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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."