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the rise and fall of the international. 177 
seem to bear out this opinion. A certain number of Inter 
nationalists figured among the members of the Commune, 
notably Amouroux, Avrial, Beslay, Dereure, Frankel, Malón’ 
Bindy, Varlm, Serailler, Theisz, and Vaillant ; but they had 
joined It on personal grounds. The ties which bound the 
different sections of the International together were too lax 
for the requirements of revolutionary action. 
hrom the official reports of the proceedings of the Inter 
national during the siege of Paris and the Commune, I glean 
the following. In the sitting of the 15th of February, ,871, 
Frankel said, “The events since the 4th of September have 
dispersed the International. We have still a certain moral 
t^e w-in,"?* ” 8“'''“'')'’ in Paris; but for 
the want of organization we lack material force. Many mem- 
7 f ?, ^ntsp the aim of the association.” On the