RIOTS IN PARIS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 168, 27 April 1871, Page 6

RIOTS IN PARIS.

SECRET TREATY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA.

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Hokitika, April 20. The Rangitoto, Capt. Mackie, ax-rived at 9 p.m. She left Melbourne on the evening of the 15th. Passengers :—: — For Christchurch — C. G. Hawdon, L. Acland ; for Wellington — Captain Edwin ; and thirty steerage for all ports. Late telegrams to London to the 21st March state that preliminaries of peace were signed on the 25th Feb. February. 25th. - Conditions : — France cedes Alsace a"nd Metz, but Belfort to be restored. War indemnity, five milliard francs, to be paid in three instalments.

The whole of Champagne remiins in possession of the Germans till conditions of peace are fulfilled. On the 28th the National Assembly ratified the treaty of peace by five to one. The Germans entered Paris on the morning of the 2nd, thirty thousand strong, occupying the Champs Elysees from Arc de TEtoile to Place de la Concorde. Population calm and quiet. The Bourse is closed. The aspect of the city is mournful. The journals have suspended operations. Paris was evacuated on the morning of the 4th. Complete occupatiou of Paris was prevented by intervention of England. The German head quarters, with Emperor William, Bismarck, and Moltke, was removed from Versailles on the 7th. The Second German Army received orders to march. The forts on the left of the Seine were surrounded by Germans on the Bth. Bismarck returned to Berlin, whither the Emperor has proceeded. The German Parliament meets on the 21st March. Great agitation in Paris. For several days the insurgents established regular encampments with artillery and small arms. 40,000 of the Army of the Loire have since entered Paris, forming a new garrison. The mutiny by a battalion of Mobiles was quelled. The National Guards delivered up their arms. The official journal declares that Government undertakes to constitute France into a Republic. The journals appealed to the people to maintain order and obey the laws. The Foreign Ministers were to return to Paris on the 11th. Henri Rochefort is dead. General Trochu is reported insane. Napoleon is expected at Chisslehurst immediately. The " Morning Post " publishes a

secret treaty between Russia and Prussia, concluded at the commencement of the war, which was to the effect that if the French successes should threaten Poland, Russia would interfere. If Austria made an armed demonstration against Prussia, Russia would make demonstrations on the Austrian frontier. If European powers assisted France, Russia would assist Prussia. In the House of Commons on the 7th, Gladstone said he was ignoiant of any treaty between Russia and Prussia when he instructed Odo Russel last year to consult with Bismarck. Prince Charles, of Roumania, has resolved to abdicate. TheEx-Queen of Spain hasrecovered A Committee of Enquiry into the state of Westmeath has been appointed. Rothschild has issued a Prussian loan of 12 millions. Cardwoll's Army Reorganisation Bill was read a second time. Deputies at Paris exhort the population to quietness and obedience to the laws. It is believed the authorities will take vigorous measures against the iusurgents. General Farou is blockaded, with three hundred men, on the heights of Montmartre. The question of the issue of a loan at 5 per cent, was asserted. _, The Government decided to issue a loan for two and a half milliards of 2 per cent. Rentes. March 21st., evening. Great agitation prevails in Paris. Montmartre, Belleville, and Faubourg, Antoine, are barricaded. Three Generals were shot by the insurgents. The troops captured forty cannon, five of which were retaken by the insurgents. TheGoverumentissuedproclamations calling on the National Guard to save Paris from pillage, declaring France otherwise ruined. The marriage of the Marquis of Lome to the Princess Louise, took place to-day. Special telegrams not yet yet published here. The Niitioual Guards arc now the only armed forces in Paris. Barricading continues. General Chanzy has been arrested. Paris journals write strongly against the assassination of generals. Le Comte and Thomas, and recognise the National Assembly as the only authority. If the insurrection continues, the Prussians will occupy their former position in Paris. Barricading continues everywhere. The National Guard are occupying the forts. The Committee released General Chanzy, who- was ill-treated, and has gone into hospital. M. Rouher has been arrested at Boulogne.