The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-10-18

Aug. Quite German impressions: tho |
inhabitants resemble those OF the Black |
Forest; understand no Preach, which has |
only BEEN taught there during the last
twenty yearz The difference Of oreeds be- |
comes noticeable. It isvery noteworthy that
the Catholics In Alsace have been saying for
. long time that war would break out fais
very year, and that after the defeat Of Ger
many It would be directed against The Pro
testants. There rsnarlo are INST with daily
everywhere. rt@ ~
Aug. 1O-12.-Petersbach Ths VosEs haEs
resemble the ThurinEian forest The in
kabitants are throughout German, strictly
Protestant Everywhere We found pictures
Of the reformers. The disorder Of the French
IL great Pugitives say they never INST such
soldiers bsfore. Tho importance Of our VIC.
tories becomes prominent Our officers sra
modest Freytag Is admirable. being salts
ned with everything; dtliespt, observing.
Aug. 1S-Sarrebourg. Here tho German
language abruptly ceases.
Aug. 14-BlAmont. The people recover
from their flight. The peasants say that
they were cheated during the plebiscite.
Aug. 17-1a-In Nancy. Fighting round
Metz Feverish excitement. The inhab-
ttants ara Orleanfsts. -H
Aug. 20.-Meeting with the king at Pout-a-
Mousson. he Is broken down by our Losses.
Council OF war. Moltl1e as Of old--clear, de-
cided- Advance upon Paris Bismarck
moderate, not at al sanguine. Our con-
/ ditions are Alsace and the cest Of the war.
NEARING SEDAN.
Aug. 21.-Vaucouleurs. The castle Of
Baudricourt ruin; the chapel wine cellar.
| The parson relates to us that only by the
march OF the Germans through the place IN
| 1914 interest was created for the birthplace Of
| the Maid OF Orleans.
Aug. 28.-Steinmetz seems to wish to play
| York, without any cause. Met the king
i again, who Is hr1ner now push through
with difficulty that the iron cross is also to
be given to non-Prussians. Varying news
about the march of the enemy. Moltke
thinks he will get them into a mousetrap(D.
| Galliffet writes that abdicatiou il unavold-
| able, the republic probable. Benedettis pro
| ject hurts US in England Without Bis
/ msrck's encouragement he would not have
ventured upon such language.
| SEDAN.
Sept 1.-Sedan. Count Bothmer brings
| the news lat Napoleon Is seid to be in Sedan
The king, who does not credit it, says, ''Wha4
should we do with Napoleon If ne was made
prisonerF The white flag Is hoisted at Sc
| dan; Napoleon Is there; Bronsart has spoken
to him, to whom he said he would send Gen.
Reille Unsuccessful cheering; it did not
correspond to the greatness OF the moment;
| perhaps they were not certain whether It
wAs good fortune after all An officer from
the enemy arrives; the princes present, with
Bismarck, Moltke and Room, form a circle
around the king; Iapproach his majesty.
Reflle appears, bent, but not without dignity
and brings to the king the following letter:
"MoNsEUR Mon FRERE-Nayant pas pu
MOURN au milieu de mes troupes, IL ne me
reste qua remettre mon epee entire les mains
de Votre Mcjeste. Je suis de Votre Majestic
le bon frere, NAPOLEON"
'Sed9n, Septembre, 1870"
IL.
Moltte and myself, the king dictates to HAITI
feldt the draft OF reply which Is afterward
written down by himself. Difficulty in find
ing writing materials; my writing paper
with the stamp OF the eagle out OF my saddle
pouch The Grand Duke Of Weimar gives
ink and pen; two cane chairs form the table
upon which Gustedt places the pouch OF his
hussar uniform writing desk.
"MoNsIEUR MON FRERE-En regrettant les
} circumstances dams lesquelles nous nous rem
controns, J'nccepte repee de Votre Majestic,
ct je Ia prize de bien vouloir nommer I'M de
! ses officers, MUM de pletns p0uvoirs, pour
! trailer des conditions de Ia capitulAtion de
rarmee, Qui s'estIsi bravement battue sous
vos ordres. De mon cote jai designe le gen.
eral de Moltke a Get effet. Je suis de Votre
Maieste L. bon frere, GUnLAUAH.
} "DevAnt Sedan, Septembre, 1870"
NEGOTIATING
, Sept a-The saying, 'sThe history of the
; world is the Judgment Of the worid, /" comes
: back to me from my boyhood's lessons in his
} tory. Wimpnen's difficulties. Napoleon ar
| riveS, makes q halt in al potato neld near
Donchery; Bismarck and Moltke hasten to
him; he desires more favorble conditions OF
capitulation and permission Tor the departure
r Of the army to Belgium; wishes to see the
(; king. Moltke believes that these are pre-
t texts; thinks he feels himself no longer
secure in Sedan and that he Is anxious for hi
= / Il g.
: moro decent quarters while Bismarck re
, mains In conversation with Napoleon. This
king insists upon unconditional surrender Of
q arms, the officers to be free on parole. Al
{ 10 O'Clock the capitulation is signed. Moltke
q | receives the Iron Gross OF the first class
, Bismarck comes They have sbeen talking
o while smoking, about everything but politics
Ipropose W ilhemlshohe as q place of residence
t for Napoleon and dissuade them from sum
; moning him up to the height in view of tbs
= troops, as this would be humiliating. rec
!, ommend to the king to ride to Bellevue 4
: meet the emperor. Conference with Bis
Q marck, Room, Moltke. Through Bavarial
8 bfvouacs to Bellevue, where the imperia
eluipages and fourgons, servants and poshl
. ions powdered Ia Longjumeau. We ar
received by Gen. Castelnau. At the entranca
% OF the glass pavilion Napoleon appeared anC
y led the king inside. closed the doors, il
< order to remain standing before them TIL
French officers stepped into the garden
Rsille, Achille Murat and DayiIers kept M
: company. The conversation. as the KIM
. later on told me, proceeded as follows
}; The king commenced by saying tina
+ since the fortune Of war had turneC
II against the emperor and the latte
= had offered his sword, he had come to ash
!. him what were his intentions at present. Ma
q poleon left his future entirely in the hands O
his majesty. The latter replied that ha Eel
z sincere sympathy at seeing his opponent Il
Il such a situation, especially since 1t was no
v unknown to him that the emperor had no
4 found it easy to decide upon war. This re
4 mark evidently did Napoleon good, and h
" assured him with warmth that he had onl.
= given way to public opinion when he decide
u | upon war, whereupon the king replied
II '"rhat public opinion has taken that direC
= ton Is, however, the fault Of those whoI
4 you made your advisers" Coming then t
n the immediate object OF the visit, the kin
= asked whether Napoleon extended now to er
ter upon any negotiations, which tn
q emperor denied, with the remark ths
e he as a prisoner could have no IL
~ huence over the government. Upon tb
10 further question where the government wa,
q he replied, "In Paris" The king then turne
n the conversation to the personal situation c
:, the emperor. and offered him Wilnelmshoh
= a. a place Of sojourn, which he at once a.
cepted He seemed especially pleased whe
N his majesty remarked that, for security, !
n would give him guard OF honor to accom-
= pany him across the frontier. When Nj
y poleon, during the further progress Of col
d versation, expressed the superstition that
r had had opposed to him the army Of Frede
\ ick Charles, the king corrected him, sayin
,, that il had been and the crown prince
10 Saxony. Upon his question where, In tbs
case, Prince Frederick Charles was, Il
q king replied, sharply accentuating his word
o with seven army corps before Metz
. With all signs Of painful surprise the en-
= peror1 made a step backward, n nervoV
y twitching was percsptible on his face, fl
- now only it became clear to him that Il
= whole German army had not been opposS
to him The king praised the bravery of Il
French army, which praise the emperor wa
y | innlr rnnfirr,ned fhnn,nri aiding that