24 .-- Letter of the syndic-attorney of the department (with a letter of the municipality of Aubagne), Sept.

22, etc., in which M.Jourdan, a ministerial officer, is accused of "aristocracy." A guard is assigned to him.

About midnight the guard is overcome, he is carried off, and then killed in spite of the entreaties of his wife and son.

The letter of the municipality ends with the following: "Their lamentations pierced our hearts.

But, alas, who can resist the French people when aroused?
We remain, gentlemen, very cordially yours, the municipal officers of Aubagne."] [Footnote 3298: This stage of revolution seems to be sought after by the secret communist revolutionaries arranging for the break-up of formerly powerful independent states such as Germany, Yougoslavia, India etc.
(SR).] [Footnote 3299: Moniteur, XIII.560.Act passed by the administrators of the Bouches-du-Rhone, Aug.