The war, says M.Lemoinne, never was a war of monarchs, but a war of nations.

France as well as the Emperor is responsible for it.

It must continue to be, he continues, a war _a outrance_ between two races.

The terms of peace proposed by M.Bismarck cannot be accepted by France.

The moderate tone and dignified melancholy of this article contrast favourably with that of almost all the leaders in the other papers, and more particularly in those of the ultra-Republican press.