[172] Bismarck to Bernstorff, July 19, 1870, with Inclosures: Parliamentary Papers, 1870, Vol. LXX.,—Franco-Prussian War, No. 3, pp. 5-8. Gerolt to Fish, August 11, 1870, with Inclosures: Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., H. of R., Vol. I. No. 1, Part 1,—Foreign Relations, pp. 219-221. The reader will notice that the copy of the Telegram in this latter volume is the paper on p. 221, with the erroneous heading, “Count Bismarck to Baron Gerolt.”
[173] Bismarck to Bernstorff, July 18, and to Gerolt, July 19, 1870: Parliamentary Papers and Executive Documents, Inclosures, ubi supra.
[174] Journal Officiel du Soir, 17 Juillet 1870.
[175] “De ce jour commence pour les ministres mes collègues, et pour moi, une grande responsibilité. [“Oui!” à gauche.] Nous l’acceptons, le cœur léger.”
[176] For the full debate, see the Journal Officiel du Soir, 17 Juillet 1870, and Supplément.
[177] Earl Granville to Lords Lyons and Loftus, July 15, 1870,—Correspondence respecting the Negotiations preliminary to the War between France and Prussia, p. 35: Parliamentary Papers, 1870, Vol. LXX.
[178] Lord Lyons to Earl Granville, July 15, 1870,—Correspondence respecting the Negotiations preliminary to the War between France and Prussia, pp. 39, 40: Parliamentary Papers, 1870, Vol. LXX.
[179] See references, ante, [p. 19], Note 1. For this telegram in the original, see Aegidi und Klauhold, Staatsarchiv, (Hamburg, 1870,) 19 Band, s. 44, No. 4033.
[180] Journal Officiel du Soir, 17 Juillet 1870.
[181] Ibid., 20 Juillet.