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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 28, 1870
Page
6
Mrs Baynes and Miss Beard have left Denmark Hill for a larger house at Hampstead where their pupils will resume assembly in September. Prospectuses available on request to Mrs Baynes Mount View Green Hill Hampstead N.W.
A printer’s advertisement outlines advertising rates for Tax Nonconformist. It states one shilling per line with eight words per line, an extra charge of 2s 6d for every ten lines or less, and publication by author Miant at 14 Bouverie Street Fleet Street. It invites advertiser orders and notes international transmission registration.
Subscribers will pay half a penny per copy after October for stamped copies supplied by the publishing office or newsagents. Orders direct from the publishing office ensure regular delivery and remove complaints about obtaining copies from the Newavendor.
The Paris government rejects Bismark’s demand for Strasbourg Toul Verdun and an armistice until a Constituent Assembly meets. They vow to continue the war to defend all fortresses, declaring will not cede territory while noting Tours and Paris condemn Prussia’s bid to reduce France to a second-rate power.
The article reports German armies surrounding Paris with 250,000 troops, Ducrot’s relief efforts failing, and siege works advancing. It notes Prussian plans to invest Paris for weeks, plus German movements toward Lyons, Metz, and Tours, while Paris and Lyons face potential capitulation and widespread French discontent. Rome falls to Italian troops as Papal Zouaves cease resistance. Rome becomes Italy’s capital, with Cadorna forming a provisional municipality and Thiers seeking neutral support in Vienna and St Petersburg.
The article notes France accepts terms of an armistice offered to France by Count Bismark while M Thiers visits St Petersburg as a tempter. He proposes concessions by the Provisional Government on the Eastern question. The plan risks French territorial integrity, signaling readiness to discard international scruples to safeguard land.
The piece analyzes Jules Favre’s Paris mission to gain a temporary armistice from Prussia after Sedan. It argues Favre faced harsh terms from Count Bismarck, and critiques France’s unwillingness to accept reality, highlighting Strasbourg Toul Verdun as potential losses and Parisian sentiment shaping the decision.
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