THE MISSION TO ROME. 



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4. Being quite out of har- 

 mony with d'Harcourt and 

 myself, deriving all your force 

 and authority from the cir- 

 cumstance the importance of 

 which I quite admit that you 

 have more recent information 

 as to the intentions of our 

 Government, you are quite 

 master of the situation and 

 paralyse the army. 



5. You have gone so far all 

 at once that the risk of put- 

 ting obstacles in your way is as 

 great as that which you have 

 voluntarily incurred. More- 

 over, you have appealed to the 

 supreme judgment of the 

 Government, so that it is but 

 right to await their decision, 

 which will, I trust, be not long 

 delayed. 



6. It is possible that the 

 Eomans will open the gates of 

 the city to us. They will be 

 the less likely to do so when 

 they see that the army is not 

 preparing to act. But owing 

 to the conditions which you 



instructions. I was merely 

 told to ' ' devote my attention 

 exclusively to the establish- 

 ment of relations with the 

 Eoman authorities and inhabi- 

 tants. . . . You will be guided 

 in your judgment by circum- 

 stances." 



4. I have reported to the 

 Government all that I have 

 done to check the eager- 

 ness of the army an eager- 

 ness which is greatly to its 

 credit, but which, if not mode- 

 rated in present circumstances, 

 would have led to an irrepar- 

 able catastrophe, the result of 

 which would have been, in my 

 opinion, to destroy our in- 

 fluence and aid the schemes of 

 our enemies at home and 

 abroad. 



5. My object was to ascer- 

 tain the truth, to let the 

 Government know it, to clear 

 the way for them, and to enable 

 them to come to a final decision, 

 the announcement of which I 

 am awaiting not less eagerly 

 than M. de Rayneval. 



6. I had no wish that the 

 Romans should at once open 

 their gates, as it was better to 

 give time for the passions which 

 had been excited by the events 

 of April 30th to subside. All 

 the conditions which I had at 



