Year: 1870

quet in Berlin" To Napoleon Ill., the great promoter OF


German unity will doubt prove prophetic, and the
French people begin to fear It,


The great talk OF the hour is the publication by The


London Times of the Secret Treaty" say the great


talk of the hour but it talk thus far, in whispers.


Most of the papers pooh pooh IL some ignore II al


together The Moniteur makes slight alusion to 1t in


paragraph I6 lines the gst Of which Is that such


projected treaty did really exist after the war OF 1865


but that proposed by Prussia to France not by


France Prussia, and that the Emperor would have


nothing to do with 1t. oh, dear me- mol The Constitu-


oeI says pretty much the same, only calling the guilty


proposer Bismarck instead OF Prussia. Unfortunately


comes along The London Telegraph with its correspond


ents account OF talk with the Emperor, in which that


innocent creature, who has just been making many


coquetsh advances to God and calling for his approval


of his conduct all sorts Of ways actually proposed
that Bismarck should give France Luxemburg


in pay for France having kept her fingers out
! of tho Austro Prussian 1ghti And when Bismarck
answered Hum! Hum! Your Majesty. Tou take
Luxemburg-I take Holland, and then ~ stop" said


that wise good man, the Emperor OF the French 81


am to do all the stealing in that quarter II you please II


you touch Holland that war" Those who believe


that the Emperor never opens his mouth till he judges


the time say here, that he sent for The Tee


gruph man and talked with him. and got the talk printed


in his English organ knowing that the secret OF the


Treaty leak out. And you will see that il


published Berlin Tuesday the day after 1t pub





of this extraordinary document is established and 1t is


proved that il is really in the handwriting of Benedet


and first presented by France to Prussia, Offering


a solution the Hspano Prussan French dlculty-you


may expect storml 1t will give strength here to


the ant-war party, small now and quite over-crowed


and would make one, imagine II none existed France
need expect, too kind OF quarter from public opinion
in England and the anti-Engish feeling which exists
here now, would make itself unpeasantly felt. One OF
the newspapers eerng at the English the other day said
"Come on, Englishmen! We not afraid Remember
the Crimea We did than beat you, sored you 20


People all look out OF the windows a-days with
renewed curiosity they pass the Notifications Of
Paris for the decree has gone forth that they
completed and armed. There plenty Of people who
believe that the Prussians have it in mind to march
upon the city, and their fears not diminished by
learning that occupants OF houses the side
OF the probable attack, and within range OF the
the Notifications have received the order to


leave and that the houses TO be destroyed But
the matter hotly discussed in the compartment of
the car was in yesterday morning the unanimous |
conclusion was that it impossible to believe the
PrussaDs would dare attempt such crazy scheme; that


If they did attempt it, they could succeed; not
Prusan would enter the city, and that If they did take
Paris, they never, jamdiS jaais0 would leave
France alive! And this conclusion filed the with
noisy joy and satisfaction lam hope heartily that
Paris will not have the ill-luck TO suffer the |
cruel fate OF Cologne, where, as we learn the |
trees that are in range of the defenses
yielding to the pitless AK, and where beautiful SUI
burban houses being destroyed some old and beaut
fol- others and beautiful, oil sacrificed alike. For
thing may give thanks, war cannot make the
suburbs Of Paris desoae than they Art and
nature have combined to produce their present perec
tiOn Of dreary, dead, monotony and desolation


The newspapers are in trouble, and for there
unanimous feeling against Olivier, the author OF
their He determined to shut out ali news of
ha
The other day out order to the journals to re-
spect the new law against the publication OF military
ard in IL olivier said that the Government
had hoped its appeal to the patriotism OF the French
journalists would have been sufficient, but as it had not
be must put the screws on" The Monitsw said twas
The first time 1t heard OF any appeal to their
patrotism it had heard q law threatening them with
10000 francs fine for the first O1ense and
with suspension for the second, bus that was
hardly an appeal to their patriotism. But even this Wild
scream from that purring tabbyeat joined by the Min
steria household di its master. Then there
the Figaro usually full q having all there is
and more yet obliged 10 out and say, yesterday
Determined to conform to the decisions Of superior
authority OF correspondent letters erery
thing they eoptain Of interest" And the Rappa which,
Of course as all know, respects nobody, said As
We feared to be fonnd guilty of reporting military
moyementwe did not take any notice OF two grammatical
bunders in the Emperor, Proclamation to the French
people "a given in the Journal O0eiel Now that we
find them corrected in that interesting journal has
ten to lay them before readers, &c. &c" The Mont
Of this morning ont with article showing
how absurd the restrictions since lie Peuple Fran
e1se the pree nded organ Of the Cabinet which only the
day before said speaking Of the law 1--WE submitto
it. and advise everybody to submit to it," actually
announced in the number that contained this pro-
fsssion OF faith The departure Of the Geeti The very


morning before the Minister OF the Interior sent
munication to all the newspapers begging them 10 say
nothing about the sailing OF the fleet; and though they
ell knew of the sailing they oil Loyalty held their Tongues
except the ministerial ITSELF which blabbed and


made money! And the other night when the news came
Of the little skirmsh at Niederbronn told at the Opera
by the First Chamberlain OF the Emperor. NJ Laferrere
father-inlaw of Gen. de Berns), the newspaper men
rushed down to the warOhce hoping for ttbit. but
were quietly tod that they could find the in next
days Journal O1iciel And, enough, there it was


statement Ave lines long! To-day olivier is out with
order to the Procureurs General to prosecute with
rgor the dsObeyers OF the law while Valdrome tells the
Prefets that they to understand when the Govern
ment sends them news that there Is no news and
that if they hear any running about that the Gov
ernment hasn't sent them, they to conclude that 1t Is
false punish the people who found retailing It'll
You will have heard OF the adventure of The London
Times correspondent and that Of The Standard man. at
Metz will say nothing about them, but in the letter
from Metz which clip from lie Temps, you will find
TIE TRIBUNE correspondent has been fortu


The women God bless em are coming up IN fine style
to Offer their services nurses for the sick and
wounded. They of all nations, English, French and
American, of course The American woman, who seems
to be the only representative OF her nation, ap
peared at the headquarters OF Gen. Bazains thus atred
and equipped br0adbrimmed felt hat adorned with
q snow-white plume shadowed her noble brow; dark
habit fitting tight 20 the body and arm and with its leng
Skirt tucked into leathern belt fastened by silver
clasp carried the down far the middle of
the lower leg where it vanished before pair black
cloth trousers and prunela boots The chivalrols fe
male tho of three horses, OF which she
rode while another carried the apobecary shop and the
nursing outfit and the third was unincuDbersd, being
destined for the use OF any wounded man who might
its draw this touching picture from