The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-14

bloody drama, VIII have passed away from the
stage forever, leaving behind them trail Of fire and
blood and
HISTORY OF HORROR
at the memory of which future generations viii
shndder. Bergeret Is dead his charred remains
have been found In the runs OF some building he
had probably frel-a violent, desperate man to the
last; Dombrowski dead OF mis- wounds, with the
words "Cest pour Potogne" upon his lips; Cluseret
nobody knows where; Delescluze dead Milliere
dead; Raoul Rigault dead, after numbering Chandey
OF the Steele; Wobleski prisoner; Rochefort a
prisoner; some shot In the street, with the cry
OF "Vire la Comn,unen to the last, dying like
heroes; others basey crawling In the mud, claspng
the knees OF their executioners and begging that
away in the smoke and roar OF the battle leaving
the gay and beautiful Paris little better than
Of smouiderlng ruins. IL is
A TERRIBLE LESSON
for the French people. WIN thew profit by its Will
they not learn at least TO lay aside their individual
eQotism, their habltual intolerance that personal
arrogance which says, ~ am right; you are cdilaMe
and must be trampled down." and learn to listen to
adversary, to reason with him, to hear his Ideas
at least and II he Is wrong convince. but not to shoot
him.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AvERTED.
little concession on one side, little modera
ton the otner and this dliicuty could have been
arranged aud this war avoided and Paris saved.
But neither party would compromise, neither would
cede an inch from its original position. neither
would consider that Its opponents might have some
show Of justice and that in any case they were all
Frenchmen, having equal rights and should be
listened And the destruction of Paris the
sequence-yandaism the more shameful done, as
was, by Frenchmen. The great fault in the French
character Is tntoerance-thai is egotIsn. VIII they
learn to correct it? viii they not learn at last
that in some case 1t may cost more to crush an
news comes that the great collapse has at last
taken place.
troops OF the line, have just passed down
the Boulevard des Capucins, the Boulevard
des Italians past the Madeline and up the
were bare headed and carried their knapsacks and
were guarded by two lines Of cavalry That marched
looked broken and weary and frightened, and
marched along the boulevard with downcast eyes,
folio" ed by an insulting ana hoStng crowa Taey
Chaise, and with them expires the last feeble effort
at resistance against the overwhelming forces OF the
Versailles government. But
THE sADDEsT PART OF THE SPECTACLE
was that which followed the soldiers women and
children marching along, guarded in the same
manner, some weeping some laughing and defying
their captors all headed, and nearly all clothed
among them, children ana grandmohers scarcely sr
able 10 walk little girls and boys OF ten years old,
VINO ought to pe In school-all marching on like
feons under the blows ana threats Of the soc aled
order men. saw them driven forward and prlcked
by the oayonets Of their brutal captors Children,
Communists Is there ANYTHING tins beastly
Foench people deo WIN no, dor This Is putting
Children msrced through '0 the streets ' ike
common felOns In the midst Of bowling crowd OF
groW11p men and i, women You can caI them
leaded-!or even they were compelled to throw
rs N.Y. has and distance Of
children are expected to grow up good citizens and
to love their government and their country and be-.
come good members no OF society ana hold up
ness or human nature when turns out Otnefwisel
And this Is not an isolated case.
THESE BRUTAL SCENES
are witnessed every day by this enlightened Partisan
population that looks on and applaudi. These pro.
hundreds OF children have been marched OF in TINS
cruel manner. And II Is not the canGtue OF Paris
the 9russ Of the sssassns Of
body. We should expect no,hing better from them
But It Is done by orders of refined, educated, en-
THIS RESURRECTION
has been put down, but IN these boys that will one
day be men, In these little girls that win one day be
mothers. are the seeds OF another insurrecticn
must IN It's turn crush or be crushed. Rich, beauu-
tul. gay Paris that despised this Beeville population
this caaae. instead or educating it; that trampled
this people in the mud instead or raising 1t; that
day, IN ignorance and want instead Of Educating
and ChristlanlZing them; tnat reveed on In luxury
and dlrt-ths Paris In short that sowed the wind,
has at last reaped the whlrlwind;
TIE WORN HAS TURNED
aud stung her. There were some National Guards
IN this procession and some women In the same
had not put aside their chlgnons, probably out Of
female vanity Something OF the woman was still
passed the Rue Coumartn one Of the prisoners,
either through stuboornness or weakness, refused
Sc they SM - se Of hs
head, kicked and trampied upon him. well
dressed man in the crowd expressed his indignation
at such brutality and was Immediately set upon by
the ferocious crowd OF spectaors-Parisians, be 1t
rememoered-dragged about the streets amid
curses and imprecatons, and what seems almost
incredible. actually beaten to death, thrown into
bread cart like a butcnered hog, and carted Oh
scenes more dlsgracefu and savage Is that officers
OF the regular French army, that are supposed 10
be educated gentlemen, not only do not try TO pre-
vent them, but actually take q part and help on the
mob One officer who bore at least the rank OF
colonel, and whose breast was covered with decora-
tons, was seen to drag this unfortunate victim of
popular fury by the halr and 10 kick him well
beat him with the pomme OF his sword: Yet this
man was probably at Sedan, and saved his life by
surrendering to tae Prussans There Is nobody the
French fight so well IA they do Frenchmen; none
whose lives are less sacred than their own country
men "hdts qte pouez cous." What can be done
suoorING DOWN CHILDREN.
Yesterday. near Mr. Washburne's house, six chill
dren between the ages OF eight and ten years, taken
In the OF setting tire to houses Were shot on the
spot, not by the mob this time but by an officer OF
high rank. But the air Is
FULL OF SUCH HORRORS.
Many OF the soldiers have been welcomed ap.
parently with Joy by the people, and invited to eat
and drink and rest alter their fatigues and died OF
poison. saw o captain that had taken barricade
near the Trinity church, aud who narrowly escaped
death In the same way He was welcomed with
open arms by The inmates OF q house near
the captured barricadc. "YOu have saved US
IRON, FRO these , assassns we can never be
good s s sd aDa him
soup than he was taken with violent commissions,
HIM SO much poison that It's effect counteracted
by the violence OF its operation. The whole family
were shot, Near the Madeleine a woman came TO O
post OF soldiers. which had just been established,
and demanded to see the oficer In command to ask
his protection. When he appeared she drew q re-
volver and shot him dead. His soldiers OF course,
executed summary vengeance upon her. In another
street, near the Boulevard Haussmann, q woman was
arrested In the middle OF the fight for making signs
to the Communists TO retire. because they
were on The point or being surrounded.
When asked what she was doing, she replied
boldly that she was informing her friends OF their
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