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Show GERMANY AND FRANCE. The tinal treaty of peace between li'cnuany and France is, iu some respects, re-spects, different from that which proceeded pro-ceeded the withdrawal of the Emperor William from Versailles. The indemnity indem-nity is reduced by five hundred millions mil-lions off. arcs, but the time of payment is also reduced to a year. The. for tresses of Nancy, Loncwy and Boifort. it s.eu-.s, are a'oue to bo held by the Germans until the conditions are fully complied with, instead of the departments depart-ments which they were to occupy aud gradc.al'y va-a;e. The torts around Earis now held by the Prussians, aro to be given v.p immediate"" to the Versai'.l-s government, and the French prisoners of war are to be returned as fast as the railroads can forward them. These hist provisions ensure the speedy defeat cf the Coa:mu;:e. even if McMaV.ou's p'.an.s lb r the reduction of Earis should ro: be atteuded with the immediate success expected. by the Cou-.mv.ne so mad'y continues the strife it is in.t posstt'.e to say. un.ess on the supposition that i; is entirely bereft of reason. Yi'icn Ear s was invested by the Germans i; hoped for aid from the provinces, a .d for victories ty IV.-Iadir.es IV.-Iadir.es or Cr.av.ry to open a way for the K' '.car. lined hosts ar.d the armies outside to ur.i.e. Ba: Fans cow has no such hone t and uay by cay the A ersaillists have drawn nearer and nearer, showing; the doomed eilv that its only safe pc.iey lies iu submission. With the northera forts in possession of the Yersai..is.s. and the armies for months prisoners in Germany usited with the forces before Faris, the reduction reduc-tion cf the city by investment and starvation would not Occupy lorjg time, for it has been by the north the city has been provisioned. There is a touch of magnanimity in Bismarck's concessions at the last, though he has not lost sight of the interests in-terests of Germany. But such concessions conces-sions will have a becefcial result. A fallen foe may nurse revenge while the iron heel of the enemy is held upon its neck, but it never fails to appreciate magnanimity extended towards it in the hour of its humiliation. |