15 OCTOBER 1870, Page 1

M. Gambetta has at once assumed the Ministry of War

and a virtual Dictatorship. After declaring that 400,000 men are armed in Paris ; that the fortifications are provided with splendid guns, taken from the fleet, and that Paris has food "for long months," he calls on the provinces "to inaugurate a national war." The Departments must "shake off their torpor," and "react against foolish panics ;" while the Republic, true to its traditions, will use young men as its chiefs. By and by the rains will come, and the Prussians, attacked from all aides, will be slain by the people, by cold, and by disease one by one. The address is a stirring one, and has already stirred the Loire country to energy, while it will probably terminate the conflict between Blue and Red which rages at Lyons and Marseilles. The Reds will not fight Gambetta, while the Blues, who are more moderate, are still anxious to defend France. M. Gambetta has further ordered that all demonstrations shall cease, that there shall be less display of useless enthusiasm, and that everybody shall work, instead of talking,—shows, in fact, the brain of a real administrator.