FRANCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1126, 24 June 1867, Page 5

FRANCE.

In view of the eventuality of war, a Paris correspondent observes that in France the commauds are actually engaged .1., " Tlie Emperor, it is said, will take tlie command in chief, with Count Palikao (General Montauban) for his major-general, and Marshals Macmahon and Bazaine are to have important positions. It is certain that the war spirit is beginning to pervade the French troops, who have learnt to hate the Prussians more than any other enemy they ever came in contact with. A change, too, seems to be gradually coming over the population—the masses of the population of Paris. The visit of Prince Napoleon to Prangins, his seat in the Canton of Vaud, is supposed to mean something political —-in fact, that he is to meet there, or in some other place near the Italian frontier, an agent of the Italian Government. Letters from Toulon mention that the engagement of volunteers for the crews of the fleet, which had been provisionally suspended, has now been re-esta-blished, and on most favourable conditions, by ministerial instructions. While, however, people in Paris reckon on seeing Italy embroiled in an early war, every one in Italy (says a Florence correspondent) expresses his conviction that she will keep out of it."—Some News, April 26.