Image: The evolution of France under the third republic (1897) (14782521265)

Description: Identifier: evolutionoffranc00coub (find matches) Title: The evolution of France under the third republic Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Coubertin, Pierre de, 1863-1937 Hapgood, Isabel Florence, 1850-1928. tr Subjects: Publisher: New York (etc.) T. Y. Crowell and company Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: es of the NationalAssembly. They did not wish to take the governmentback there; they shrank before the danger of extend-ing the municipal franchises, and the members fromParis have not ceased to occupy in Parliament, andbefore the government, a place apart, made up of alittle respect and much distrust. And, although experience reassured the timid, althoughlater events have demonstrated the falsity of the signsindicated by the Parisian barometer, people have notlost the habit, in moments of trouble, uncertainty, andanguish, of turning towards the great city, as they askthemselves, What does Paris think of it ? AndParis replied by a word of command which France nolonger obeys. The crisis which every one foresaw, and which brokeout on May 24, 1873, was paradoxical in this respect,that, on the one hand, when the country heard M.Thiers appeal, it sent him, to found th^ Republic, menof the Left party, whose advent hastened its fall; andthat, on the other hand, by giving him a successor less Text Appearing After Image: MARSHAL MACMAHON, DUG DE MAGENTA, AND SECOND PRESIDENTOF THE REPUBLIC. EARLY TEARS OF THE REPUBLIC, 35 attached to the republican form, the monarchists con-tributed to the strengthening of the government whosedefinitive establishment they wished to prevent. A slight disagreement between M. Jules Simon,Minister of Public Education, and his colleagues, causedthe ministry to be recast at the assembling of Parlia-ment after the Easter holidays. MM. Casimir-Perierand Berenger entered the Council. This caused theRight some uneasiness, and the battle began, under theform of obstructive questions which had already be-come the custom. The Due de Broglie led the assault.For the last time M. Thiers set forth his policy, andproved the necessity of the Republic which arose fromthe impossibility of the monarchy. He rallied no oneto his cause, not even from the ranks of those whowere hesitating ; but he had, at least, the good fortuneto be able to make his retreat with a frank, precisespeech, whose Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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