ou wouldst leave it! Thou! more cunning than Falsehood,
More viperous than Hate."

VIII. (Page 231.)

JOURDE.

Jourde certainly occupied one of the most difficult offices of the
Commune, for he had to find the means to maintain the situation, but as
the Ministry of Finances is burnt, no documents can be found to show the
employment he made of the funds which passed through his hands. On the
30th of May, when he was arrested, disguised as an artizan, with his
friend Dubois, he had about him a sum of 8070 francs in bank notes, and
Dubois 3100 francs; making a total sum of 11,170 francs between the two.
A part of Jourde's cash was hidden in the lining of his waistcoat; he
declared that it was the only sum taken by him out of the moneys
belonging to the state, thus clearly proving that he had been guilty of
embezzlement.

The amounts declared to have been received by Jourde form a total of
43,891,000 francs, but as the expenses amount to 47,000,000 francs, it
is clear there is a deficiency of 3,309,000. Notwithstanding this fact,
all the payments were made up to the 29th of May. It is, then, certain
that other moneys were received by Jourde, and as he says that cash has
been refused from some unknown persons who offered to lend 50,000,000
francs on the guarantee of the picture gallery of the Louvre, the
suggestion comes naturally to the mind that the 3,309,000 francs may
have been produced by the sale of valuables in the Tuileries. Jourde was
sentenced by the tribunal of Versailles to transportation beyond the
seas.

IX. (Page 316.)

These are the last proclamations from the Hotel de Ville. They refer
immediately to the burning of the capital.

In the evening of the thirty-first of May, when Delescluze denied with
vehemence that the regular army had made its entry, he wrote to
Dombrowski:--

"CITIZEN--I learn that the orders given for the construction of
barricades are contradictory.

"See that this be not repeated.

"Blow up or burn the houses which interfere with your plans for the
defence. The barricades ought to be unattackable from the houses.

"The defenders of the Commune must be removed above want: give to
the necessitous that which is contained in the houses about to be
destroyed.

"Moreover, make all necessary requisitions,

"DELESCLUZE, A. BILLICRAY."

"Paris, 2nd Prairial, an 79."

On the 22nd appeared the following proclamation