No government could possibly condescend to treat with him under the conditions he imposed.
The French commission was compelled to break off all negotiations with him, and the newspapers, even those of the Radical Opposition, had to admit that it was difficult to follow up the affair.
In view of the excess of subjectivity which was unceasingly augmenting in the profoundly disturbed mind of Thomas Roch, no one will be surprised at the fact that the cord of patriotism gradually relaxed until it ceased to vibrate.

For the honor of human nature be it said that Thomas Roch was by this time irresponsible for his actions.

He preserved his whole consciousness only in so far as subjects bearing directly upon his invention were concerned.

In this particular he had lost nothing of his mental power.

But in all that related to the most ordinary details of existence his moral decrepitude increased daily and deprived him of complete responsibility for his acts.
Thomas Roch's invention having been refused by the commission, steps ought to have been taken to prevent him from offering it elsewhere.
Nothing of the kind was done, and there a great mistake was made.
The inevitable was bound to happen, and it did.