Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm; twenty years' experiences and reminiscences of an American journalist, sketches and records of noted events, celebrated persons and places, national and international affairs in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Turkey-in-Europe, Switzerland and Italy . ve its powers intothe hands of La Com-mune, which was a merematter of form, designedto shield the personalityof different members. The proclamation, itsaid, of the 2Gth ofMarch has sanctionedthe victorious Revolu-tion. It then went onto abuse
Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm; twenty years' experiences and reminiscences of an American journalist, sketches and records of noted events, celebrated persons and places, national and international affairs in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Turkey-in-Europe, Switzerland and Italy . ve its powers intothe hands of La Com-mune, which was a merematter of form, designedto shield the personalityof different members. The proclamation, itsaid, of the 2Gth ofMarch has sanctionedthe victorious Revolu-tion. It then went onto abuse the Versaillaisas presumable Monarch-ists, and stated that thefirst acts of the newpower would be a deci-sion as to the loweringof rents and the renew-al of commercial were measures in-tended to conciliate themiddle class, which hadbeen sorely distressed bythe long business stag-nation consequent on the siege. TheCommune abolished conscription, anddecreed that no military force otherthan the National Guard could be createdor introduced into Iaris. All valid citi-zens were to be at once incorporatedin the National Guard. No sooner was this published than theexodus began, and did not cease untilnearly every Parisian of fortune whocould get away had gone. The Com-munal authorities made a great show ofpreventing departures from Paris, but. THIERS AND MKETING Ai ; <M^».H AM i they were powerless in the matter. TheCommune struck a blow at the landlordsas soon as it was firmly installed iupower, by decreeing that no rent shouldbe collected from tenants for tlie termsbetween October, 1870, and April, 1871 ;and that all the sums that had been paid 43 G EUROPE IN STORM AXD CALM. for rent b} tenants during those ninemonths should be credited to them onfuture terms. This took millions uponmillions of francs out of the pockets ofthe house-owning class, and to this daythe proprietaires cannot hear the Com-mune spoken of without getting into atowering passion f
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