L'Echo français - journal politique quotidien. Deuxième année, dimanche 14 mai 1871.

First edition.
A small crease mark, otherwise very good condition.
Adding to existing titles, more than 70 newspapers were created during the 70 days of the Commune. But press freedom was restricted from April 18, and on May 18 the Committee of Public Safety banned newspapers favorable to the Thiers government which was withdrawing towards Versailles. The most influential newspapers then were 'Le Cri du Peuple' by Jules Vallès, 'Le Mot d'ordre' by Henri Rochefort, 'L'Affranchi' by Paschal Grousset, 'Le Père Duchesne' by Versmersch, 'La Sociale' with madame André Léo, 'Le vengeur' by Félix Pyat, 'La Commune'. It was especially in May that the struggle against the pro-Versailles press gained vigor: thus, between May 5 and 18, 21 newspapers were suppressed. It is quite evident that the pro-Communard Parisian press could not be distributed in the provinces due to the vigilance of the Thiers government.
L'Echo français, a "daily political" newspaper is an example of a Versailles newspaper. It sometimes published articles from other newspapers of its political persuasion and reprinted those from pro-Communard dailies in order to discredit them.