I do not think, however, that the delay has been the fault either of Colonel Claremont or of Mr.
Wodehouse.

These gentlemen have done their best, but they were unable to get the Prussian and French authorities to agree upon a day for the exodus.

On the one hand, to send to Versailles to receive an answer took forty-eight hours; on the other, from the fact that England had not recognized the Republic, General Trochu could not be approached officially.

Colonel Claremont happens to be a personal friend of his, and it is, thanks to his exertions, coupled with those of Mr.Washburne, that the matter has at length been satisfactorily arranged.

I need hardly observe that the Foreign-office has done its best to render the question more complicated.