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 Governmental Anarchy. — The " Long Ministry." —Legis- lative Work is resumed. — Angry Quarrels between the Extremist Parties. — The Revision of 1884. — Energy of Jules Ferry. — His Asiatic Policy. — March 30, 1885. Three Colonial Empires. — A National Tradition. — Ob- stacles and Labors. — France beyond the Sea in 1872, and in 1894. — West Africa. — Madagascar. ^ French Asia. — Prob- lems of Indo-China. — Administrative Errors. — The Slug- gishness of French Commerce. — The Educational Question. The Majority melts away. — The Elections of 1885 : a Reac- tionary Half-victory. — Mistakes and Blundering. — A Brave List of Appropriations. — Minister Rouvier. — General Bou- langer's First Exploits. — Unexpected Scandals. — Election of M. Carnot. — The Committee of the Rue Sfeze. — Exposi- tion of 1889. —The Supreme Court. — The Elections : the End of Boulangism. The Workingmen's Congress in Berliii. — The Empress Frederick in Paris. — Cronstadt. — A "Novel Situation." — The General Tariff of the Custom-houses. — The Monarchists' "Last Card." — False Calculation. — Financial Ways. — The Elections of 1893. — Minister Casimir-Perier. — The Rus- sian Fleet at Toulon. — National Mourning. Church and State. — Religious Policy. — The Congress of Mechlin, and the Encyclical Quanta Cnra. — The Designs of Leo Xin. — The Toast of Algiers. — Constitution of the Re- publican Right. — Political Evolution, and Social Evolution. — The Encyclical Rerum Novarum. — Resistance: Declara- tion of the Cardinals. — Immovability of the Sovereign Pon- tiff. —The Results. — The " Great Problem." Primary Instruction. — The Results of Secularization. — The Teacher. — Insufficiency of Moral Instruction. — Ger- manic Pedagogy. — Schools : Primary, High, and Profes- sional. — Secondary Instruction : the Imperial and the