The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-02-14

and did no. fai. to pay ..LtipS tribute 10
those IN mpatEy with the Germans. lie
referred 10 the dread expectation OF June lsIJ,
when war and peace hung III the balance,
and TIE time when in BOnemia lie nrst re-
Ceiyed thu news tina. war mad been declared.
How he hurried to prris, and found aii con-
fusion. the streets crowded with excited peO-
pie who were almost wild. Forty thousand
Germans then had homes in France. Ma
JIOnal SOngs were sung on tine streets The
German ambassadors were forced 10 leave,
and at the request OF Count d. bismarck, ne
took the responsibility OF protecting the Ger
man residents. The order came 10 expei al
Germans from Paris and thirty thousand
passports were issued from the American
Office.
On Saturday, September Sd, $50, the may
or's office was surrounded by the people, anu
arms demanded. he Boulevards were riIed
with excited people; many We're arrested as
as spies. The Emperor was finally taken
cries of tfpe Ia Repu6Hque. That was a fear
ful night in Paris, and mobs were su-
preme. Early the next morning all was
quiet, but ii was only the calm which pre-
| cedes the storm. There was an indescrtbable
something in the atmosphere that boded daD-
ger AT = O'Clock in the afternoon the nation
al guard took possession of the offices and the
| cry was raised by the mob 10 60 20 the Hotetd
| TiHe, TO take the Emporer and cethrone
him from power. Within a short
| time sixty thousand people had sur
| rounded the .house, and at 4 O'Clock so sue
| cessiul had they been, that GanbetIa appear
| Ell at one of the windows and proclaimed the
l
| TO be officers of the republic, were thrown
from the windows and the parties named at
once took possession. al )" said the speaker,
There saw one of the most remarkable events
! in history The ministers took possession
without any warrant of law and without
shedding drop OF blood, were Installed ana
went at once to work. The fall of the empire
was the result of iUs own crimes. 1t went
down under its own weight"
| The speaker referred then TO the 18Th OF
September when the gates OF the city were
ar ha
| without being able to send or obtain news.
/ They numbered nearly half a million ana
had TO be fed. During the four months ana a
half followlng,the siege lasted, and on the last
| OF February the gates Were opened, thus Gus
| ing one of the most remarkable sieSes known.
The people had been compelled to llXe on
mule meat and horse flesh. He said all the
stories of the suffering of the leople were an
soluiely true, and that he had been compel. l.
ed to eat mule meat and found II good. mat
fhe price of single turkey Tor
Christmas was set at twenty-five dollars.
Fuel had run short, and shade trees were cut
down and appropriated, as were OLD Duiid-
fngs treaty was finally made. ana the
CITY was to be occupied by 5000 German un-
Ill a ratification could be affected. The mt
of March, 1911, the troops took possession anu anu
left in two days, but that was terrible 10 the
1 Parisans. He spoke of the 18th oil MARCH as
the beginning OF the outrages OF tne coin-
mune under the leadership OF Raoui i'igat'it' @ a.
and referred to the prominent part taken IN
the Interest of the nation by NJ. Ihlefs, WHO
was his friend. He, IN unmeasured terms,
denounced Rigault as a chlef OF assasSlns anu
without much sympathy, referred TO ms lg-
| noble death the Streets giving
in justification the remembrance OF tne
murder of Archbishop Ddrboy and Gen
erals Lecompte and Clement Ihomas. lie
said Rigault was young man OF ABOUT tWeh-
ty-five years of age, of preposstsslng appear
ance and always fautless Y dressed, but that
he was "A villain nevertheless he heid IN MS
hand the life of every man IN Parls. lie i'm
prisoned many priests, and did not hesitate
10 rob the churches of valuables.
| During his remarks, the speaker PAD
glowing tribute TO the memory OF NJ Thiers,
and said that on the sth of September, he, as
a representative of America, went with near
Iy sOOGOO people 20 attend the funeral. 81 fol-
lowed the cortege, and laid flowers on ms
grave, as Il tribute of the respect OF our peo-
pie" nj,
leries, as he saw il, was very nne, and the ter
rors of the reign of the Communists, was,
| whenever mentioned, graphically portrayed.
At the conclusion of his remarks, ne
thanked the audience for their attention, and
was greeted with a round of hearty applause.
Mr.. Washbnrne went TO Congress from lIll-
nois, in lsj2, where he remained until ls1O,
after which he served IN the cabinet, and was
subsequently sent to France, where he had
the experience which bought out his famous
| Lecture.