CLEMENCEAU _ By the same Author_:-- England for All The Historical Basis of Socialism Commercial Crises of the Nineteenth Century The Bankruptcy of India The Record of an Adventurous Life Further Reminiscences The Future of Democracy Etc. [Illustration: GEORGES CLEMENCEAU 1918] CLEMENCEAU THE MAN AND HIS TIME BY H · M · HYNDMAN GRANT RICHARDS, LTD. ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON, W.C.2 _First Printed_ 1919 Printed in Great Britain by W. H. Smith & Son. The Arden Press, Stamford Street, London. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE INTRODUCTION 7 I. EARLY LIFE 13 II. PARIS UNDER THE EMPIRE 22 III. DOWNFALL AND RECONSTRUCTION 29 IV. THE COMMUNE 41 V. CLEMENCEAU THE RADICAL 53 VI. FROM GAMBETTA TO CLEMENCEAU 64 VII. THE TIGER 80 VIII. THE RISE AND FALL OF BOULANGER 95 IX. PANAMA AND DRAGUIGNAN 106 X. PHILOSOPHER AND JOURNALIST 127 XI. CLEMENCEAU AS A WRITER 141 XII. CLEMENCEAU AND THE DREYFUS AFFAIR 151 XIII. THE DREYFUS AFFAIR (II) 162 XIV. AS ADMINISTRATOR 171 XV. STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF CLEMENCEAU 202 XVI. END OF CLEMENCEAU'S MINISTRY 220 XVII. CLEMENCEAU AND GERMANY 233 XVIII. THE GREAT WAR 247 XIX. THE ENEMY WITHIN 257 XX. "LA VICTOIRE INTÉGRALE" 281 XXI. CONCLUSION 295 INTRODUCTION