banlieus

Updated: July 4, 2025

Some of its members already are endeavouring to disconnect themselves from a capitulation, and, if it does take place, will assert that they were opposed to it. Thus, M. Jules Favre, in a long address to the mayors of the banlieus yesterday, goes through the old arguments to prove that France never desired war. This gentleman is essentially an orator, rather than a statesman.

Henry Labouchere - Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris