"il sera de toute impossibilité de vous faire même la plus petite place dans le Cri"

Autograph letter dated and signed by Jules Vallès, on letterhead of his newspaper "Le cri du peuple", addressed to a journalist, 16 lines in black ink on a double leaf.
A central fold inherent to postal delivery has caused a tear to the left margin.
Jules Vallès has received the request from a journalist to insert his article in the next issue of "Le Cri du peuple", but he will not be able to honor it favorably: "J'ai vu la direction du journal, et malheureusement, il sera de toute impossibilité de vous faire même la plus petite place dans le Cri."
His article will however be paid for: "... nous dira ce que vous avez donné de copie, et cette copie vous sera réglée."
"Le Cri du Peuple", founded by Jules Vallès in February 1871, was during the Paris Commune the most widely read daily newspaper, printing 100,000 copies until the crushing of the Paris Commune. It would reappear upon Jules Vallès' return from exile with the collaboration of Séverine.