omes. Whatever the Parisians may think
of them, they do not think much of the Parisians. The army, and more
particularly the officers, are very indignant at the terms of the
armistice. They bitterly say that they would far rather have preferred
to have been made prisoners of war at once, and they feel that they are
in pawn in Paris, a pledge that peace will be made. M. Jules Ferry was
treated so coldly the other day by General Vinoy's staff, when he went
upon some business to the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief, that
he asked the cause, and was told in plain terms that he and his
colleagues had trifled with the honour of the army. The armistice was,
as you are aware, concluded by M. Jules Favre in person. It was then
thought necessary to send a General to confer with Count Moltke on
matters of detail. General Trochu seized upon this occasion to assert
himself, and requested to be allowed to send a General of his choice,
saying that his book which he published in 1867 must be so well known at
the German headquarters, that probably his envoy would meet with
peculiar respect. To this General Vinoy acceded, but Count Moltke
refused to treat with Trochu's General, who was drunk, and the chief of
General Vinoy's staff had to be substituted. General Ducrot is still
here. He resigned his command, not as is generally supposed, because the
Prussians insisted upon it in consequence of his evasion from Sedan, but
because General Vinoy on assuming the command of the army gave him a
very strong hint to do so. "I did not"' observed Vinoy, "think your
position sufficiently _en regle_ to serve under _you_, and so----"

The question of the revictualling is the most important one of the
moment. The railroad kings, who had an interview with Count Bismarck at
Versailles, seem to be under the impression that this exceedingly
wide-awake statesman intends to throw impediments in the way of Paris
getting provisions from England, in order that the Germans may turn an
honest penny by supplying the requirements of the town. He has thrown
out hints that he himself can revictual us for a short time, if it
really be a question of life and death. Even when the lines are opened
to traffic and passengers, the journey to England, _via_ Amiens, Rouen,
and Dieppe will be a tedious one. The Seine, we learn, has been rendered
impassable by the boats which have been sunk in it.

We have as yet had no news from outside. The English here find the want
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