Governmental Anarchy. — The " Long Ministry." —Legis-
lative Work is resumed. — Angry Quarrels between the
Extremist Parties. — The Revision of 1884. — Energy of Jules
Ferry. — His Asiatic Policy . — March 30, 1885.
Three Colonial Empires. — A National Tradition. — Ob-
stacles and Labors. — France beyond the Sea in 1872, and in
1894. — West Africa. — Madagascar. ^ French Asia. — Prob-
lems of Indo-China. — Administrative Errors. — The Slug-
gishness of French Commerce. — The Educational Question.
The Majority melts away. — The Elections of 1885 : a Reac-
tionary Half-victory. — Mistakes and Blundering. — A Brave
List of Appropriations. — Minister Rouvier. — General Bou-
langer's First Exploits. — Unexpected Scandals. — Election
of M. Carnot. — The Committee of the Rue Sfeze. — Exposi-
tion of 1889. —The Supreme Court. — The Elections : the End
of Boulangism.
The Workingmen's Congress in Berliii. — The Empress
Frederick in Paris. — Cronstadt. — A "Novel Situation." —
The General Tariff of the Custom-houses. — The Monarchists'
"Last Card." — False Calculation. — Financial Ways. —
The Elections of 1893. — Minister Casimir-Perier. — The Rus-
sian Fleet at Toulon. — National Mourning.
Church and State. — Religious Policy. — The Congress of
Mechlin, and the Encyclical Quanta Cnra. — The Designs of
Leo Xin. — The Toast of Algiers. — Constitution of the Re-
publican Right. — Political Evolution, and Social Evolution.
— The Encyclical Rerum Novarum. — Resistance: Declara-
tion of the Cardinals. — Immovability of the Sovereign Pon-
tiff. —The Results. — The " Great Problem."
Primary Instruction. — The Results of Secularization. —
The Teacher. — Insufficiency of Moral Instruction. — Ger-
manic Pedagogy. — Schools : Primary, High, and Profes-
sional. — Secondary Instruction : the Imperial and the Monas-