The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1870.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 258, 2 November 1870, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1870.

War is to be prosecuted lo its bitter end ! Such was the news conveyed to us by telegraph last night, and knowing as we do how bitter has been its commencement, and how increasing bitterness has marked the ghastly progress of this tremendous war, we may well look forward with a shudder to the "bitter end." Three short months ago what living man would havo dreamed of La belle France being reduced to such straits as to be compelled to sue for peace upon such terms as the surrender of portion of her fleet, the demolition of the fortifications of two of her strongest border towns, and the payment to her enemy of the full cost of the war. Yet to such an extent has the pride of the Gaul beeu humbled ; but this is not sufficient fo? the victorious Bismarck, who imposes such humiliating terms that France — beaten as she is ; with all the flower of her army destroyed or made prisoners of war ; with her vast harvest fields deluged in the blood of the stoutest aud bravest of her sons, and trampled under foot by au invading enemy; with Paris, the city so dear to every Frenchman, invested by a German host ; with the Crown Prince of Prussia issuing his orders from the palaces of Versailles — France we are told, under all this accumulation of disasters, cannot bend her ence haughty neck so low as to accede to the terms required of her by her conquerors, but boldly replies that, rather than submit to such dishonor, she will fight to her very last gasp, and is willing to add to the fearfully long list of of those who have already fallen iv the service of their country the names of those who are now collected in Paris to protect their city from the attacks of their hitherto victorious foe. Such was the position of affairs as between Germany and France, at the time when the mail left ; nor up to that date do we hear of any of the other great powers being disposed to step in between the conquering and the conquered, so that we may look to hear by the next mail of bloodier battles than have yet been recorded having been fought under the walls of Paris. One most curious circumstance, or rather omission, connected with the telegraphic news of the month must not escape our notice. In the whole of the telegram there is not an allusion to the late Emperor of the French; the name of Louis Napoleon is not once mentioned. Can it be possible that the great potentate who for nearly a quarter of a century has kept Europe in arms; who, in a few weeks, humbled the pride of Austria; and at whose word France bas now been turned into a huge shambles, and such misery and ruin have been caused as will leave their mark behind them for years to come — cau it be possible that within the space of three months his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French has falleu from the summit of his greatness into the depths of oblivion ? And yet such would seem to be the case, for in the summary of the most important events of the month his name is not deemed worthy of mention. Sic transit gloria mundi.