Evening journal., 1892-12-29
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ANARCHY FOR TROUBLED PARIS

A Morning Explosion Thought by the
Police to be the Work of RavachoI's
Followers-LeCaron Detailed to Unravel
the Dublin Dynamite Mystery Mrs.
Langtry worse-Other Foreign News.
PARIS, Dec 29.-An explosion at 1s0
o'clock this morning in the hall leading
to the suite of offices between the ground
floor and the first story of the prefecture
of police has caused a sensation. The
authorities are not decided as to whether
the explosion was the work Of anarchists
or merely an accident caused by leakage
of gas. An investigation is being held.
The explosion caused no fatality but
windows were smashed and wood work
damaged. and a portion of the ceiling
brought down. The police are inclined
to attribute the affair TO anarchists.
They think that the explosion has some
thing to do with the recent extradition
and the approaching of Fran co.'s, the
anarchist accused of connection with
the Cafe Very explosion. An anarchist
is reported as saying: "Ah, you thought
we were crushed, but we have enough
dynamite left to blow up all the capital
lists. The police have been running
after Francois as If he was the only man
capable Of setting light to a bomb, but
you will find out diifere ntly. We will
show the bourgeoisie that IL we remain
quiet for a certain length of time we
are not disarmod So long as human
beings die from hunger by the side of
l. H. L,
former will avenge themselves by every
means in their power
A Crusade Against Society.
The anarchist society known as the
V. d. r. or 'yengeurs de Ravachol,
has been holding several meetings of
late, since Francois was brought over
from London and it is supposed his caSe
is occupying their attention. An Italian
anarchist passing through Paris is re-
ported as saying that the anarchists
would not attack private houses, since
il is rarely the victim aimed at that is
touched, and innocent victims are the
consequence. 1--WE will attack public
offices to destroy the rec ords and terrify
the instruments of bour geoies rule and
the banks to destroy capital and in that
way we will strike blow at the
bourgeois society to-day from which it
will find it difficult to recover"
A Socialist Repudiates Dynamite.
Citizen Guesde, one of the militant
chiefs of extreme socialism, who took a
leading part in the recent meeting which
resolved upon an appeal to the army and
demonstration at the palais Bourbon,
ha taken occasion to repudiate sympathy |
with bomb methods. while advocating |
what he calls the social revolution. There |
is at present however, no evidence that |
the explosion this morning was caused |
by an anarchist bomb, although some Of |
the anarchists would apparently like to
have it understood that such was the |
case.
Francois is said to be as defiant in the |
French prison as he was in London He |
has been followed here by his alleged |
wife, a pretty wOmon, already under
police surveillance, and said to be as de-
voted to the anarchist cause as Francois |
himself. Francois is said to have told |
the Judge dInstruction that if he has to |
go to the scaffold he will 10 singing like |
Ravachol. The authorities are satisfied |
that Francois has been the leading spirit |
of the anarchists since the execution of |
Ravachol and no effort will be spared to |
bring him to the guillotine.