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Show THE AVAR IX FRAXCE. Through iuieu-ely cold weather, and amid terrible sufferings to the people, the war in France goe on. Ir, is not a government that Germany- is now fighting fight-ing iu France ; it is a nation roused to desperate efforts for sx-b'-pre;?rvatioD. Peace might have been secured by Prussia some time ago, and the French would wiliintrly have paid an enormous indemnity. But two things were sought to be readied by King William. The Prussian armies had inarched victoriously victori-ously to Paris, and it was designed that France should be humbled as Prussia was by the flrst Napoleon, and a peace concluded in Paris as lie had enforced, en-forced, jpeacc in Berlin. To this was to be added the annexation of the Rhine provinces to Germany, leaving France reduced in territorial dimensions, beggared, and humiliated before the world. Against this French pride revolted, and the outrages which have been committed by the German soldiery, and which almost invariably attend the iuva-ion of an enemy's country, coun-try, have driven the French as a nation tja condition of desperation, which muse prolong the war and may re.-uit iu the defeat of the objects King William Wil-liam had in view. The dispatches of the past few days are decidedly in favor of the French. The armies of the republic, strengthened strength-ened and increased in numbers, are daily contending against, the German forces, and each day makes them better bet-ter soldiers. Chauzey keeps up his attempts at-tempts to push on Paris, and if he has not been as successful as he desires, he -still makes headway, and several minor mi-nor engagements resulting in his favor are reported. Faidherbc, iu the north, whoso army was said to be totally routed, announces that he has inflicted i defeat ou the German in his front, after ten hours' hard fighting. Mecklenburg Meck-lenburg ha3 been relieved of his command, com-mand, because ho failed to repel the French advance. The German armies are slowly concentrating on Paris, while the French are following them up, vbieh will enable them to contract and strengthen their extended lines of operation. And the besieged in Paris Lave thown energy and spirit to warrant war-rant expectation of their dointr tome temlie fighting yet bclbro they yield. Nor with their yielding and the fall of Paris is the war likely to cud. The flowers may bloom and the ver Jure of earth be dyed with the hl'e-blood of thousands tumv, bell, re "this cruel war iJ over." |