The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-13
COMMUNISM IN LONDON.


Banquet to the Escaped Prisoners from
New acknowledgements Speech
Rochefort Not Present.
From the Daily Telegraph OF June 3Ol
Twas present, last evening, at one OF the most
curious entertainments at which 1t was ever my
lot to asslst-curious. not alone from the nature
OF the celebration ITSELF and the character and
antecedents OF the persOnages present, but from
the multitude OF strange associations 1t suggested,
and the stranger "reminiscences it conjured up.
! was courteously hidden. through the medium
OF card appropriately colored biood-red TO be
present at banquet" to be offered to the
..Evades de la Nouvelle Caledonle"--in other
words to the associates of NJ Henri Rochefort, to
be given at the Cleveland Assembly Rooms, Cleve-
land street, FtZrOy square, on Monday, the 29th
OF June, at 6:30 p. NJ. precisely. i was punctual
to the appointment although, for the nonce,
my mind somewhat perturbed to discover
why Cleveland street, FitzrOy square, had been
fixed upon as locality for the CON-
munist demonstration. why not Sohow |
asked myself. / had forgotten that France
WITHIN these later years, has been gradually ad.
ing out OF Soho; that Leicester square has ceased
to be succursal Of the Boulevard Montmartre,
and that, II the importunate inquirer as TO the
whereabouts OF "Monsieur TOnSOn" eSsayed to
he would experience some dihculty in playing of
his sorry practical joke. l mad forgotten tnat
new petty France now ,r at Hasno1ne
square, as its trunk line, stretches, with many
branches to right and left and more than one
parallel way, right into the EustOn road. The
cleveland Assembly Rooms are, as matters stand,
situated in the midst OF considerable Gallo COL
eny, and the neighDorhood has become hirsnte
one and one slightly redolent OF p0t-dtyeu. You
may see back numbers OF The Rappet and the
vsnaers windows and have no doubt that " a.
so9e Of the pubic houses they sell garlic too
! a
but there was plenty OF sound red wine, with
which, observed, all the guests mingled water
literally. Sobriety-so far as moderation in the
use Of stimulants went-was decidedly the order
OF the evening; yet Frenchmen VIII be French,
men, ana towards nine O'Clock a most frEhtful
paco,me had set in. 1t was one incessant surging
TO ana fro Of jabbering, chattering, screeching-:
aughser Il was the propos ass "s S,ves IN
Radicals, over again; only nobody got eipsy.
Cage was fun hs of d s@as scolas D5cn Bare
saw ~ Madrid during the Carnival The
sober but noisy meeting was at length
| called TO order by the President, Citizen Ranvier.
and after, by dnt Of . great tinkIng OF knives
against glasses, temporary silence mad been se-
cured the chairman proceeded to deliver. with
the ease and nuency OF dlction and delivery COM
mon to nearly all Frenchmen, very eloquent dis
course. He commenced by lamentlng the absence
from the festival Of very distinguished Commun-
| list, DR.. Regnard who, through serious indlsposi-
ton, was unable to attend the gathering; and then,
Grousset and 5ourde, he briefly expressed his re-
Pain. who had been invited 10 the banquet, had
declined to be present At II. believe !
Coming coa s''i to the cleveland Assembly Rooms
MONDAY He 70 :, ne
! lar invitations offered him by the Communists OF
| San Francisco and OF New York, and that, were he
to accept the London invite, he should be putting
q slight upon his American sympathizers. More
! over, it was understood that ID RocnelOrt was re-
nature to alarm sincere but somewhat timtd re-
| publicans at moment when the defnitive organi-
cation OF the republic was the burning questions"
II these were really M. Rocheforts motives for
abstaining from partaking Of the patriotic cold
tainly, for once In o way, evinced great deal
more good sense and right feeling than the world
has ordinarily given him credit for.
N. PAsCHAL GRoUssET's SPEECH.
Amid dead silence citizen Pascnal Grousset rose
to speak saow saru INF, The ai mess
phantom OF the spruce, dapper, scented ana oieo
gentleman, in full evening dress and with tightly
| dttinQ gloves, wHo the last time | had seen hin,
was giving evidence before the High Court Of Jus.
tice at Tours on the trial Of Pierre Bonaparte for
the murder OF Victor Noir. Even then Paschal was
q prisoner and was led into court, between two
gendarmes, TO give his testimony. His voice smote
az though IN quest OF President Glandaz, In his
! ermine robe and square togue, OF the bury pms.
In the d9cs IN % que ne Gcx ~
| his scarlet robe, laundering much more against
the prosecution than the prisoner; and tnen
I L
free, that gendarmes could not make him aHalo
any more, but that, since that trial day At Tours
he mad witnessed and undergone enough 10 make
they say. The Florentlnes, when Dante passed by
used TO draw aside and whisper, "Yonder goes the
man who has seen He'll" NJ Paschal Grousset has
certainly had the fate and the luck to visit ana &c
come back again from what the Americans call "a
very tight place. 1t would be idle to give even an
outline OF his speech, delivered IN slow, Dry,
cavernous voice since 1t was simply nt sicT
has been furnished TO contemporary. ane
which has been made generally puol1c. But !,
was about the most horrible story OF human
dying by famine and by the scourge, and
that maiignity could invent or brutality innlct
THE DEMOCRACY IMPATIENT AND READY.
the concuSSn Of Tins speech there was rasd
ing number Of sympathising addresses IRON
Communists in Switzerland in Alsace and II
Geneva II suddenly occurred 70 patriot In tht
body OF the han 10 emulate the coarseness OF Ian
guage ascrbed by Victor Hugo 10 General Cam
bronne at Waterloo. The company began Y
to below; then they shook their fists ct ont
another; then they stood on the benches ant
gDashed their teeth Sat Large" as the ScotchnaI
| tapostr ophisedn him, and at last they wer'
temporarily Gained down by the power OF lunt
evlnced oy CITIZEN Iourde, who stood VI
a half | had never listened 10 such disturb
! ance since the day when NJ. Uric de Fonviel
went stark staring mad In the High Court OF !us
| tice at Tours. At length, when they we're tired 0
| bawIIng, silence was obtained for a smock-face'
| young person, who said that he was an English
man, and talked quantity OF stuh-which dis
dam 70 auote-aoout the tyranny OF capital, tn
| tbraldom or landlordism, the futillty OF monarch
and the proximate advent OF the English dem
| began TO howl again; but 1t was too late Tor me
listen 10 citizen Landeck VINO was to "carry
toast TO the victims OF June, 1913, and the victim
OF May, 1871 - 20 Citizen Geonrey, who was TO tai
about SOLIDARITY and 70 Citizen ThelSz. disc0urS