The Treaty as now voted provides that within thirty days
of the capture of Paris France shall pay £20,000,000 to Germany and Germany shall evacuate Normandy. By 1st May, 1872, £40,000,000 more must be paid, and Germany, if she considers order sufficiently restored, will retire to Champagne. The remainder of the money must be paid by May, 1874, and then the Germans will evacuate the remainder of France, Alsace and Lorraine excepted. The French prisoners are all released, but no more than 80,000 soldiers may be kept before Paris, the rest of the Army being cantoned behind the Loire, a curious provision, intended, we presume, to leave the road to Paris open during the occupation, but likely also to enable M. Theirs to train his Army thoroughly. M. Pouyer-Quertier states that he has the first twenty millions ready, but Prince Bismarck is obviously uneasy about the indemnity.
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