THE GERMAN ADVANCE.

Southland Times, Issue 1347, 13 December 1870, Page 3

THE GERMAN ADVANCE.

Military operations were not for i moment delayed by these operations, though the Germans have moved. with a deliberation that has surprised the Parisians. It was no small task to pro. vide for the enormous host of prisoners thrown upon their hands and to remove them by detachments into Germany ; bat it was accomplished with quiet celerity, alth6ugh in a few days that elapsed— while Sedan was still a chaos of horrors — many thousands of men had to endure great hardships. It was necessary, also, to re-inforce the German armies, and to prepare for the greater effort yet to follow. Nothing appears to have been neglected by way either of preparation or precaution that a comprehensive foresight could devise. And soon the several armies were on the march by their appointed routes— a steady unbroken progress ; day by day we heard of their advances, of one village: after another Being occupied, of railways broken or seized, of positions taken up or strengthened, until at last all communication with Paris waa cut off, and the city entirely surrounded. .Nor was the interval of suspense without its political importance. " We must give the Parisians time to cook their own goose," said Count Bismarck to a newspaper correspondent ; and this familiar process has been prolonged to the present hour, not altogether to the satisfaction of its impatient victims. The editor of the Mffaro declares " he would as soon receive a shell in the abdomen as that operations should be delayed, and the blockade continued." <\

A good and sound resolution has recently been adopted by tb7e ladies of the New York Sorosia. It is as follows .— " Eesolved,— That if an effort should be made to revive the dirty and disgusting fashion of trailing skirts in the streets, the universal voice of American women should utter a protest that would be heard throughout this country and. Europe, and prove that whoever may choose to follow the senseless lead of a court or coterie, American women can think and act for themselves." . ' ' •"