Chapter I: Front Matter

CLEMENCEAU

_ By the same Author_:--
England for All
The Historical Basis of Socialism
Commercial Crises of the Nineteenth Century
The Bankruptcy of India
The Record of an Adventurous Life
Further Reminiscences
The Future of Democracy
Etc.

1918]

CLEMENCEAU
THE MAN AND HIS TIME

BY H · M · HYNDMAN

GRANT RICHARDS, LTD.
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON, W.C.2

_First Printed_ 1919

Printed in Great Britain by W. H. Smith & Son.
The Arden Press, Stamford Street, London.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
INTRODUCTION 7

I. EARLY LIFE 13

II. PARIS UNDER THE EMPIRE 22

III. DOWNFALL AND RECONSTRUCTION 29

IV. THE COMMUNE 41

V. CLEMENCEAU THE RADICAL 53

VI. FROM GAMBETTA TO CLEMENCEAU 64

VII. THE TIGER 80

VIII. THE RISE AND FALL OF BOULANGER 95

IX. PANAMA AND DRAGUIGNAN 106

X. PHILOSOPHER AND JOURNALIST 127

XI. CLEMENCEAU AS A WRITER 141

XII. CLEMENCEAU AND THE DREYFUS AFFAIR 151

XIII. THE DREYFUS AFFAIR (II) 162

XIV. AS ADMINISTRATOR 171

XV. STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF CLEMENCEAU 202

XVI. END OF CLEMENCEAU'S MINISTRY 220

XVII. CLEMENCEAU AND GERMANY 233

XVIII. THE GREAT WAR 247

XIX. THE ENEMY WITHIN 257

XX. "LA VICTOIRE INTÉGRALE" 281

XXI. CONCLUSION 295