Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-02-09
FOREIGN.

the Italian Senate by vote of 94 yeas to
80 nays.
A Versailles dispatch of the 3Oth says ::
" A Gordon has been drawn around Paris
and no person is allowed to enter or leave
without permit from the German au-
thorities. 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 Is; election to take place on the Sth
of February"
An official dispatch to the Baden Minis
try on the 30th states that the army of
Gen. Bourbaki 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 30th 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 Eugene,
after 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 Times, on the list, says the condi-
tions of peace presented by. Bismark to
Favre embrace the cession of Alsace and
Lorraine with Belfort and Metz; payment
of 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. M. 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 a
torrent A large part of the town was in,
undated, aud many persons were drowned.
Hon. John Ross, member of the Domin-
ion Senate, died at his residence, near
Toronto, Canada, on the 31st ult.
The Berlin Provincial Corresponds of
the 1st states positively that the Emperor
will remain at Versailles during the armis-
tice, on account of pending negotiations
for peace.
A Bordeaux dispatch of the 1st says the
government there had issued 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 232 against 80, resolved to
transfer the capital to Rome.
A London dispatch of the Sd says the
condition of Paris was terrible. The pop.
ulace was violently excited against Eng.
land. NJ. Favre had requested the Ger
man authorities not to allow any English.
men to enter, as he considered their lives
unsafe.
At public meeting in Bordeaux on the
ID, a Committee on Public Safety was
nominated for the future government Of
France. 1t includes the names of Gam
beta, Louis Blanc, Rochefort and Du
pontal.
Dispatches from many parts of France
received on the I'd, concur in expressing
the determination of the people to continue
the war, unless the terms proposed by Ger
many are greatly ameliorated.
A London dispatch of the Sd says: "At
the meeting of the Conference, to-day
Russia fully gained her object, all her pre-
tensions being acknowledged, and she
yielding nothing Turkey obtains no new
guarantee"