London, Dec. 20.—A Versailles
correspondent, alter making a tour
of the German lines, writes on the
loth quite positively that it will be
impossible ever to bombard Paris ef
fectively. The anxiety of the Ger
mans for peace is intense. The Ger
man troops are on the point of mu
tiny. Rats are eaten in Paris only
on wagers and for pastime. The
bombardment of Paris is postponed,
and the bombardment of Versailles is
expected every moment. The French
have in position guns capable of
throwing shells through the King’s
palace, and driving the Ger mans from
their work on the east and north of
Versailles.
London, Dec. 21. There is a re
port regarded reliable, of a recent
successful sortie from Paris to the
north, south and east, with the cap
ture ol’several strong positions, but
yesterday's announcement from
French sources that two divisions of
the Army of the Loire had effected a
junction appears to be without foun
dation in fact. The general situation
is encouraging for the French.
I®-Thcy are putting a stop to the
great immigration of Chinese. The
most outrageous reports of their
cruel treatment by Americans are
freely circulated in China. Thou
sands who had prepared to come
and had paid their passage money,
refused to embark by reason of there
stories. _Smce they first began to
come, 105,i ll have landed in Amer
ica, but many have returned, so that
there now remain but about 70 000
here.
fefr-Tho Daily Dubuque Telegraph
has been enlarged to a seven column
paper. It is still democratic although
it professes to the independent in poli-
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