Society braces for new kind of labor ahead
The society faces a demanding future task that will test the energies of all its friends as J. Carvell Williams signs off with a pledge of continued support.
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 21, 1870
Page
2
The society faces a demanding future task that will test the energies of all its friends as J. Carvell Williams signs off with a pledge of continued support.
J A Merrington writes from Eltville to acknowledge diverse contributions sent via Rev W Tyler for wounded in Germany. He plans to detail relief cases and notes the grateful response of the injured, urging others with means to assist. Dated Sept 16 1870.
The Foreign Office reports messages between belligerents via Lord Lyons and Count Bernstorff in the last ten days. M Favre heads to German HQ at Meaux. Berlin notes from Rheims claim Alsace and Lorraine split from France, with no diplomatic talks. Berlin doubts the Paris government’s durability and peace prospects remain unlikely. German scholars seek medieval papers as peace conditions. A German letter opposes Alsace Lorraine annexation, while Thiers sails from Woolwich to Tours, with France seeking Prussian terms.
The Daily News notes Paris is encircled and diplomacy wanes as German troops push toward the capital. Reports describe bridges over the Seine at Villeneuve, rail lines severed, and French defenses at Vincennes, Nogent sur Marne, and Charenton, with Allied efforts to block the move.
Inside Paris the rail links to the city are cut and the Northern of France Railway suspended. Barricade Committee led by Rochefort forms as General Trochu urges readiness while National Guards practice chassepot on Boulevards. Emigration of residents, depopulated environs, and widespread discontent frame a city bracing for a prolonged emergency.
Washington dispatch reports Mr Motley telegraph to Mr Fish that Prussia rejects reinstating Napoleon and will not deal with the Regency. It also says Prussia views the current French government as unstable and unable to provide lasting guarantees.
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