INDEX

Adulteration, John Bright on, 194 Albert, 16 Amadé, General, 212 Arago, Etienne, 9, 24, 32, 35 Armistice of 1871, 36 Aumale, Duc d’, and Boulanger, 95 Bakunin, 50 Barodet, 69, 86, 87 Barrès, M., 265 Basly, M., miners’ agent, 180 Bazaine, Marshal, 32, 36, 40 Bebel and Jaurès on the Fleet, 238 —— and the Social-Democrats, 244 Beesly, Prof., 50 Bellers, John, 234 Benedek, Marshal, 27 Berlin, brutality and greed of, 34 Beslay, 45, 49 Billot, General, 157 Bismarck—the forgery at Ems, 33 Blanc, Louis, 16, 39, 78, 85 Blanqui, 49, 56, 58, 59, 61 “Blessed word,” the, 19 Boer War, the, 216, 217 Boisdeffre, General, 157 Bolo Pasha, 273-280 Bonnet Rouge, arrest of proprietors, 267 Bordeaux, the Government at, 249 Boulanger, General, 10 Boulanger, General, and Army reforms, 96 ——, as War Minister, 96 ——, candidate for Paris, 101 ——, deprived of his command, 99 ——, downfall, its effect on the influence of Clemenceau, 105 ——, elected for the Nord, 100 ——, enters politics, a candidate for the Nord and the Dordogne, 99 ——, fails to profit by his success, 103 ——, flight and suicide, 104 ——, his duel with M. Floquet, 98 ——, his popularity after the affair Schnäbele, 97 ——, his relations with the Duc d’Aumale, 95 ——, his visits to Paris, 99 ——, posted to the command of army corps at Clermont-Ferrand, 99 ——, returned for Paris by a heavy majority, 103 ——, rides through Paris on his black charger, 102 ——, the pet of the Salons 97 Bourbon, House of, 16 Brandès, M., Clemenceau’s attack on, 251 Briand, M., 206 ——, as an anarchist, 225 Bright, John, on adulteration, 194 Brisson, M., 78, 157, 162 British statesmanship, blindness of, 236 Broglie, Duc de, 10, 73, 74, 78, 101 Brousse, Paul, 100 Brown, John, and the American Civil War, 52 Buffet, 72 Butchery of peaceful citizens, 17 Caillaux, M., 206 ——, and a German peace, 267-269 ——, and Italian defeatists, 272 ——, and the Income tax, 268 ——, before the Army Committee of the Senate, 270 ——, the financier, and the Income tax, 227 Calmette, M., the murder of, 269 Cambon, Jules, warns M. Pichon in 1913, 250 Camélinat, 45, 49 Canrobert, 17 Carnot, M. Sadi-, 93, 118 ——, President, supports Lesseps 112, 113 Carrousel, the inscription on the, 138, 139 Casablanca, French settlers at, 212 Caserio, the anarchist, 137 Cassagnac, Paul de, 125 Charles X, 20 Chateaubriand, 17 Church and State, conflict between, 220-224 Cipriani, 58 Cinquet, M., 166 Citoyen Egalité, 16 Clemenceau, a Premier, asks England how many hundred thousand men she could land in North-Eastern France in case of a sudden war, 219 —— and Boulanger, 95 —— and Boulangism, 100 —— and Morocco, 202 —— and strikes, 198-201 —— and the coal miners, 135 —— and the doctrine of laissez-faire 135 —— and the Entente, 120 —— and the story of Boaz and Ruth, 137 —— and the strikers at Carmaux, 120 —— and the wine-growers’ agitation, 195-197 ——’s anti-Czarist policy, 120 ——’s appeal to Frenchmen, 245 —— as a conversationalist, 124 —— as a duellist, 125 —— as an orator, 123, 124 —— as doctor at Montmartre, 32 —— as Mayor of Montmartre, 35 —— as Minister of the Interior, 172 —— as municipal dictator, 35 —— as one of M. Floquet’s seconds at the duel with Boulanger, 99 —— as professor of French at Stanford, U.S.A., 29 —— as Senator for Var, 171 —— at Nantes as a student, 15 ——’s attitude in the matter of M. Wilson’s trading in decorations, 93 ——’s attitude towards the Catholics, 61 ——, author’s conversation with, 207 —— becomes “suspect” and ceases to be Mayor of Montmartre, 42 ——’s betrothal to Mary Plummer, 30 —— calls up the State engineers and re-lights Paris, 183 ——, charges against him, 119, 120 ——’s contempt for politicians as politicians, 94 ——’s criticism on the German fête of Sedan, 138 ——’s criticism on the catastrophe of the Charity Bazaar, 137 —— defends himself in the National Assembly, 119 —— denounces M. Ribot, 265 ——’s disregard of monetary considerations, 125 ——’s distrust of colonisation by conquest, 234 ——, Dreyfus affair, 151-170 ——’s duel with Commandant Poussages, 53 ——, efforts of his enemies to connect him with the Panama scandal, 117 ——, failure to attain Presidentship of Chamber, 126 ——, fight for Draguignan, 122 ——, freedom of speech, 94 ——, French intervention in Egypt, 91 ——, French peasantry, knowledge of, 133 ——, his reception by the miners at Lens, 177 —— in America, 29 —— in prison of Mazas, 25 ——’s individualism antipathetic to Socialist view of collective social progress, 121 ——’s influence in council chamber of the Allies, 299 —— introduces measure to establish Municipal Council of Paris, 54 ——’s knowledge of Parisian life, 54 ——, letters to the Temps, 29 ——, literary works, 141 ——, love of animals, 142 ——, love of Paris, 139, 140 —— on French intervention in Egypt, 91 —— on the “Right to Strike,” 174 ——, opponent of Gambetta, 90 —— opposed to colonial adventure, 88 —— opposed to colonisation by conquest, 62 —— opposed to execution of Generals Lecomte and Thomas, 42 ——’s opposition to M. Ferry and his support of M. Sadi-Carnot, 93 ——’s powerful personality, 131 ——’s power of work, 125 ——’s reply to Jaurès, 189 —— retires from parliamentary life after defeat at Draguignan, 123 ——’s sense of humour, 55 ——’s speech at Hyères, 206 ——’s speech at Lyons on the miners’ strike, 181 ——’s speech in favour of amnesty of Communists, 56 ——’s speech in the National Assembly, 43 ——’s statement of Socialism, 131 —— the Tiger, 81 ——, the universal sceptic, 172 ——, tour of propaganda, 43 —— turns journalist, 128 —— turns lecturer, 232 ——’s view of Boulangist agitation, 101 ——’s warning after the battle of the Marne, 250 ——, 1870-71, the war of, 237 Cluseret, 48, 51 Commune, administration of the, 45 ——, establishment of the, 41 “Communist Manifesto,” the, 50 Comte, Auguste, 25, 26 Constans, M., said to be the cause of the Boulanger fiasco, 103 “Co-operative Commonwealth,” 51 Cottu, M., indictment of, 116 Courbet, 45 Courrières-Lens colliery disaster, the, 173 Damiens, the assassin, 136 d’Aumale, Duc, 23 Daudet, M. Léon, 265 Delcassé, M., 173 —— and Clemenceau, antagonism between, 229-231 —— and the Kaiser, 205 ——, King Edward’s courtesy to, 218 Declaration, Clemenceau’s, 284-290 Delescluze, 45, 51, 58 Déroulède, M., saves a situation, 217 Dilke, Sir Charles, 89, 204 Dombrowski, 51 Doumergue, M., 206 Dreyfus, 10 Dufaure, 78, 84 Edward VII, King, 213 Eiffel, M., indictment of, 116 Electrical engineers’ strike in Paris, 182 Encyclopædia Britannica: tribute to M. Clemenceau, 214 Engels, 50 England’s opposition to construction of Suez Canal, 106 Esterhazy, Major, 157-162 Fallières, M., 213 —— and M. Clemenceau in London, 218 Favre, Jules, 36 Ferry, Jules, 78, 84, 87, 88, 89, 92, 213 —— and colonial expansion, 119 Fez, French delegation at, 204 Flahault, 17 Floquet, 78, 115 ——, duel with Gen. Boulanger, 98 Flourens, M., his pen-picture of King Edward, 214-216 Foch, Marshal, 295 Fontane, M., indictment of, 116 Fontenay le Comte, 14 Foreign affairs in 1908, 213 France and England, a better feeling between, 21 —— and Great Britain, relations between, 213 ——, the wealth of, 234, 235 Francis Joseph, 27 Franco-German agreement of 1909, 239 —— convention of 1911, 239-241 Fraser’s Magazine, extract from, 45 French Revolution, 16 Freycinet, M., 84, 96 Gallifet, 51 Gambetta, 10, 43, 44, 60, 64-79, 82, 83, 87, 88, 89, 90, 210 Gauthier, M., urges the Government to complete Panama Canal, 114 Germany and Morocco, 202 ——, preparations of, 243 Germinat, Admiral, and the Navy, 226 Gonse, General, 157, 163, 166 Grévy, Albert, 78, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 92, 93 Gribelin, M., 166 Guesde, Jules, 261 Guesdists, the, 121 Haldane, Lord, 204 ——, “sublime confidence” in Germany, 242 “Harum, David,” his motto, 62 Haussmann, Baron, 22 Henry, Colonel, 158, 165 ——, the anarchist, 136, 137 Henty, George, 167 Herz, M. Cornelius, and his part in the Panama scandal, 109, 116, 117, 118 Hugo, Victor, 23 Humbert, M., 272 Hyndman, Hugh, 45 Income tax, a graduated, 227 Infiltration, German, and France, 258-260 Interpenetration, German, 257 Ismail Pasha, Khedive, 106 Italian campaign, the, 21 Italian Carbonari, 17 Jacques, a liquor dealer, chosen to fight Paris against the General, 102 Jaurès and peace, 238 ——, 124, 125, 139, 157, 163, 164, 168, 169, 170, 183-192, 212 —— in public affairs, 121 Jouaust, Colonel, 165, 166 Jourde, 45, 49 Judet, M., one of Clemenceau’s detractors, 118 Junck, M., 166 Junker party and the Crown Prince, 205 Justice, La 84 Kaiser, the, and preparations for the war, 218 ——, and the King of Spain, 203 ——, and the Sultan of Morocco, 203 King Edward and Clemenceau, 214-217 Labori, M., 160 Labour, Minstry of, and M. Viviani, 229 Lac, Father du, 158 Langlois, Colonel, 53 Lauth, Major 165, 166 Le Blond, Maurice, 29 Lecomte, General, 41, 42, 53 Lesseps, M. Ferdinand, 106-107 ——, Count Ferdinand de, indictment of, 116 ——, Count de, 115 ——, Count, two estimates of his character, 111, 112 ——, M. C. de, indictment of, 116 Lichnowsky’s, Prince, revelations, 244 Liebknecht, Wilhelm, 168, 169 Longuet, 45, 262 Lottery Bill, the Panama, 109 Loubet, President, 118 Louis XVI, 16 —— XVIII, 20 —— Philippe, 16, 20 MacMahon, Marshal, 10, 36, 69, 72-78, 82, 85 Madeira wine and a story about Cette, 191 Malvy, M., and pro-Germans, 264 Mannesmann, Brothers, 212 Marx, 50, 131 Marxists, the, 121 Méline, M., 157 Mercier, General, 157, 166 Michel, E. B., 45 Mill, John Stuart, a dedication to, 25 Montagnards, insurrection of the, 57 Morny, 17 Morocco affair, the, 173 ——, French policy in, 211 Mouilleron-en-Pareds, 14 Napoleon III, 20, 22, 23, 33 ——, chief cause of downfall of, 27 ——, loss of prestige, 32 ——, Louis, 16, 17, 19, 21, 27, 28 ——, the Court of, 21 Naquet, 87 Narbonne and Montpellier, disaffection among the wine-growers, 194 National workshops, 16 Nicholas, Emperor, 21 1918, June, the Socialists and Clemenceau, 291-293 Noir, Victor, murder of, 32 Norton, M., 118 “Novel with a purpose,” the, 146 Orleans, House of, 16 Orsini bomb, the, 21 Painlevé, M., 282 Panama Canal, a congress of nations called by Lesseps, 107 —— and financial corruption, 110 —— and opponents of the Republic, 111 ——, collapse of the company, 113 ——, horrors on the Isthmus, 109 ——, indictment of directors, 116 —— scandal, accusation of deputies, senators, and academicians, 115 —— scandal, Presidents Carnot and Loubet’s attitude, 111 —— scandal, the, 10 Paris and the Provinces, 19 Paty du Clam, Colonel, 158 Peace as desired by Socialist leaders, 238 Perovskaia, Sophie, 58 Persigny, 17 Phylloxera ravages in the Bordeaux vineyards, 194 Pichon, M., 206, 213 Picquart, Colonel, 157, 162, 164, 166, 206 Plébiscite, the, 17, 19, 20, 33 Poincaré and Clemenceau, relations between, 255 Population, concentration of, John Bellers on, 234 ——, Petty on the same, ibid. Pyat, 43, 44, 51 Radolin, Prince, 212 Railways, the nationalisation of, 226 Raspail, 58 Ravachol, the anarchist, 136 Reinach, M. Jacques, and his part in the Panama Scandal, 109 ——, the tragedy of his death, 116, 117, 118 Rémusat, de, 69 Republic of 1848, 16 Retreat, the great, of August 1914, 248 Revolution, the French, Clemenceau on, 228 Ribot, M., denounced by Clemenceau, 265 Rochefort, 23 Roget, M., 166 Rollin, Ledru, 16 Rosen, Dr., 212 Rossel, 51 Rouher, 23 Rousseau, M., reports unfavourably on Panama Canal, 108 Rouvier, M., 115, 172 ——, defends the President in the Wilson affair, 93 ——, refuses to accept Boulanger as War Minister, 98 Russia, campaign against, 21 Sarrien, M., 172, 193, 206 Scheurer-Kestner, 157-163 Schnäbele affair, the, Boulanger’s part in it, 96, 97 Second Empire, the, 15 Shaw, Bernard, 192 Simon, Jules, 73, 74 Social-Democracy, German, and the war, 244 Socialist demonstration against Clemenceau at unveiling of statue to M. Floquet, 227 —— Party, the, anti-patriotic, 262-3 Sonnino, Baron, and Caillaux, 272 Spüller, 90 Suez Canal, the, 106 Thiers, 9, 37, 39, 44, 50, 51, 54, 68, 69 Thomas, Albert, 261 ——, General, 41, 42, 53 Trochu, General, 36 Tunis, the question of, 88 “Utrinque paratus,” 9 Vaillant, 45, 125 —— and Hervé, and the war, 261 —— and peace, 238 ——, the anarchist, 136, 137 ——, Edouard, the Blanquist, 121 Vendée, La, 13, 14, 15 Venice, the annexation of, 27 Verdun, Clemenceau on the victories at, 251 Vermorel, 43 Victoria, Queen, 34 Ville Lumière, La, 24 Viviani, M., 206, 229 Waddington, 83, 84 Ward, Mrs. Humphry, 8 Wilson, trading in decorations, 92 Wine, adulteration of, 194 Working Men’s Association, the International, 50 Wyse, Buonaparte, sells concession for Panama canal scheme to Lesseps, 108 Zola, 157-160 ——, the trial of, 162, 164 Zurlinden, General, 157