The 4th of September, and the National Defence. — The Assembly of Bordeaux. — The Communist Insurrection : Paris recaptured by the French. — First Symptoms of Recuperation. — Decentralization: Party Spirit.
M. Thiers, Head of the State, and Prime Minister. — The
Message of November 12, 1872. — The First Presidential Crisis.
— Fusion, and the White Flag. — How the Monarchists helped
to make the Republic . — Violent Debates . — The Discipline of
the Republicans, and the Legislative Elections.
The Constitution of 1875 : Unforeseen Stability. — The
Beginnings of the Parliament. — Preludes of a Coup d'Mltat.
— Appeal to the Country, and the Electoral Campaign. — A
Futile Attempt. — Return to Normal Life. — The Exposition
of 1878. —The Marshal resigns.
Composure and Abstention. — A Triple Alternative. — The
Conference of London. — M. de Bismarck's Ideas. — Inter-
vention of Europe. — At the Congress of Berlin: the First
Partition of Turkey. — Disinterestedness appreciated. — The
Difficulties of Republican Diplomacy. — Formation of the
Triple Alliance.
A Forced Conquest. — Measures well taken and badly ap-
preciated.— The Treaty of Bardo. — Lies and Calumnies. —
France in Egypt. — The Condominium. — Arabi and the Na-
tionalists. — Tergiversations of France: the English bom-
bard Alexandria and occupy Cairo. — The "Great Minister."