The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-01
THE Commune IN PARIS.
Gatherings OF the Agitators-what They Say
and How They Act.
(ParIs lpttprI

nalist Of some distinction, congratulates
his fellow-ciiiZens on the fact that, while
| Russia has her NihiliSts, Germany her So
cialists, Austria her Irredentists, and Eng
land her apostles OF the doctrine OF dyna-
mite, France, as republic, is tranquil and
unlikely TO be annoyed by any political
alarms. The writer apparently fOrgets the
! Communists, or else he strangely under
estimates the importance Of the movement
! in which those worthless are at present en-
gagged. For the last fortnight the memory
! OF the commune has been revived in
every possible manner bv those who still
love to say that they were connected
with the great instruction. Citizen JOf-
frin and Citizen Allemane have talked
| themselves hOarse, and have almost worn
ont the elastic patience Of their radical au-
diences with their lengthy euIOgies OF the
men OF II. The Socialists have been up
before the Committee OF Forty-four to
testify with regard TO the industrial crisis.
Small comfort did the Investigators receive
from Citizens Allemane and JOffrin, who
cOntented themselves with denOuncingthe
boHgeOiSie, and with prophesying a
revolution such as Paris has never
yet seen. The buster aud threats OF
these braves Of Belleville was received
| by the members Of the committee with be-
coming equanimity. The present ministry
appears to have concluded that il the adj
vanced radicals be given cord enough they
will iniaIlibly hang themselves. Certainly
they are taking course which can but
ALLEVIATE all right-minded people from
them. The impudence with which they
asked the legislative committee to suppress
the Government appropriation for public
worship, and to vote 20,000,0 900 francs to
| be divided among the various guilds OF
artisans, was very striking; but it dis.
gusts the sensible workingmen, who
know that they cannot depend upon
the communistic faction for any practical
measures OF relief. Citizen Allemane is a
rude gossip. who does not trouble himself
to use polite language when speaking OF
those whom he is pleased to consider his
political enemies; and bis description OF
the industrial commission given ut a meet
| ing Of anarchists" on Sunday was conf
cal from its very picturesque rudeness.
! The middle class Is very angry with the
ministry for permitting these meetings OF
the Socialists, and owners OF halls like
| Elysee MOntmarire and the Sale PerOt are
| beginning to hesitate about letting their
premises to the bushy-haired and half.
| frenZied demagogues. who almost invaria-
! bly yet their hearers to fighting with each
other.
| The communists have no weapons to-
day, and so the Government knows that
there is little to fear from the vaporng
! boasts OF armed resistance to oppression,
ETC. IL there were plenty OF rifles stored in
arsenals in Paris, as there were before the
disestablishment OF the National Guard,
there would be some danger OF Q serious
outbreak: but there are none; and work.
| ingmcn who are found in possession OF
| firearms without a license are severe
! ~ punished. The ministry contents
| itself. even on occasions like yeSter-
| day, the anniversary OF the COM
mune's declaration. with ordinary po-
| lice measures for the maintenance OF public
order. None Of the participants in the nu-
merous manifestations OF Yesterday are to
be pr0secuted but under regime like that
OF the second empire they would undoubt-
| edly all have been sent to New CalendOnia.
! Most persons will remember that the final
| desperate stand OF the cOmmuniStic fight
ers, when they were brought 10 bay in the
I great seven-dayS' fight. was on the breezy
heights OF Pere Ia Chaise; and 1t was
there that yesterday large numbers OF
radicals INDUCED in the expression OF
| their sentiments. far from any interruption
other than an occasional invitation from
police agent to "circulate.' one enter
prising contemncr Of the present order II
things managed to write on the tomb OF
Theirs the words Blood. drinkers" And
on the section where the communists were
buried after the fight a variety OF revolu-
tionary placards were raised. One OF them
contained the following words:
"COMMITTEE or AVENGERS.
Because they could not corrupt thern they mas
sacred them. Beloved names, you
shall be Avenged"
Further on another bore the following
incriptiOn:
" viye anarchy! vive dynamite! yiye pilagei"
The police merely grinned at this exhibit
ton OF rcprehensible sentiments. In the
Montmartre cemetery, where, il is csti-
mated. fifteen or eighteen hundred Com
munists were shot and afterward hastily
buried, goodly number OF families re-
NAMED portion OF the day, strewing the
soil with wreaths and flowers. The body OF
DelesceZe was removed from this cemetery
TO Pere Ia Chaise last November. There
were no less than thirteen banquets in
different parts OF the "workmen's quar-
ters," and fiery discOurses were read or de-
liyered e1temp0re by ex-General Eudes, by
Gourmet (who was member OF the Com
munal CounciD, by Citizens Grange,
Roche, Joffrin, and others OF lesser note.
At the Sale Perot the statue OF the repub-
lie was shrouded in Grape, while at one OF
the banquets in suburban restaurant 1t
was dressed in red. The snarchical groups
OF Paris and delegates from the revolution
ary groups Of Austria, Italy, Russia. and
Germany were addressed in the evening, al
the Sale du Commerce, in the Faubourg
du Temple, by Citizen Laboucher, who
closed his address with this remark: " We
have had enough OF politics; enough OF
governments; now 1t Is the turn OF the
6eople. and viye Panarchie!" This senti-
ment must carry Joy to the hearts OF Rus
sian destructionsts,' who have not,
imagine. arrived at that pitch OF cynicism
where they do not even set value upon
the prefect OF the Seine found sanction
In an old law against collective inter-
ments" for his refusal to permit the cree
ton of a monument in Pere Ia Chalse to the
memory Of the Communists slain. The
CITY Council had given plat OF ground in
the cemetery for this monument, ana the
councillors are MORALLY offended because the
central Government has interfered IN the
matter. while the middle and upper classes
are correspondingly delighted. one men,
Der proposed a motion, which was adopted
at the meeting yesterday, that The admin
istratiou be requested 10 grant the neces-
sary authority for the immediate erection
Of the monument But the Government
will not allow the matter thus 10 De passed
over the Projects head. The member
who seconded this motion said the
Communists deserved the respect and
gratitude Of all classes OF Republicans,
because they prevented the restora-
IT, q, monarchy and saved the republic.