His Reception and Speech at the City Hall. Entente Cordiale Between the Mayor and the President.

The dictator bears a terrible reputation for cruelty.

We hoped that things would be better in the new year.

It soon appears that peasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers, whose whole life is a preparation for the day of battle, whose nerves have been braced by long familiarity with danger, and whose movements have all the precision of clockwork.