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Show FOttElU.X. By Cable. London, 2a. Bismarck says with regard to the secret treaty that since ! 1S6G France has incessantly tempted PrUfS a with offers of territorial ag-LTandiiemient, ag-LTandiiemient, at the expene ol Bcljiium and South Germauy. He i confident that as France could nut obtain ob-tain any enlargement of territory otherwise she is evidently fighting foi it; and says the disclosur" made by the Times had been withheld. France, though fully armed, would have re-peatixl re-peatixl her offer of XiMs at thy cost uf Belgium. Loudon, Midnight. Everything indicates that an important engage ment must take place within three days. The Prussians arc coucentrat ing between Tievcs and Meizigon on the river Saar. They have 400,Ch.MJ men and raiher too mueh cavalry to forage for. The opposing force of the French uuui oers about 3liO,(XX). London, 29. The Daily Xeus says : France and 1'russia cannot too clearly understand if we are nut in the tigh it is because we are not in the quarrel. No rtate-mati of either side in the house of lords is uo di.-posed to say that under no cireumstaneis would England tight. The tone of the press and parliament alike, shows that "peace at any price" is not the national mutto. Our nuivpt and obligations 011 the continent are binding and important im-portant as ever, and we shall stand by ihem. France knows We thall never allow her to make Antwerp into another an-other Che; b'Urg. The Daily S'tui correspondent at Palis writes ou W ednesday that there are etill some hopes of p;ace. ' Negotiations Nego-tiations of some sort .an? proceeding actively. Paris, 29. The following is the proclamation procla-mation of the Kmperor to the army on asr-uurng command in person, issued at Metz yesterday: "1 come to take my plaee at your head to defend the honor of the soil of our country. You goto combat, ajaiut ne of the bst armed of European oountri"-. And other countries as gallant as this have net been able to iei"t our valor. It will be the sa.1110 to-day. The war w hich now commences Will be lorn: and hardly contested, for its theatre will be in places h'-dned in with ob-tach's and thick with furiresses. But nothing is beyond the per-HYerawe and efforts of tne soldiers of Africa, Italy and Mcuco. Yea Will prove one-: more what the French army can aceompli.-h, aniiuatf-1 by a sentiment uf duty, njami.uri. d b ULcij!iiiP and inf.ui u ol by iove ol' country. Whate ver road w mr.y t'ike acro-r our frontier0, we will tind on it glorioas traces of our fathot: and we will show ourselves worthy of theta. All France follow- you with ardent prayers and their ryes univerilly are upon you. Upon our suove-- J-'jiend- '.be -uece--of liberty and eivilintioTu L-t r'-'b dD -'o his duty, and the !oluf b-t-:le- will be wi:h us. Napuleou.'' |