Note 134) — DERDE HOOFDSTUK.

„On the 8th, a most extraordinary change occurred in the resolutions of the assembly.... When it came to the question of actually nominating the individuals to compose the Provisional Government, the deputies de Celles, Brouckere, de Langhe, seemed to have perceived that it began to be a very serious affair; that they were closing the door to any reconciliation with the Government, and their cooler judgments induced them to decline the honour the assembly proposed to confer upon them. Monsieur de Stassart alone had courage to declare his readiness to accept the post.”