, 1879-05-10


Tho tron-clnl Prince f3ehcmoih steamed thto''xh
the fleet nt shalups Without opening ita rortst
a!nl salea away for Germany. The c21,aae.ort
oAlr t0nk lwo provinces nht nFo n'1l!lanla u,
francs, Instead uf four n.Nt ten. or elgflt anu
sat to ''avs "a s, behaved s smssnantmous!y: rle per
sonal Eoot.eont!uct oi tile army of invastnh IL
,yefy PLAINLY snw h. the ELECTS o, a. ossnsa
II by nlacgng The contrary. Fur lnftance, 70
tstes IL cxcito our sympathy by narratives llke
this:
l!a zern'cti. q Lieutenant Of rol1eo tGesmsnnl.
RSa dd xf nss eshay Tsf spn IL
I,c zernick in = ,towt.ing rassIon. gocs 70 'l,s
ah,.a non lis Councillor W whose % %oIlso il IN. to rco
10 The ro4nlsit}ons. II. ds stontfenry. n,an mt
yIs9y I ,s 1 ast' s!"cR tn,t H.
iosns III hfa T tsmpsf n s'''i %sei.ros tnat II IN sI1
Sonf: n t5s esadle; .ro !aot 6.Gnght, t,.,,;,o:
n!onent, Tho co".!ei'tors Coming out Of thoir coun
81 an' hesting thesa words: o"s 81 t'om ha. sa 10
thnat' immediately n. do zctnlckt dtow his
swor1. and. having ihteatencd Tug persnis who M
so1dtt.. viii wnoia iu fetnfned. and atre.led ana
carried oil II. dc Monthsnry and ons OF his col.
liz na5sns seSs w
were not obtained by theIs civic duties. ictt tic
town.
There's wild raDiuc and llnvoc for you Several
pEFHOHS WIG IlAd noluulH DEttEG IL lG}t
town. 1t sugRcsts the wreck of matter and
the crash Of worl1s,-also tho cruclt!cs practlctd
during tho eenoy nluttny. And oil bocaueu
Lieutenant Of l'olco went to tie Town. Hail n a
temper, md refused to ul[ow more than six
hours for tho production OF ten pounds 0f
cafldlesl Any ono whose hair dors not btald oil
end at this cannot havehad Its head shavcd very
lately
The impression one gains from the book Is,
Thar PrtIExfr Wna Tho e1itef frtr1h nf hn nnw
Govcrnn,ens, and the tonsnitnu It's chief enomy.
What Is tho Communal In IT'S literal SENSE, tl,e
word signifies the smallest, or nearly the small
ea es psrs ore @ a1snsa n
France, each with a "Mayor" at Its head.
HcarIug this In mlnd,. wo quote from ~
Simon, who quotes from N. do la Roquettc, tllt::
following description Ct what tl1e Communal
Government Commonly called the Commune)
had in view:
a State Ia a mn'tp1a Of tte Commune: the Com
muue = the mnltpe 81 tho family. The LcHltla.
vs o " s
alton shal rcntacc alf nther taxation. Tho Lcels.
la'tvo llody shall annually nx tho amount OF tho
Tits may bo freely Anglicized BY an tl1us.ra-
tion: It II as IL cach county In the Union were
erected into q s3tatc. atld atiowgd sc!f-rovern-
meat md tho collection Of all taxes: md tlte
said taxes should bo Levied "pro1rcssIyo!y,"-i
second 50 on the third, md SO o until thu very
rirh would nll DO compelled to 70 over the hill
to the poor.housc. Al least this is the tmprcs-
sion conveyed to ths unI!nstruetcd, anti Com
seem to have forgotten TINT Paris ia NJ longcr
France; and their dofcat wns probably tic be-
ginning Of tint surer basis for sclf.goVcsnmcnt,
the decentralization Of power BY an appeal from
isolated r1stics. Tile folly OF the Comtnu-
ntsttc insurgents is nude very patcnt-almost
a.nus!nG,. H. q grim and ghas.Iy fash
ion-by n. Simon's narrative. For INSTANCE,
these HhcrGcs Of the boulevard and tho tavern,n
rs he calls them, assumed 10 chargc agaiuat lhc
Government OF Defense {rcxulnr) tl,G eapituia-
t!on Of Pnrts to The Prussta'ls, when lhe enemy
might have been defeated and tho atego raised
Tho phrase was invented BY onc Of tho swarm
Of Journalists who infcstsd Paris at tI,at time,
and It "hasl n great a!cccsa." Fancy the sar-
donc smile Of Won Moltke at tlo idea Ut q
chtldrcn OF Paris against bis investing cartlworka
and s!cge-battcricsl An attack Of clsco-1tes on
biast-fusnaco would DO formidable compared
| with ii.
Tho particular origin Of tho Conmuntstic In.
surrcctlon WAS the "Nattonal Guard, - which,
being qltnsi-snllltary or militia organization,
| rnndc itacif quastpolttEcal one without aban-
dot,ing its ilrst-naincd character. On the 10Th
Of March, 1871, the National Government s!cl
from parls to Versailles. On the 18TH, having
previously organized what they called the "!o:
publican Felcratlon Ut the National Guard,"
thc Communicate llnaties formally deffed tic
National Government, sc!zctl the arIns ind am
munitIon, aud entered on a Wild sclson,c to orect
lArta into MI independent Republic, 10 which It
hoped to draw the rest OF France Especially tho
great cltes} bv fair promises nsid community OF
selfish interests. But tho day Of tl,c
| inable tyrnnny tf,an the domination OF ruling
iam,cs-hnd passed awav; mud, after tcn weeks
| OF hopeless struggle, their Inst barrieade was
taken on N!Avas. For three dnys they Ind been
/ 1toIr,r Hr1It1t1~ rn1nSa tim H1nnrhtrr M f1-
| Mrmad prisoners, and thu burning ot public
building md decks, be s.' dcnontna.cd.
| Compare lhc!r unreasoniI'G Jury with the con.
tho light Of past experience, expected slttlilnr
conduit from our great lnyles of solaicry,
but they did not know the character ol tho Nv.
eragc American. Our boys wero IN IN such ~ n
to draw their f!nal par. Tl,c French elfIzen,
soldiers, having felt thelr p1wer wers oth e.
w. Ws u ts s an,ast bs s
great allowance for them. They and tlietI
fathers had been often deceived, and many o1
then, may honcstls. .hnvo thought that Tor them
to lay down their arms would bc to m re.estao!isf
developments which make Freuch Republic
seem stable n,d trustworthy hayo Occurred
since their time, u1,sl they could not have fore
With tho departure OF tho Prnssians and tlI1
suppression Of tho Communicate insurrect!on
tho vivid interest cea.es, and the permanent in'-
portunce Of tic subject begins. Even, at tim
time, there WAS not III tho Assembly q clear ma
jortty In favor Of . Frenc!, Republic. LcE,t
im!sts, Orcnntsts DonapRsttsts, willis In Ai
outuu1nbcrlng the Republicans. yet fortunase',
ta!lcd to unto on any plan for re.cas'ayInE u,
peoule. Each faction wds too closely watched
BY file other two to gain thu upper hand; 70
whilo tho lIon, fought thu tiger and TUG ssake
tho man u,ade good Ills safety. During thf
long struggle N. Thers seems TO have held tn
chief place In tile Government with Il tfrin mt
steady lalM1. Each party accused him of par
tialitY towards tile otners,-s pretty sure pEuo
OF mpartiRlIty.
About Thlera personally II. Simon Is dt{rua
as usual. n. Thtcrs was one Ut the rerS sMall
est Of men phyaiea'lY,-smallcr than Napoleon
L,-Aiti Of Ihdomitnbe nluntal energy.
Isis vcrY truo that u. Thlers had hand I.
| everything. ltwas n curious spectacle TO soc hot
| he occupied himself With tho smallest details
without gGtt!n. confused. aH1 Aiwa}s preserving
ha mind free tuF Important md combiaeu matters
liz also saw sp!cs, to tho great distrcs
Of Ills fr!onds. WHIP thoapht Il beneath him: II
| tinH that vou null h1uckt men out q