CIRCULAR OF M. JULES PAVRE.
M. Jules Favre published on Oct. 18th his reply to Count Bismarck's circular respecting the interview at Ferrieres. The following is an extract : —ijj It is well that France should know to what lengths Prussia pushes her ambition. She does not stop at the conquest of two of her provinces ; she coldly and systematically pursues her task of annihilating us. France has no illusions left. For her it is now a question of existence. In proposing to her the sacrifice of three departments as the price of peace, the thing offered her was dishonor —this she rejected. It is now proposed to punish her with death. Such is the position of affairs, but we prefer our present sufferings, our perils, and our sacrifices, the consequences of the inflexible and cruel ambition of our enemy. France, even if ultimately vanquished, will remain so great in her misfortunes that she will become an object of admiration and sympathy to the whole world. She required, perhaps, to pass through a supreme trial—she will issue from it transfigured."
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 759, 5 January 1871, Page 3
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