that preparations are being
made for the removal of the Assem-
bly, TO FOntainbleaU.
The Republican Committee at Mar
seilles has issued a proclamation re-
cOgnizing the Paris government.
Marseilles is tranquil, and the strikes
have ceased. The Nationals of that
city have elected NJ. Duncan their
Colonel.
A dispatch from AK says the Min
ister of War has declared Marseilles in
a state Of siege.
Correspondence from Versailles says
that GOnier, a member OF the Central
Committee, has been condemned to
death as a cOntUmaciOus Boz apartist.
THE RED FLAG HOIsTED.
PARIS, March 29.-Paris is quiet to-
day. The red flag is displayed every
where. The Central Committee has
split and some Of the members have
been arrested by their colleagues. Di-
plOmatic intercourse at Versailles is
to be extremely difficult.
THE REDS IN THE ASCENDANT.
PARIS, March 29.-Sunday after
noon a sub Central Committee was
formed, consisting of twelve mem
Ders. Iszael was elected President !
and G8ribaldi honorary President Of
the committee. DeCrees were issued
for the formation Of twenty-five bat |
taliOns Of infantry, twenty batteries
Of artillery and fifteen batteries of mi
The National Guards are
to be paid two and a half francs daily.
General Duval organizes the artillery. !
Henry the infantry, and Bergeret the |
cavalry. They are authorized to levy /
acquisitions on everything. Gangier, |
b member OF the committee, com. |
mands the gunbOats in the Seine.
tlOUrens has resigned, VOlgramie |
IS suspended, and Garibaldi has been
offered the supreme command Of the
National Guards, but it is not known
he viii accept it.
Commune will be officially pro-
claimed Thursday next. or 330. 900 |
voters in Paris, only l8O. 600 |
voted
WHAT THEY ARE DOING ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE REPUBLICAN
QUESTION.
VERSAILLES, March 29.-The gov
ernment has issued a circular to the
projects announcing that order has
been established ia Lyons and Tou-
louise, and that an attempt at insur-
rectiOn in large towns has failed !
Save in Marseilles, MarbOune and st. !
Etienne, France, says the circular. is !
rallying to the support Of the govern |
ment The continued occupation of /
French territory By PrUssians is due |
TO the insurgents. The government /
has tempOrized with insurrection to |
avoid the shedding Of blood but is 1
ready to-day to meet and crush it. /
MenOtti and RiecrOtti GanahOedi have |
declined to fight except against q |
foreign enemy.
Versailles is rapidly becoming a /
military camp. The Guards are ar
irving continually from the depart 1
ments. The movements OF the Gov 1
eminent relative to Paris are un-
known. The Deputies on the right /
10 the Assembly demand the removal /
)f Gen. LehOr, but Theirs positively /
refuses his consent. Gen. Chsnsey, it /
appears has promised the InsUrrec-
.ionary Committee that be would not
5ght except against foreigners. ami
able arrangements between the Paris