[13] Enquête sur le 4 Septembre, Jules Ferry. He even calls the armistice a "compensation."
[14] Enquête sur le 4 Septembre, vol. i. p. 432.
[15] Enquête sur le 4 Septembre, vol. i. p. 395. The deposition of this imbecile, always equally naïve, is all the more conclusive.
[16] "We were able to unite 40,000 men by telling the National Guards that Blanqui and Flourens occupied the Hôtel-de-Ville. These two names did not fail to produce their usual effect."—Enquête sur le 18 Mars, ed. Adam, vol. ii. p. 157. "If the name of Blanqui had not been pronounced, the new elections announced by the placard of Dorian and Schœlcher would have taken place the next day."—Enquête sur le 4 Septembre, Jules Ferry, vol. i. p. 396-431.
[17] See the affirmation of Dorian. Enquête sur le 4 Septembre, vol. i. p. 527-528.
[18] He offered a musket of honour to any one who would kill the King of Prussia, and patronised a Greek-fire that was to roast the German army.
[19] Enquête sur le 18 Mars, Jules Favre, vol. ii. p. 42.
[20] Even Félix Pyat was arrested. He managed to get out of prison through a jest, writing to Emmanuel Arago: "What a pity that I should be your prisoner; you might have been my advocate." He was set free.
[21] The Minister of War, Leflô, who naturally undervalues everything, says, "This left us, while assuring the operations of the siege against the Prussians, a disposable force of 230,000 to 240,000 men."
[22] Appendix I.