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Show Uy Xulcvroili. i flic K 1 1 it ii 1 1 on Ml Pn rli. lit i-iccial, Loudon, J 'J.- Paris dates l the llth say tho. sortie by General Duernl was satislaclorv, and has demonstrated dem-onstrated where the Germans are weak. I lucrot is eonlidenl, of his nbil-ily nbil-ily fo break throu:;h the German lines at (lie proper mumeril. The active army in ihe field ii in (;uod health and '.piril., is well fed, ami 200,000 .tione. Preparation:, ate being made fnr amjtbor nmMe mi a larger Hcnln. Some of the theatres have reopened. It is believed the performances will have a beneficial effect and relieve the monotony of the ordinary round of daily life. Goods are plentiful ; and street cars are numerous, so their horses, at any rate have not been eaten. News from Paris up to the 13th is that fresh meats, eggs and poultry are gone, but the supply of horse meat will last two months. Of bread, wine and cheese there is a four months' supply, and of salt meats and salt fish two months'. Trochu has taken possession pos-session of all food and wines, and the ! population is now supplied by a mili-lary mili-lary commissiarat the same as soldiers. 'J he surrender of the city is unthought of. The reverses at Orleans has not disturbed the efficiency of Paladines' effort. His army did good service in depleting the force of the besiegers. Every Parisian is armed, and the city can hold three months longer without great suffering. The mortality is large, but not enough to create alarm. There is no epidemic aud no deaths from starvation or want. Outside the works have been pushed forward, which has compelled an enlargement of the line of investment, and consequently made the enemy weaker in the field. From the works the marksmen command the roads formerly out of range. The German positions have been enormously enor-mously strengthened, but they feel the scarcity of men. Herald's special, Versailles, Dec. 13. The Geiman accounts of there-cent there-cent sorties evade the truth. Duerot was entirely successful as far as he went He held the peninsula of St. Marne, against the German attempts to recover it, and returned voluntarily after ascertaining the failure of Paladines. Pal-adines. Ducrot is confident he could have gone through the line of investments invest-ments if Paladines had been successful. success-ful. The German leaders are uneasy on account of their line being weakened, weak-ened, and fear the successes of a mass sortie. The demand for the bombardment bombard-ment of Paris is great. Three councils of war have been held. Moltke fears the formation of a large airny in the south, it beins; further away and there being more difficulty in reaching it. He is uuwdling to allow Frederick Charles to go too far from Paris. Bismarck Bis-marck is pressing energetically the political polit-ical movement to destroy the republican government. Peace is absolutely necessary, nec-essary, and he is ready to make conditions condi-tions with the Emperor, or any other representative who is willing and able to make terms. |