The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-25

Prussia and FRANCE was humbled 10 the
dust.
It was a bright day in the spring OF
1871 rs the German army made its We
toriOus entry into Paris For weeks u
had lain outside its walls knocking nj
the gates with all the terrible destructive
effects Of modern war engines demanding
an entrance. At last the Prussian Crown
Prince "Unscr Fritz entered the humil-
lated capital at the head of the VICTORIOUS
lcgions. Through the Arcade de III
omphe and over the Avenue Dc Champs
Elysces came the German Soldicry with
flags flying and drums beating and the
bands playing the national airs OF the
German Faterland.
THE INVADING HOST.
Prussans, IIanoyerians, Bayauanss'
SaX0ns. Wertemhurgcrs. besides the sol,
dicrs of the duchies. grand duchies ana
principalities. each flying the banner OF
their respective lands. tramped through
the streets. The yictors thronged the
squares. filed The magnificent gardens
and public places Of Inundated Pans.
The people looked on their yictors in the
flush of their pride and felt the sting OF
their presence. and yet 10 the honor and
credit of these German conquerors he It
said they behaved with honor and credit
to their name and nation. When they
vacated Paris they left a record that
could reflect not a stain upon their con
duet. The German victory united I'll the
German States. and from the French
palace in Versailles the German Empire
was proclaimed. Even on French soil.
within the sound almost of the bells OF
NOtre Dame the German Empire was
announced. and King William of Prussia
became the Kaiser of all Germany. The
Faterland was consolidated. ali en0r-
nous indemnity was eXactcd from France
and the ccSsion of the provinces OF Al
SAGE and Lorraine was demanded as the
cost Of causeless war. The terms being
agreed TO, the German yictOrs retired
from the capital and once more the
French soil was free from the tread OF
the invaders.
The cup Of sorrow was not yet drained
TO the drcgs. Another and a more terri
bic blow even than the capture Of the
capital was in store for unfortunate
Paris. For weeks discomfort had been
spreading among the dangerous classes.
Honest working people. too, Influenced
by the wild teachings of such blood
thirsty butchers as Rcgault. Urbain.
ProtOl and others of their kind. readily
swclled the mob that was TO prey on
Paris. The timidity or lack of energy
on the part Of the French troops at Yer
salles helped in Il measure TO encourage
the Communists in their work Of demOra
lizaton.
RED FLAG or THE CoSfTUNF.
Like the unnatural children Of fond
mother, these misguided people, with nm
natural nate and Il dcviish thirst for
something they knew not what in their
minds, cutched the fair city in their
grasp and raised the red flag of Com
munc, which became the emblem of as
sassinatiOn, T;llagc. anarchy and disor-
der Decentralization and trcachery. too.
had set in among the National Guard
and helped to swell the ranks Of the
worst lot of human beasts the world ever
saw.
Some idea may be formed Of tho terri
bic power for the destruction of life and
property when. according to Cluserct.
who was allied with the Commune, that
az the time Of its collapse il held LOO
pieces Of cannon and mitrailcuscs. DIS.
900 guns Of different models with sabre
bayOncts $1,000 cavalry sabrS, HOOD
Enfield rifles. revolycrs, making Il total
Of 10000 weSpons of all kinds which
the commitment had robbed the city Of.
Thus equipped, they entered upon their
work of destruction, but what mnSt cX
cite amazcmrnt' writes the American
Minister. Wasbburn, who, by the way,
was the only representative Of amy for
eign power who remained in the city
during the siege and in the bloody reign
Of the Commune, and over whose LCga-
ton the Stars end Stripes floatcd when
even the banner of France WIS sup
planted by the blood-red flag of dcstruc-
ton. us the Knowledge Of the vast num-
Der Of people in Paris at this time who
not only were in sympathy with the
Commune but who abettcd and sustained
it in its career of crime and blood. The
minority. embracing the better class.
was completely cowed and Subducd by
this insuwectonary mass Of the popula-
ton"