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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 07, 1798
Page
3
Frenzied dispatch recaps Dutch arrests of deputies to block a new constitution, Batavian Assembly forming a constituent body, and parliamentary moves against despotism. It also notes Italian, Swiss, and French events, with reports of naval forces, loans, and preparations for a Channel descent.
Reports from RASTADT LONDON and MILAN detail Batavian arrests after a Constitutional Symbol signed by many Representatives. Plenipotentiaries push compensation on the Rhine right bank and secularization measures while French forces press in across the Rhine. Revolutions spread from Lausanne to Fribourg as greens flags fly and districts seed new governance.
Yesterday the Convention decreed the principles of the new Constitution in seven articles. The Rights of Man Civil Liberty and Equality Unity and Indivisibility Consolidation of Finances and Debts of the Provinces Establishment of a large and fully effective Force Rights of the People to alter their Constitution Separation of Church and State.
The Feuille Politique notes the Executive Directory aims to revive Poland as an ancient Republic. A Parisformed Polish Deputation, supported by the Directory, drafts a new constitution for a Sarmatic Republic. A proposed coalition France Ottoman Porte Sweden Denmark signals a European political war to unfold. the Cisalpine Government vows to reform Italy, with Rome to be transformed into a republic. Citizen Fontana predicts Italy's shift from Cisalpine to a republic in a near term.
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