It is believed that the quarrel between M. Thiers and
the Thirty has resulted in a compromise to be proposed by M. Broet. The President is to have the right of " taking part in those Inter- pellations which have for their object a question of general domestic or foreign policy. The Assembly, on the motion of a member of the Government, shall decide if the Interpellation has for its object a question of general politics." As M. Thiers would undoubtedly resign if his application were refused, this amounts to a rule that he shall never speak except when he likes, and always be silent when the subject is of no importance ! M. Thiers has yielded nothing, and his opponents everything, the usual result in France of a contest between the Executive and the Legislative power. We venture to predict he will obtain his Second Chamber also, more especially if, as is now reported, he will be able to pay the Germans out before August. The Government, it is said, will by that time have paid four milliards, and have four-fifths of the fifth milliard in the Treasury.
