Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-11-06
THE SIEGE OF PARIS.
HOW LONDON FIRST LEARNED THAT
IT HAD ENDED.

"seoop" and Who Then Induced /
Bismarck Co Allow Him to send out /
the News over His Private Wire.
During the Franoo-G German war. from
Oct rs. 1870. 20 March /. 1871, | was
attached 10 ths headquarters Of tho /
crown prince. who occupied an unas. /
suming little villa called Les Ombragos.
In an outskirt Of Versailles, his august
father residing throughout the invest.
ment and siege Of Paris In the prefecture
Of the whilom royal buigh." and |
Count Bismarck, with his STAFF Of ooun.
cilors and secretaries, In detached |
house Of the Rue do Provence. often
met the chancellor out Of doors, walk.
ing or riding. during that long aud Bit
ter winter. but sedulously refrnined
from soliciting audiences. being well
aware that the visits OF war CORE.
spondent, who had everything 10 ask
and nothing 10 tell, could nor possibly
be- welcome TO 70 desperately oyerwork.
ed a statesman rs Bismarck.
By what means | need not explain In
this place. had been made acquainted
with the precise terms Of the cGpitula-
ton Of Paris at an early hour VI the
morning after the conclusion OF the
armistice. aud had, moreover, good rea
sou 10 believe that the conditions Of ,he
surrender had not been communicated
20 any other correspondent u an EnS.
lish or even German newspaper az
headquarters Having obtained the ~
prenely important item Of news what
was TO do with ~ Unless II could he
forthwith transmitted to Tho Daily Tel
egraph office by telegraph my chances
of forestnlling my fellow correspondents
would BE- aunihilated. and there was no
wire nc my disposal-0r, for that mat.
ter ai that Of any foreign journalist
within the vast radius Of the lines Of
investment
Tho situation appeared an utterly
hopeless one. until suddenly the hap
piest Of "happy thoughts" flashed
through my mind. Perhaps the oil pow
crful chancellor. newly created prince
u the young German empire, would
authorize the transmission ~ London
Of my dispatch over his own official
wire. by means OF which ho was zen
rapport" with every European capital
except beleaguercd Paris There was no
time 10 LOSE. Before u. M. 1 had taken
down tho articles Of capitulation from
the lips OF my informant, within bali
nn hour had copied them out, "larpo,
bold aud handsome, on two pages {
ioolscap and had made myself presenia.
be.
AZ 0o'clock presented myself at the
street door 81 the house IN the Rue de
Provence and sent up my card 10 Coun.
cilor Lothnr Butcher, with q pencilei
request that no would allow mo 10 speak
TO him In private. Almoz. Immediately
he came down 20 the waiting room on
the ground floor, into which had been
shown, and asked ms what ho could do
for me. Can you procure mo i've
minutes audience Of tho princef" / re-
4 piled. 81 don't know, was the rojuin
der, "but I'll try. Tho chancellor il *
ttemely busy. but perhaps he'll zee yon
II you can assure mo that the matter "a
really urgent" declared that for me
IL could not possibly be- more pa, where
upon Butcher lcit mel confess. in a
fever Of anxioty-and was absent fer
about q quarter Of au hour 90 tho cx-
pimtion of which he rclppCarcd and
beckoned % me 90 follow him up stairs
In an * boudoir on the fret floor
converted into sort ~ Office found
the chancellor awaiting me. After the
brioiest Of greetings be- said, PRAY, tell
me- what you want in the iewost possi'
bic words. for / have noe "a moment n
lose" produced my dispatch, handed
IL 10 him aud asked him II IL was sub
atantially correct
After looking through ithoanswered
"Ycs, it b.. don't know how you Ro
your information, aud 1 don't intend q,
ak, but these are the terms on which
Paris surrcudcrs. What thonf' WhI
| besought his permission 10 forward
the message over his wire. Boz laugho'
rather grimly, saying "You must b
mad O. ak such thiug!'
urged upon him that the tension o
public feeling In England with respcc
10 the fate of Paris was very painful
many peoples sympathy being tempo
rarily aycrtod from Germany by harrow
ing accounts ~ the sufrrings undcrgon
by the population OF the French capi
tai. THAT tension would bo considora
bly, relieved, sir, b" replied, "by th
knowledge that the siege u Paris
come TO nn end and that the victor
have accorded mrciful terms 10 Ga
yanquishod. Prince Bismarck held Uu
, against my importantly for about
couple Of minutes, but he yielded d
, last, only STIMULATING that / shout
eiiaco my namo ut the end Of the dis
patch.
con no account can allow you
sign o message rent over my wire.
your people In London do not believe
4 to be authentic when IL reaches then
that Is their affair Bu, IL must go M
(, signed or not at all. " Il did go unsigi
! ed 1t was accepted as authentic, an
4 IT, publication that very afternoon In
: special edition II Tho Daily Telegram
proved TO be- one Of the greatest journn
istic coups effected by any Lond,
newspaper during the Franoo.Gorml
, war.-London Telegraph.
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