Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2
CHAPTER X
THE THIRD REPUBLIC
1871-1873 PAGE
Thiers as Chief of the Executive--Negotiations respecting a new Anglo-French Commercial Treaty--Return of the Princes--Embarrassment caused by the Comte de Chambord--Question of voting in the House of Lords--Thiers elected President--State of parties in France--Irritation in Germany against Thiers--Diplomatic incident at Constantinople--Signature of Anglo-French Commercial Treaty--Death of the Emperor Napoleon--Lord Odo Russell on Bismarck's policy--Fall of Thiers--Bismarck and Arnim 1