The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-05
Dissension in the French Cabinet-Italy's
Belligerent Tone-The Austria-Ger-
man-Italian Alliance.
Destruction by Fire of the National
Theater at Berlin.
Trial of the Phoenix Park Murderers POST
poned-A French Speculator in Trouble
Condition of the Queen.
LOUISE MICHEL IN JAIL.


Supplanted by the Red Flag.
PARIS, April A correspondent was
enabled to see Louise Michel in the prison of
Saint Lazare and to obtain some very decided
expressions of her plans and purposes. The
correspondent first asked: What was your
object in remaining in hiding in this city
until last Friday night? Was it that you
were afraid of arrest2''
Afraid" exclaimed Louise Michel. 81
am afraid of nothing that the police or their
masters can do. My life is pledged TO my
work, and whenever it is necessary that it
should be sacrificed am ready. But 1 do
not mean that it shall be sacrificed in vain.
My friends have all along dissuaded me
from presenting myself, as had intended to
do long ago, because they said my liberty
was necessary for the work of the party"
What caused you to change your mind
and give yourself up to the police?'
ut was solely on account of my mother.
1t was killing her to be bounded from one
lodging to another and to be dogged by spies
whenever she set foot in the streets There
were many different spies, and they, were in
many different kinds of dress, but there were
always spies and spies and spies 1 could
not bear it, and | came here"
"It has been hinted that some faction of
the Monarchists persuaded you to surrenuei,
in the belief that it would precipitate an ex-
plosicn,"
ut is false have told you my true rea-
son for coming here, and my only reason. 1t
was the poor old mother"
But you are not credited in the general
estimation with having much to do with
tender feelings?
mo That is more of the injustice that a
woman finds when she has the courage of
har INT toll 1nr
Americans, for they are true men, that
French women have shown many times that
they can be brave and they can love. ti-
gress is brave, but she loves her cubs"
at has, however, been stated and on high
official authority, that there is very good
understanding between the Socialists and
at beast some sections Of the Monarshists?7
1T is false; as false as all that government
orators say. They are paid to lie about us,
and they earn their money well. Let me tell
you this, that the red flag will never accept
the white banner nor the vice-stained lilies
for its allies. Why the very reason that the
people OF this brave Paris have not already
swelled our ranks to hundreds of thousands
is because they have detected in our demon
strations some Monarchists"
"How did they get there?'
"How can tell you that? They were not
put there by u.s. for as soon as our friends
found them there we refused to march with
enemies How can l tell by which ones?
But this ] know, they were put there to dis
credit u.s."
"If you are acquitted of the charge on
which you are now held what will you do
next?'
"Then I will leave France and preach So
cial crusade from abroad. l do not see why
princes should have the monopoly of con-
spring against the government from foreign
lands"
Then you regard your work as a con-
spiracy against the established order of
things?'
"Centainly I do, and that conspiracy is
Legitimate. | is conspiracy of the oppressed
against their oppressors. Believe me, the
defintive triumph of the cause l serve is but
question of few months l might almost
say of days. The economical crisis which is
drawing near will shake the old tri-coor
world with such irresistible force that it will
fall, and over its ruins the red flag will be
seen waving"