Nothing further has occurred to indicate any attempt on either
side to negotiate. The official tone in Paris is that no overtures will be listened to, while the official tone in Berlin is that Germany must obtain territorial guarantees for peace. The temper of the German people is evidently rising high upon this subject, and their papers now say that it is the French nation, not the French Empire, which is hostile to them, as is evident from the expulsion of the Germans. On the other hand, tolerably cool Frenchmen say they would accept peace provided no territory were demanded, while the hatred of "the Prussians" evidently grows deeper, and is daily fed by true stories about requisitions, and monstrous fables about severities. So high is the national wrath that there is danger lest the Government, even if able, should be afraid to make peace even on reasonable terms. It begins to be evident that nothing short of an occupation of Paris will cow the people, and to be doubtful if that will. The Press in both countries is stirring the fire ; but the French Press calumniates the enemy, the German only threatens him.
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