The last mail brought intelligence from France that, in dismissing the Legislative Assembly, M. Thiers de livered a financial speech, and spoke of the reconstruction of the army as their true revenge. Fiance had eight millions a year as a sinking fund, and could soon resume her old attitude. The anny numbered nearly a million, and gave indications of a determination to renew the struggle. This speech produced dissatisfaction at Berlin, and the Daily Telegraph published a letter —an article avowedly inspired by the German Government, intimating that the occupation of the territory by German troops would be longer than would be necessary if the relations of the two nations were not more cordial. The evacuation of the territory has certainly ceased. The English press believe that M. Thiers meditate* the recovery of Alsace and Lorraine. Grave complications 1 , it is feared, will arise during the lecess.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1354, 20 June 1872, Page 3
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