The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-26
PARIS UNDER THE MOB.

The National Guard which was to pre-
serve order in Paris has turned traitor to
the Government, and threatens to involve
all France in civil war. Such deplorable
consequences have followed more trivial
riots than that. of Montmartre. The
painful and disappointing story of the
disorders which distract Paris and the
excuses which involve the Republic IN
ruin is told at length in other columns:
Briefly summed it, up reveals that . mob
is practically in possession Of the French
Capital; that the National Guard refuses
to maintain the Government, and that
only weak police saves the members Of
its Executive from hasty fight The
Guard and mob have fraternized; the
former has basely surrendered its officers
to the latter, and three of them have been
condemned by court-martial and shot to
death, while others have been murdered
by the mob. Gen. Paladinee,. it's COM
mander. is prisoner. Although origin
ally confined to the suburban districts of
Belleville and Montmartre, the rioters,
since the defectioniof the Guard, have
advanced into the heart Of the city, and
have seized the headquarters Of the
Guard, in the place Vendome. In
word, Paris is completely at their mercy;
and already cries out for aid trom the
Provinces or the Prussians a3.- ico -
The immediate cause of the. uprising
was an untimely if not an unwise effort
on the part of the Government to dispense
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to infer, by Blanqui, Flourens, and the
other violent and active 'Reds" lately
condemnedto death for. contumacy. The
designs, and indeed the leadership of the
mob, are not very clearly revealed by the
reports or by their action, but violent
opposition to the Assembly and the
Government which it has created has been
developed. It is this hate which evident
" inspires the mob, and it rushes ,blindly
to the destruction of all semblance Of
government and of order. There is no
power OF argument which can reach the
rioters, and TO military force remaining
N Paris which can suppress them; and
the scenes which are now enacting and
which must follow cannot well be other
than ,tyoiting, cruel and disgraceful.
The Paris journals call upon the Pro-
vinces or the Germans for aid. It is diff
ficult to say which authority will be ex-
ercised or which it would be wisest to IN
woke. The appearance of Gardes Mobiles
at the gates of Paris would incite civil
dissensions, which, arraying Paris against
the rest of France, would naturally lead
to most deplorable consequences The
issue of such a conflict would for time,
ut least, be doubtful, and Paris would
suffer more from her own sons than she
did from the, Germans. A sufficient
body of the latter would make the stra n.y.
gle short and decisive, and though
Governments which calls upon the Prus-
SLAMS for its maintenance must suffer in
popularity by such degrading, action, 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 will doubtless be promptly answered.
As indicating such Willingness, their re-
tirement has already, been discontinued.
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