No. 100.
Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish.
Paris, January 17, 1873. (Received February 4.)
Sir: There is nothing in the political situation at this moment that requires to be treated of in a dispatch. The “commission of thirty” is proceeding with its labors, and there is now greater harmony between it and M. Thiers than there has been. The public is looking forward [Page 245] with great impatience to the report and to the action thereon by the assembly.
There has been a wonderful absence of any demonstration over the death of the ex-Emperor, either in Paris or in France. I think the great parade made in England over the event has excited considerable feeling in government circles here.
I called to pay my respects to M. Thiers, at Versailles, last night, and was received by him very cordially and congratulated on my safe return. I thought he looked a little fatigued and worn. He promised to dine with me on the 22d proximo, the “Birthday of Washington.”
I have, &c.,