Year: 1873

OF Evacuation though looked for to the public ON
Sunday with effect OF surprise. The negotiations
terminated dared hope. The dennitive
date OF liberation is earlier, and arrived in rather
better condition than generally anticipated The
rejoicing was tempered indeed with sadness the glad
sentiment OF liberation being fatally associated with the
thought OF the oppression and the consideration that,
when recovered TO herself next September dimnished
France will sti the loss OF two fair provinces.
But with Frenchmen's sense Of relief was coupled an
excusable pride the vitality and remaining strength
OF their nation so lately shorn which two years
from the close a disastrous with an intervening
formidable rebellion suppressed RECEIVERS so honorable
a place among great nations, and breaks Its bonds by
keeping word The first, and still general ieehng~"
one of selfsatisfacton and Of gratitude to the wise
statesman under whose senerashp this triumph h"h
been


But politicians and party spirit incorngble On
Monday the Assembly, sooner had leading members
of the Moderate Left moved a simple vote Of thanks TO
the President than this spirit broke forth Right lead
ers proposed to substitute resolutions which nos ony
destroyed all graciousness in the thanks even tbey
would alot to him. but actually made themselves an
object Of their gratitude. Thereupon debate
that is remarkable In tins Assembly, iustrat-
ing the petty pueTie spirit and curious lack Of polite
sense Of the Monarchist deputies, characteristic qua


ties which they further illustrated when the motion OF
mixed thanks was finally passed, by rejecting motion
for temporary adjournment that the officers Of the



Some them and Of their party outside Versailles
are already aware Of their bunge, and of their


most widely read and shrewdest journals denounces IL
as such this morning The Left II not more patriotic
certainly polite and in unison with the popular
sentiment gives Thers large measure Of praise without
haggliug. For the rest it Is natural that they
should be most generous in this kind. for they
are in better spirits. Doubtless they exaggorate
in attributng the revival OF national prosperity.
and whatever is gratifying the treaty Of March l5 TO
tn former has been largely recovered I'M
der the Republic, ana the latter negotiated by Repub-
lcan President


It's no disrespeet to NJ. GOutant BEop, the capable
French Minister at Berlin, TO what every one knows
that the real negotiator on the French part was NJ
Thers 1t is also worth mentioning that Is admitted
by rational Frenchmen that the other real negotator,
Prince Bismarck. far from pressing aayan-
tages unfairly, has shown throughout concllia-
tory temper. But the fact is indisputable that
prosperity has and that the Prussians are
going during the Republic. This fact lamentably weak
ems Of the favorite arguments OF the Monarrhss
against republic, TO wit, that never under that foro
Of government France really prosper nor above au
be suffered due place OF rank among the roy
ay-ruled European nations. Furthermore, after the


last Prussan soldier gladly takes himself out OF France
by the goth OF next September, the Monarchist
| deputies elected under war pressure, many OF
| them sitting for their last tme will lag super
| fuous on the Versailles stage. New elections
may be looked for by October, November at latest
BY December they viii be called for by the people The
Monarchiss feel this fatality while struggling against 1t;
aud Republicans rejoice in it. The former still cling in


helpless. drowning way to the hope wrecked by theif
own divisions OF still, somehow or other some way on
other restoring monarchy at least OF keeping port
OF safety open s restOraon that Is, OF preventing
confirmation of the actual Republic The longer they
can stave of general elections the more they
can hamper the electiOnswhen held by restrictive laws
on universal suffrage" aud the more cunning devices
they can DEVISE preventing the next Assembly ron
actively being they, with futile Jealousy persist


emily claim TO and not constituent 80 much the
more patriotic sound prineiped and statelnanke they
| hold themselves 70 be.


But final evacuation Of the territory west Of Versailles
can't well be months distant Any change in the


Electoral laws that under any form pretense virtu


ally restricts universal suffrage can hardly fail in tue


first instance to increase the Republican vote among


remaining electors. Just because the Monarchsts ia
| the present House will not frankly establish tho


Republic, the next Assembly must be constituent There


is possible legislation done by this Assembly which


cannot be undone by the next Their very refusal or


inability to declare define the form Of government


enforces the character Of 6scie ne xt


and their provisional organic laws-whch the Monarch


lists first and oudest insist only provisional


whether they relate to universal suffrage,


ndeeasbe Article It OF all French future constitutions


written and unwritten TO the creation OF a SeeOnd
Chamber resting paper girders by their acc
and want Of action subject the sanction Of pl<6iseit
With characteristic polite tact the Royalists are
doing, striving to do, and leaving undone whateye@
they may TO distinguish their from the National
and popular sentiment and force upon ia
the future elections the test question merely
the republican mOnarchca sentiments of fcandidates
voluntarily stripping themselves advantages
OF personal merit ROyasts here and Monarch
lists for the little knot OF Impealsts the Assembly
though ordinarily voting wrong with the Right keep
their responsibility clear OF OF strcer party


OF their Orleanst and Legitmst opponents OF
republic. They, for instance, will for law
strictve OF universal suffrage though OF course eagerly
desirous that such law be passed Whenever ever the


comes, for which they have intrigued OF coup dSat
and appeal TO the people ii would tell enormously favor
OF Napoleon ". Awaiting that tardy feasday II is
amusing TO what crumbs OF comfort some hungry
Napoleonsts pick in passing from under the Republican
table. L 0rdre quite the serious and able OF the
four five Paris daily Bonapartist journals treating OF
the Treaty OF March IS, is pleased 20 remark thar
it comedies in date with the anniversary OF the
Prince ImperaPs BIRTH and adds that no homage could
deeply touch the Prince this news which he must
already have learned. II furthermore adds admira-
tion that by the force OF Napoeonic fee should
always be national rejoicing" That French custom
universally makes the Saints day, the birth,
day. fete day; that the Princes birthday the ict
not the i5h OF March that the anniversary the
March ls; that the claimant Tchbourne ''wcut
n for his title and estates at coroners inquest body
OF Lady rchbourne Il March, 1862 that the first Cesar
met with accident the Ides OF March, some
event in all the days OF March may "coincide" with
some other event that befeli on some March day are
solid facts eschewed from rumination by the editorial
enthusiast of TOrdre who for the rest has the good
taste and political tact say nothing against the ma
tional treaty and its prime negotistor. '


Characteriscaliy OF the party he belongs and cev
eriy writes for, an editor OF the journal de Paris
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