17 SEPTEMBER 1870, Page 3

A rebellion has broken out in Nice and Mentone, where

the French yoke has been thrown off and an Italian republic declared, —or rather, we suppose, a Nizzan republic, for there does not seem any sign of an Italian republic elsewhere in Italy. It would, however be an excellent beginning of republican policy if the French would give back Nice, at her own request, to Italy. It would be a first step towards the reparation of a great crime, and what, we fear, the French Government would think still more of, —an excellent stroke of policy towards the conciliation of Italy, whose hearty friendship France greatly needs.