[3] See the evidence of the Marquis de Talhouet, reporter of the Commission charged to verify the famous despatch which precipitated the vote for war. Enquête sur le 4 Septembre, vol. i. p. 121-124.
[4] Compte-rendu du 31 Octobre, by Millière.
[5] Which did not, however, prevent his accepting a secret mission during the Crimean war. He was commissioned by Napoleon III. to propose to the English to betray Turkey by limiting the war to the defence of Constantinople.
[6] Enquête sur le 4 Septembre, Jules Brame, vol. i. p. 201.
[7] Enquête sur le 4 Septembre, vol. ii. p. 194.
[8] Ibid., p. 313.
[9] Ibid., Jules Favre, vol. i. p. 330.
[10] In his official report, Jules Favre, to clear the Government, did not neglect to assume the responsibility of this mission, which he said he had undertaken without the knowledge of his colleagues.
[11] Enquête sur le 4 Septembre, Garnier-Pages, vol. i. p. 445.
[12] "Constantly in relations with the anxious population, which urgently asked what was going on, what the Government thought, what it was doing, we were obliged to screen it; to say that it was acting for the best; that it had given itself up entirely to the defence; that the chiefs of the army were most devoted and working with ardour.... We said this without knowing, without believing it. We knew nothing."—Enquête sur le 4 Septembre, Corbon, vol. i. p. 375.