The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-19
FALL OF THE BASTILE.
Centennial Observance Of This
Event
Disturbances In Paris ON tho Probabilities
Of . BOulanE,st Meeting-BOu-
langists Threaten . l.evO-
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luton.
PARIS, July 15.-M. Deroulede. NJ. &c.
risss and other B~Oulangist members Of the
Chamber Of Deputies met in the Place dc
la Concords before the statue of Strasburg
yesterday. intending to hold q meeting.
A crowd Of several thousand persons
gathered and NJ Deroulede was about to
begin . speech when . police commissary
named c ementi forced his wav through
the crowd and approaching Derouleis
forbade him to speak. Dero0!ede protest.
cd. but tie police official wa Obdurate.
Deroulede then tegan aflixing floral
wrsaths to the railing around the statue,
at the same tine leading tho IOwd In
shouts of 1--WE Boulanger." Clement
tried to arrest Derouiede, cut the latter
stou,ly resisted, saying that he had not
made a speech and hal only cheered for
Boulancer. He refused to accompany the
officer to the police station.
Clement thereupon seized him. tut the
| crowd came to Deroulede's rescue and
look him away from the officer who was
being roughly bandied by the mob. when
q large body Of police suddenly appeared
| upon the scene and charged the crowd.
driving them in all directions and rescu-
ing the unfortunate comm'ssary. A large
number of persons were arres.sd.
Laguerre and Deroulede during the
~scrimmage jumped into q cab and were
driven 10 the office of La Pres>e, where a
mob gathered and indnlged in noisy
demonstrations. The police cleared the
streets and made many more arrests.
The incident has caused a on
throughout the city and dangerous devel-
| opments are feared
A band of rou:hs yesterday in the
neighIorhood of MAYORS cafe. in the Rue
Royal. attacked an Italian flag. The mob
was 50 enraged that they tore it down
| and tran,pled it in the mud. They then
male An attack on the cafe and cornplete-
ly wrecked the place.
B~oCLASGISr SCHEME.
LONDON, July D-Ths adberents OF
B%oulanger who came over from France to
take part with their chief in the London
celebration of the fall Of the Bastile, fot
the most part, express confidence in the
| peaceful solutions OF the problems which
| the French people have before them. They
d ride the speech of n. Brisson, i'm which
he declares that the people Of France often
become incapable Of protecting them.
selves, ~instancing the feet that they once
allowed the Republic to be destl Dyed and
succumbed to the Empire. and in which
he concluded that the majority should de-
fend the liberties Of Frenchmen by force
of arms.
Notwithstanding their disclaimer Of
warlike intentions, however, these Bou-
langists do not pretend to deny that in the
event Of their own success at the coming
elections they propose to remove Presi.
dent Carnot from his position at the head
Of the French republic and that this will
b., don at the point Of the bayOnet il
necessary, miles he yields to tbs
wishes of Boulanger and bows to the II
pressed will Of the people. 1t be very
easily surmised that in view of these and
similar expressions ON b part OF the
Boulangists and the equal determined
tone of their ensmies the outlook for Dc
tober is ominous. Boulanger's assertion
in his speech yesterday that his aim was
to work for the Strengthening Of the Re-
public is generally accepted AS a ruse to
divert the threatened alliance between
the republicans and the supporters Of the
Count de Paris. an alliance which il con.
summated must prove . death blow to
Boulangist ambitions.
BAsrILE CENTENNIAL OBSERVANCE.
PARIS. July lathe one hundredth an.
niversary Of the fall OF the Bastils was
celebrated by the public meetings and
fetes in Paris and throughout the prov
inces yesterday. Transpsrencies bearing
representations Of General BoulaDger
were displayed in tho windows of the
League Of Patriots and other BOu!angist
resorts. These devices called forth q few
hoot;ngs from passers-by. but, with the
exception of the disorders in the Place de
Concords and at the Office Of La Presse.
the day passed of without disturbances Of
any kind.
The fireworks at the fetes last evening
were somewhat marred by ran, but the
Place de Ia Concorde, the Champs Elysee,
the Bots de Bou,ogns, the EiYel tower
and the Trocadero palace were a blaze Of
light At midnight thousands Of PEI sons
thronged the Bots de Boulogne and there
was no sign OF anv abatement of the FUN.
u wADDINGToN on BoULANGER
LONDON. July 15-M. Washington. the
French Ambassador here. gave 4 banquet
last evening to prominent members of
the French colony. In q speech after the
banquet be declared against Boulangism.
He asserted that the Boulansist pro.
gramme had no parallel in America,
because in America the Presi-
dent was protected, not by uni
versal suffrage, but by delegates Of tie
State. Moreover, in America there was no
standing army and q coup d'etat was
therefore impOss be. The triumph of
Boulanger would end in disaster for
France He himself did not believe tina;
Boulanger would succeed, but never,hs-
less he considered it necessary for his
countrymen to rally around President
Carnot in defense of the Republic. |
Unable to Agree.
DENVER. CO.., July 1.-THE jury in he
Connors- Marshall conspiracy trial an.
nounced that they were unable to agree
and were discharged by Judge Allen. 1t
l. understood that they stood seven to five
for conviction. The case was set for re-
trial September 26. Marshall Will leave
go Il