Ottoman Diplomats

Synopsis

Glavany writes that people wonder how the French Emperor Napoleon III and the imperial government would react to the elections. He notes the importance of a minority that should be acknowledged since universal suffrage. Glavany notes that Belgian newspapers were confiscated, since they seemed to make fun of the revolutionary situation. He then explains the French electoral situation so far (and sees Rochefort and Jules Favre as key figure). The nation reacted in different ways to the revolutionary ideas. Glavany describes and evaluates them. Repression of the revolution would not work. He remarks that liberty was the only solution to save the country from demagogy and socialism. He then states that there should be a good government, supported by the majority within the Assembly. According to the newspaper Le Peuple, the government should be one of action, a determined one, that governs in a liberal, democratic and national way. Glavany describes the newspaper’s view and questions it. He also reports about the Prussian-German Reichstag, opposing to Bismarcks demands for new taxes, and writes about the debates and monologues in the Hungarian parliament. About Spain, he writes that a provisional regent would be nominated. Glavany concludes his report by noting that the rumours about a pending conflict between the United States and Britain were false. The American Minister Motley had informed Liverpool that the intentions of President Grant and his government were pacifist, and that the Alabama Affair would be solved amicably.

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