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deputies, 278 ; address of the Minister of State, 

 278 ; action of the Legislative Body concerning 

 proposed Government reforms, 278 ; imperial 

 message announcing the basis of the reforms, 

 278 ; dismissal of Rouher and formation of a new 

 ministry, 278 ; senatus consultum adopted by 

 the Senate, 278 ; its provisions, 278 ; manifesto 

 of the opposition deputies in reference to open- 

 ing the regular session of the Legislative Body, 

 279 ; imperial decree making certain modifica- 

 tions in the relations between the Government 

 and the Senate and the Legislative Body, 279 ; 

 speech of the Emperor on opening the Legisla- 

 tive Body, 280 ; position of political parties in 

 the Legislative Body, 281 ; programme of the 

 members of the Right Centre, 281 ; views of 

 the Left Centre, 281 ; the Left, 281 ; resignation 

 of the ministry, 282 ; formation of a new min- 

 istry under Ollivier, 282 ; beginning of consti- 

 tutional government, 282 ; Yellow-book, 282 ; 

 foreign relations, 282. 



JX. Provisional government, 304 ; army, 304 ; 

 budget for support of, 305 ; area, 305 ; popu- 

 lation, 305 ; territorial changes, 305 ; popula- 

 tion of cities, 305 ; debt, 305 ; budget for 1870, 

 306 ; commerce for 1888, 307 ; railroads and 

 telegraphs, 307 ; new ministry of January 3d, 

 307 ; statement of policy by Minister Ollivier, 

 308 ; Emperor's New- Year's speech, 308 ; mur- 

 der of Victor Noir by Prince Pierre Bonaparte, 

 308 ; sentence of Rochefort, 308 ; proceedings 

 against the prince, 308 ; Emperor's note to 

 ministry on senatus consultum, 309 ; statement 

 of reasons therefor by ministry, 309, 310 ; text 

 of senatus consultum, 311 ; plebiscite, 312 ; 

 Emperor's proclamation respecting, 312 ; dem- 

 ocratic opposition to, 312 ; result of vote, 312 ; 

 vote of cities 313 ; Emperor's speech to Corps 

 Le"gislatif on result of plebiscite, 313 ; minis- 

 terial changes, May 15th, 313 ; war with Ger- 

 many, 313 (see German-French War) ; recog- 

 nition of republic by United States, 226 ; with- 

 drawal of troops from Rome, 410 ; position of 

 provisional government on occupation of Rome 

 by Italians, 414. 



XI. Government, 315 ; budget of ordinary 

 and extraordinary expenditures, 315 ; debt, 

 315 ; revenue and expenditures, 315, 316 ; mil- 

 itary divisions, 316; navy, 316; territorial 

 divisions area, and population, 316; army, 

 317; railroads, 317; seat of government at 

 Bordeaux, 317; disturbance at Lyons, 317; 

 dissolution of general councils by Gambetta, 



317 ; condition of Paris, 317 ; new loan of 

 Gambetta, 317; hopes of foreign intervention, 

 317; the armistice of three weeks, 317; war- 

 like attitude of Gambetta, 317, 318 ; his decree 

 regarding the election of a National Assembly, 

 318 ; set aside by Favre, 318 ; resignation of 

 Gambetta, 318; result of the elections, 318; 

 meeting of Assembly, 318 ; Thiers elected 

 President, 318 ; negotiations for peace, 318 ; 

 ratification of preliminaries, 318 ; riotous pro- 

 ceedings in Paris, 318, 319 ; opposition to the 

 treaty, 319 ; removal of seat of government to 

 Versailles, 319 ; National Guard take posses- 

 sion of Paris, 319; attempt at suppression, 

 319; address of the central committee of the 

 Guard, 31 9 ; organization of Communist Gov- 

 ernment, 319, 320 ; occupation of forts, 320 ; 

 appointment of a committee by National As- 

 sembly to treat with Communists, 320 ; Com- 

 munist election, 320 ; their activity, 320 ; vig- 

 orous measures of Thiers, 320; encounters 

 between the Communists and Government", 

 April 2d, and following, 321 ; affairs in Paris, 

 321 ; platform of Communists, 322 ; position 

 of Thiers, 322 ; subsequent military operations 

 under Marshal MacMahon, 322 ; siege of Fort 

 Issy, 322 ; map of Paris and fortifications, 323 ; 

 displacement of Cluseret, 324 ; succession of 

 Colonel Rossel, 324; reply of Thiers to de- 

 mands for communal liberties, 324; further 

 measures of Communists, 324 ; capture of Fort 

 Issy by Government, 324 ; closing of churches, 

 etc., by Communists, 324 ; vote of confidence 

 in Thiers, 325 ; final crushing of insurrection, 



325 ; assassination of hostages, 325 ; prisoners 

 taken, 326 ; conclusion of treaty with Germany, 



326 ; discussion of future form of government, 

 826; new cabinet, 326; abrogation of laws 

 expatriating Orleanist princes, 326 ; other 

 measures of Assembly, 326 ; Government loan, 

 326 ; supplementary elections, 327 ; manifesto 

 of Count de Chambord, 327 ; action of Assem- 

 bly on temporal power of the Pope, 327 ; army 

 reorganization, 327; dissolution of National 

 Guards, 327 ; Thiers declared President, 327 ; 

 adjournment of Assembly, 328; election of 

 Councils-General, 328 ; execution of Rossel 

 and others, 328 ; assassination of German sol- 

 diers, 328 ; opening of new session of Assem- 

 bly, 328 ; address of Thiers, 328 ; Orleanist 

 princes take seats, 328 ; education, 328 ; Jules 

 Favre, birth, career, 329, 330 ; Le" on Gambetta, 

 birth, career, 330. 



