zone, and, unless my funds give way, I shall remain there.
Spies are being arrested every half hour.

Many mistakes are made from over zeal, but there is no doubt that a good many Germans are in the town disguised in French uniforms.

The newspapers ask what becomes of them all, and suggest that they should be publicly shot.

It is beautiful weather, and as I sit writing this at my open window I have great difficulty in believing that we are cut off from the rest of the world by a number of victorious armies, who mean to burn or starve us out.

M.
John Lemoinne in the _Journal des Debats_ this morning has a very sensible article upon the position of the Government.