New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-20
PARLS NNDER TILE MOE.

The National Guard which was to preserve
order in Paris has turned traitor to the Govern
ment, and threatens to involve all France in
civil war. Such dep'orable consequences have
followed more trivial riots than that of Mont
martre. The painful and disappointing story "i
the disorders which distract Paris ana the eA-
cesses which involve the Republic IN rum Is
told at length in other columns bilehJ
summed ND it, reveals that mob u pI'c-
ticaly in possession Of the French Capl''n
that the National Guard refuses to ma!hsaih
the Government, and that only weak ponce
saves the merhers of its Executive from u'S,'
Afobt. The Guard and mob hauc tHteIhl1eo'
ihe former has basuly surrendered us o''ciS
IN tho loftor and three of them have been
cc,donned by court-martial and shoe 10
death. while others have been murdered ny
the mob. Gen. Paladines, its oommAhuei, Is
q prisoner. Although originally confined 10 'A'
suburban districts of Bcllcville and hontmar're'
the rioters. since the detection Of The Guard
have advanced into the heart Of the city, and
have seized the headquarters Of the Guard
in the place Vcnd6me In word, Paris IS
completely at their mercy; and already cries
out for aid from the Provinces or the PruS-
SLAMS
The immcde'a cause Of The uprising was IN
untimcly il 10 an U0w;,a efor, on the part OF
the Government to d;sycrsa the mob at Mont
martre. led. we are left TO infer, 10y BlanqUi,
Flourons and the other violent and active
Reds" lately condemned TO death for
coutumacy. The designs, and indeed
the leadership Of the mob, are not very
clearly revealed by tie reports or by their ao-
ton, but q violent opposition to the Assembly
and the Government which it has created has
been developed. 1t is this hate which cvi-
donIy inspires the mob, and it rushcs bIndly
to the destruction of all scmh.ance
of government and Of order. There is 10
power or argument which can reach the riot
ers. and 10 military force remaining IN Paris
which can suppress them; and the scenes
which are now cuactrg and which INNS, fol-
low cannot vel be other than reyol1ns, cruel
and discraccfGl.
The Paris journals call upon The Provinces
or the Germans for aid. It Is difficult 70 say
which authority WI, be exercised or which it
would be wiscst to invoke. The appearance Ct
GarGes Mobiles NJ the gates Of Paris would
iucite civil discussions, which aTayiug Paris
acoinst the rest of France, would natu-
rally lead to most dcplorabe consequences.
The issue Of such q conflict would for q
time, at least, he doubtful, and Paris would
suffer more from her own sons than she did
from the Germans. A sufficient body Of TIE
latter would make the struggle short end de-
cisive, ard though a Government which calls
upon the Pirssians for its maintenance must
suffer IL popularity by such degrading ac-
ton, It seems likely that NJ. Theirs is left no
other alternative. The Germans are interested
in maintaining order, if not the Government,
in order to secure their indemnity, and any
call upon them for aid win doubtless be
promptly answered. AS indicating such
willingness, their retirement has already been
discontinued.