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Title: Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm; twenty years' experiences and reminiscences of an American journalist, sketches and records of noted events, celebrated persons and places, national and international affairs in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Turkey-in-Europe, Switzerland and Italy
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: King, Edward, 1848-1896
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass., C.A. Nichols
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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their heads dubious-ly from time to time. M.Simon was doubtless tellinghis chief how strong the Al-satian protests had grownsince M. Thierss visit to Ver-sailles, and what a battlethey might expect that after-noon . Now came a huge manwith a bulky manuscript. Itwas M. Le Franc, with thereport of the dolorous pro-ceedings at Prussian head-quarters, and what his com-mittee > charged to examinethe aforesaid, thought aboutit. On the left there was greatagitation. Hugo, Louis Blanc,Floquet, and others took seatstogether, as ifarranging some preconcertedmovement. The report of the committeeseemed to evolve nothing except thehorrible consequences that would over-whelm France should she refuse thetreaty. The prolongation of the armis-tice, said the reporter, is refused.The forts of Paris are occupied, the enceinte is disarmed. Farther awaythe inimical armies are massed at theextreme limits of the district covered bythe armistice. There they face ourdisorganized armies and our i)opulation.
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VICTOR HUGO AT BORDEAUX. that is already beginning to hope forpeace. These words grated harshly onthe ears of some patriots in the gallery,and they shouted out: You are a Prus-sian, and so is ever) one who talks asyou do ! There was no api)lause when the re-porter had finished. Every one had 392 EUROPE IN STORM AXD CALM. listened with breathless interest, andknew how he should vote. MeantimePxlgar Quinet, representing the Republi-can Left, entered the tribune, and claimedto be heard because he had studied thepolicy of Germany and Prussia for agreat part of his lifetime. He waslistened to with impatience. Thefeudal state of Germany, he said, avenges itself upon our free democraticinstitutions by making them contributeto our ruin. By this treaty peace is notsecured, but war, and war to the knifewill soon be resumed. He declared, Prussia wishes not only our fall, butour annihilation. M. Thiers started up, half angered onhearing M. Quinet thus denounce thepreliminaries of peace. Meantime,

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