A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . he party compriseda multitude of fanatical democrats of the lower classes, whowere ready for the most violent measures. After the surrenderof Paris, they gained possession of the northern part of thecity and fortified it. The attempt to get back the cannon 526 THE COMMUNISTS IN FRANCE which they had seized caused a great communist uprising(March 18, 1871). A new reign of terror began. Darboy,the Archbishop of Paris, and many others, were , acting for the Assembly, besieged Paris anew;the Germans being neutr
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . he party compriseda multitude of fanatical democrats of the lower classes, whowere ready for the most violent measures. After the surrenderof Paris, they gained possession of the northern part of thecity and fortified it. The attempt to get back the cannon 526 THE COMMUNISTS IN FRANCE which they had seized caused a great communist uprising(March 18, 1871). A new reign of terror began. Darboy,the Archbishop of Paris, and many others, were , acting for the Assembly, besieged Paris anew;the Germans being neutral in the forts thft were still left,according to the treaty, in their hands. In the fierce strugglefor the possession of the city, the principal buildings of Pariswere set on fire by the savage communistic mob. The Tuile-ries, the Hotel de Ville, and a part of the Palais Royal, withother public edifices, were destroyed. The insurrection wasat length suppressed, and severe punishments were large number of the ringleaders were either shot or The TuiLERiES CHAPTER LXXIX EUROPE, FROM THE THIRD FRENCH REPUBLIC AND THEUNION OF ITALY (1871) Completed Union of Italy.—When the war between Prussiaand France broke out, the republicans in Italy were disposedto take possession of Eome at once. The King, bound by theagreement with France, prevented it. But with the fall ofNapoleon, Victor Emmanuel, professing that he was bound tomaintain order in the peninsula, sent his troops into Pope lost his temporal dominions, and was limited to thetitle and prerogatives of the spiritual head of the CatholicChurch. The seat of the Italian government was removed, tothe ancient ruling city (July 1, 1871). Pius IX.; the Council of the Vatican. — The long pontificate ofPius IX. was distinguished by important acts having relationto the doctrine and discipline of the Roman Catholic 1854 he promulgated the declaration of the ImmaculateConception of the Virgin
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