s The French papers all take the same tone about
Prince Bis- marck's despatch, one of angry resignation to superior force. None of them clearly acknowledge what M. Thiers at once acknowledged in his opening speech, that the life of a foreigner present in France by treaty ought to be respected as much as that of a Frenchman. Even the Degas, the most "serious" paper in
France, only alleges that the soldiers of the German Army have committed as many acts of violence as the French, which may be true, but is no excuse for a Court of Justice,—which cannot give a right of reprisal. We dare say German soldiers under the circum- stances might be allot in England, but the shooters would be hanged. It is clear, however, that the press sees the necessity of submission for the time, and will abstain from irritating satires, which France is wrong in issuing and Germany wrong in fretting about.
