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"But, in the case these events should have a character of hostility, the city of Paris will be treated as an enemy.

"For the Commander-in-Chief of the 3d corps of the Imperial armies.

", Major-General."

To which Pasqual Grousset, Delegate for Foreign Relations, returned the following answer:

", 22d March.

"The undersigned, delegated by the Central Committee to the department of Foreign Affairs, in answer to your despatch, informs you that the revolution accomplished here having a character essentially municipal, is not in any way aggressive against the German armies.

"Furthermore, we have no authority to discuss the preliminaries of peace voted by the Assembly at Bordeaux."