Telegram-herald., 1889-07-16
SONS OF FRANCE.
They Make Marry on he CsnEsa-
Nal % tks BSsEile's FslL
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cis-2Sbznces CT any kidd The nTeWozk.
at tas fetes Sunday eyeains ~ere some
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CoRcoxds. TIE Champs Ulysses. the Bols Cd
BOalO.se. tas Elfei tower sad the Ire
e1dsTo palace were = tl2xs Of light a,
midnight thousands Of persons throages
the b0ls do boalosn-. and there were ne
si.ns OF any sbate lnsIG " the fun
A brilliant review OF TIE troops Was held
during ths day At Loag Champs President
CsEaot Was heartily greeted by ths great
crowds that gathered TO witness tho si.at
Nav Yokk. July Il The French citizens
OF New York and vicinity sunday began the
10th anniversary OF the fall OF the bastile
with grand reception and concert a,
Washing t'aTk The large hall OF the
park . a. specially decorated with u profu.
sion or tri-cO.Ored flags and banners Ths
exercises opened VIE an official recep.
tiCn 70 Consul-Oeneral Bra~ aert, IN which
NJ Henry Aaliiard. preside at Of the French
centennial committee, made the address OF
welcome Letters Of regret were read
from President CarnOt, Ferdinand lie Les
seps. T. Coudert Mayor Grant. Governor
Hill Grover Cleveland, President Harrison
aud Vice President Norton
NEw loEk, July la-The celebration OF
the lUOth anniversary OF the fall OF the
bastile. which Was begun Sunday by
tie Irenchmen Of this city, con-
tinues The French Societies, number
Ing about loo men, gathered at
their headquarters aud marched through
Washington square and some OF the
streets in that vicinity, and finally
paraded TO Union square, where Cthey
were reviewed by Mayor Grant
aud number Of distinguished
Frenohrnen The procession then Inoved
on 10 that part of the square
occupied by the statues OF Lsfsye cite,
Washington and Lincoln, and after salut-
ing ranks were broken and the paraders
went TO Jones Wood, were games and
amuscments OF different kinds were partic-
ipated la.
CHICAGO. July 1.-THE centennial of the
fall OF the French bastile was observed
Sunday. AT 10 o'clock a m a long pro-
ceSsion of carriages drove from the Con-
sulate to Lincoln Turner Hall in Lake View.
The affair occurred under the auspices Of
the Cercle Franchise. Music and general
amusement followed the arrival OF the as
semblage at the hall At p m speak.
ing was begun, appropriate addresses
being made by Consul Mondehave. NJ. Las.
sange, Mayor Cregier and several others.
ell -
lowing responses TO toasts were made: The
United States of America" Victor Ger
ardin; "Alsace and Lorraine" Jules Marie;
switzerland" Lous Boerlin, Swiss Consul,
and French Canada" r. McCye. The ban
quet was followed by ball that lasted
until late ia the evening.
Following the miserable death OF Louis XIV.
during the years OF the voluptuous reign OF
Louis XVI. and his fair, frail Queen, Marie An
toinette, the condition OF France had been
forced 10 al extreme that meant little short of
slavery for the people and bankruptcy for the
Government Repeated efforts had been u ade
through appeals aud petitions to arouse the
King 10 a realization OF the notions unhappy
state, and there were even those of the licen-
tious nobility who paused sufficiently in their
careers OF debauch TO counsel reform. But the
royal ear was deaf TO the warnings and the
royal eye blind 10 the ditch that cleft the path
o. royal progress OuL d lttle Way alead. In
this needless course q time was reached in
France within this very month, 100 years ago,
and IL came the l4th OF July. 1889
On that morning there assembled in the Fap-
bours St Antoine q great concourse OF the
poor and laboring class. The Government
was bitterly arraigned. and in the excitement
OF the moment some radical factionists raised
the daring desperate cry OF "A bas 10 roii'
That the popular heart but awaited the FIRST
courageous utterance OF this wstchword was
proved b. The swift, spontaneous and universal
response that followed.
The throng poured INTO the heart Of town.
looted the city han and several arsenals for
weapons. and with this .plundered armament
turned back upon the most hated monument
that tyranny ever reared unto itsslf-ihe
prison OF the bsstile. That fortress-jah had
been the terror OF France, the mute witness OF
its most bitter tears, the favOrite torture tool
OF oppression, and It WAS stormed. carried by
assault. and RACED before night never again
10 Ifs its gloomy walls. From that hardy act
obtained the impetus OF the succeeding rcvo-
luton, 50 vast and red with blood that the
period Of its angoverned sway IS called in awe
the reign OF terror.
The lessons OF that fearful time sre OF world
vide sign iHcance and felt as distinctly in Amer
lea Is 10 France herself