Abstract

France - The New Revolution

This article presents information regarding recent political developments in France. Napoleon III, the Emperor of France, who had for eighteen year compressed France under the "facsimile," of the latest Bourbon rule, has now re-enacted the July Revolution of 1830; and as France found herself on the 30th July, 1830, after the reign of Charles X, so she finds herself now in the first days of 1870, after the despotism of Napoleon III. The situation is somewhat grave. The real alarm which should be felt by those who have any political experience here is to be formulated in the old, trite expression of "It's all too good to last." There is the danger. However, the new ministers have now in their hands every instrument by which they can govern France constitutionally.