The majority in the French Assembly are getting irritated with
M. Thiers, and are reported to be considering measures to super- sede him. They mean to insist upon raising the new revenue required by a direct tax, instead of a tax on raw materials, and so compelling him to send in his resignation, which they will this time accept. They will then appoint Marshal Macmahon Pre- sident of the Republic, and call together a Constituent Assembly. M. Thiers for the present has checkmated this nice little plan by .announcing that he shall not resign on the question of taxing raw materials, and he cannot for two years more be dismissed with- out his own consent. The incident, if it has really occurred, will greatly increase the President's desire for a general election, and he has already had to deny through his personal organ, the Bien Public, that he has any intention of striking a coup (IOW.
