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Show Thirty Tho . ond Prmiiiii iittis D1mo vered In Pailu. The story of the discovery in Paris of a store of upwards of 30,000 Prussian Prus-sian guns is thus given by the P... is Journal: "Some days ago b-'.ne chests were seized, which were found to contain Uhlan uniforms. Yesterday the arms were found. The plan contemplated con-templated was simple, and, had it sae-ceeued, sae-ceeued, would have been effectual, 'i be 30,000 or 40,000 Germans who intia..-ited intia..-ited Belleviile and La Yillette befl.i-e the decree of expulsion was issued had been formed into regiments with that machine-like preci-iou which marks all the proceedings of Prussia. At a given moment, and concurrently with an a'-ta a'-ta -k by the besieging forces, we should have been taken in the rear by false Uulaur, who would have charged upon us, and caused us to believe that the city had been entered either by a breach or through the sewers or catacombs. Some persons appointed tor that purpose pur-pose were to have called out 'Treason,' and then our troops would have been assailed in front and in rear. The discovery was made quite accidentally. acci-dentally. A quantity of rifles having been sent to the station at La Chapelle, a railway servant seized one, which he tuok away with him, a:id, being somewhat some-what intoxicated, declared loudly that he knew where there were plenty of arms. A body of the national guard, upou being informed of this man's statement, proceeded to the station and interrogated the officials, who at first denied that there were any arms there, but some of the porters pointed out several railway trucks which were laden with cases of muskets. Upon careful search, sixteen trucks were found to be so laden, having, according accord-ing to the statements of the employees, arrived from Sedan some days before. The national guard having no authority to seize the arms, an application was made to the police, who took possession, posses-sion, not of sixteen, bnt of thirty-two trucks, all laden with arms and ammunition. am-munition. Among these arms were chassepots and needle-guns bearing the Prussian Eagle. It is said that cuirasses and lances were also found. An investigation is now proceeding, which, it is hoped, will acquaint us with the names of the intended receivers re-ceivers as well as of the actual sender1 |
