Much interest has been caused in Paris, says the "Daily Telegraph" correspondent, by the announcement of the Government that the commemoration of the half-century of the Republic on September 4 will be marked by the transference from Les Jardies of Gambetta's heart to the Pantheon. The remains of Gambetta, who was the incarnation of France's patriotic faith and whose vibrant speeches served to solace the French people after the ignominy of 1870, lie at Nice, and will "e-main there, but his heart, enclosed in an urn Made from a spruce tree taken from the Vosges, was deposited at Les Jardies, which property was presented to the State by: the friends of the Tribune.
'The ceremony of transferring the heart of the great Frenchman who, in the hour of defeat, never despaired for the future' of his country, to the national Valhalla will be characterised by solemnity not dissociated from joy, for it will also have the aspect of a féte—a {été of the definite ie tory of democracy and of the triumph of the armies of Tthe Republic. M.—Honnorat, Minister of Public Instruction, will draw up the programme of the ceremony. It is suggested that the heart of Gambetta should be conveyed to the Are de Triomphe on September 3, where it will be guarded by the veterans who fought in the wee. 1870 and who will accompanying te urn to the Pantheon on the fourth. So that the provinces can be as-
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