Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-30
LA BELLE FRANCE.
TIE RECENT TROUBLES BETWEEN THE
ITALIANS AND THE FRENCH.
The Difficulties In Algters-what it has
Cost Franee-Grevy's Policy-The
Commemorative Medals.
PARIS. july 4. 1881

been interrupted Dy interpretations rom
all quarters, and concerning events far re-
moved from the scene of law making. The
troubles at Marseilles have very much af-
fected the Parisians, and an Interpolation
was of course made with regard to that
event. From little things do great things
grow, and really who would have thought
that the whistle of one man would produce
resounding thunder throughout two coun-
tries, for it has been substantially proved
that when the French troops, on their re-
turn from Tunis, were marching up the
street of Marseilles in front of the italian
| club. one of its members Kissed at them
and thus reawakened the warlike spirit.
| That Italians who are enjoying French
hospitality should insult the troops of these
| last, whose victory did not contribute to
! the humiliation of the former, was GER.
tainly improper and ungrateful, and to ex-
cite the already too excitable natures of
| both the French and Italians was dam
gerous attempt, the consequences of which
throw all responsibility on members of
the Italian club, who are supposed to be
zoo much enlightened to excite conflict
| between the two countries. The scene
which followed, it seems, was
SOMETHING TERRIBLE,
And the mob so formidable, that no armed
force could control it. The crowd de-
manded that the scutcheon of the Climb
clearing the inscription, Club Nazionale
Italiane," should be taken down. The
Commissioner of Police of the ward begged
the President of the club to take down the
| scutcheon, but this he refused most posi-
| lively TO do. An assistant OF the Mare,
who was present at the manifestation,
! went to the marie, where, IN concert with
| two other assistants, it was decided to ask
| the authorities TO close the club. In the
meantime the crowd increased, and the
police agents found it impossible to main
tain order The Prefet, soon as informed
of the event, fastened to the spot and
sought to calm the excitement by the as
surance that the club would be closed, but
he added that it was impossible for him or
anyone to take down the scutcheon. The
crowd, still growing more dense and be-
coming more and more excited, opposed
the police agents and sought to enter the
building. Two individuals, climbing on
the outside, had advanced as far as the
balcony, when they were repulsed by the
Commissaire de Police, who had penetrated
intoth locality with two agents. The Com
missaire, who occupied the balcony, was
Kissed and hooted at because he prevented
anyone from taking down the scutcheon.
By order of the Prefet detachment of
gendarmerie, under command OF Lieu
tenant, arrived to disperse the crowd. A
gendarme, having unsheathed his sword,
the crowd
RUSHED UPON HIM,
And serious conflict would have resulted
if the Prafet and an officer, perceiving the
act, had rot forced the gendarme oput up
his sword. The crowd having become
formidable, sLd the excitement more in
tense, two considers mmicipeau1 entered
| the building, succeeded in reaching the
balcony and tore down the scutcheon.
The crowd loudly applauded, and then
sang the " Marseillaise." The Prefet, who
was opposed to the taking down of the
scutcheon, earnestly protested. However,
soon after the Marie arrived, accompanied
by General d'Aubigny, commanding the
place and the procureur of the Republic,
| followed by gendarmes on horseback and
company of soldiers, who took position IN
the street in the neighhorhood of the club,
and at o'clock in the evening the crowd
had dispersed. and perfect calm was again
restored. 1t was supposed that all diff
Guilty had ceased and there was nothing
more TO be apprehended. The next day
the French and italian jostled each other
in the street in different parts of the city,
and on the following day bloody scenes
took place. A young Frenchman passing
along the street was stabbed by two Italians,
and he died Oh his way to the hospital. A
half hour later FIVE young men, who were
passing along one of the thoroughfares,
were surrounded by some twenty Italians,
when two of the young men fell,
BATHED IN THEIR BLOOD.
When this incident became known, a band
of Italians were seen rushing through the
streets, followed by a number of young
men. The greatest disorder ensued, and
every part of the city was in state OF con-
fusion. Soldiers were killed by the Ital-
ians, and these last went so far as to throw
furniture and cooking utensils out of the
windows upon the police in one Of the
streets the Italians threw upon the passers
by burning petroleum. There can be no
enemy in the world SO dangerous as an
Italian for, like the Spaniard, he is only
too ready with the knife but unlike the
Spaniard, who advances to your face and
draws the glittering knife before your eyes,
the Italian always strikes in the back
ruifh nuf "a clfrhtact Tn
the instances related of the young
Frenchmen's abusing the Italians, no
firearms or knives have been used,
as they have beaten with their fists and
clubs, and it has been proved that in every
case the italian has been the aggressor. An
Interpolation was made in the Italian Par
lament, when the Minister recognized that
the French authorities had done their duty.
But the Italian people and particularly the
students were not so easily satisfied, and in
bands surrounded the residence of the
French Minister or Consul in the different
cities throughout the kingdom, but they
were fortunately each time repulsed by the
authorities The French workmen mani.
tested their discomfort by endeavoring to
prevent the Italians from working on
French territory, and from among the
thousand inhabiting Marseilles two hum
bred returned to their native country, from
which they had been driven through want
and the sterility OF the soil.
TROUBLE
Has broken out pretty much all over
France with regard to the italian workmen,
who, the French workmen say, have flooded
their country to diminish the value of
work and render their existence more diff
ficult. The last census made of the for
eigners in France shows the Italian colony
to amount to les, 3l3 persons. The Elk.
element seems to be dying gradually away,
yet all is not tranquil, and General Cialdi-
mis- resignation as italian Minister to
France may be significant OF a more bitter
feeling existing between the two countries
than the numerous journals give the public
to understand.
THE ALGERIAN TROUBLE.
The Interpolation which has more re-
centlv occupied the Chambers has been