Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-11
THE PARIS OUTRAGE.
Vaillant's Crime the One Topic at
the French Capital.
A DEFENSE OF Him PUBLISHED.
More Rigorous Treatment of An.
archists Demanded.
THE SENTIMENT OF EUROPE.

| PARIS, Dec. 1.-THE outrage in the
chamber of deputies Saturday is about
the only topic of conversation in the public
resorts of the city. 1t is the general opin-
ion that the time has arrived when the gov
ernment must put aside all mauuIin SEN
tinient and treat these anarchist would-be
murderers with scant consideration, and
that this will be done scarcely any one
doubts
| 1t is believed that every anarchist and all
their sympathizers should be hunted to
earth and punishment fitted to their das-
tardly crimes meted out to them.
| Now that Auguste valiant, the bomb
thrower, has fallen into the hands of the
police, after doing all the evil he possibly
could. he is not lacking defenders or pa
pers that will publish the screeds of his
sympathizers. A socialist named Pemjean
has written a letter to the Temps defend
ing Valiant. and that paper publishes it.
Pemjean, among other rawlings. says that
the deed committed by Valiant will have
the approval of most anarchists. Nobody
| doubts this statement as cowardly attacks
upon unsuspecting men. women and chill
drer is the distinguishing feature OF the
anarchist warfare.
| The fact is cynically commented upon
that an anarchist never displays any cour-
age until he is safely locked up, and then
| his bravery consists of vaunting himself
| and his fellow criminals, safe in the knowl-
edge that the law he processes to hold in
| contempt will protect him from the popular
consequences of his cowardly crimes. 1t is
! pointed out that no anarchist has yet had
the courage to attack even one man. where
| the individual would have an opportunity
to defend himself. To say that popular
feeling against the anarchists is extremely
bitter is to put 1t very mildly, and the pop
ular demand for sternly repressive meas
ures is certain to force the government to
adopt far more stringent precautions than
any that have yet marked the counter rev.
| clution against lawlessness.
| The story of Vaillants life is about the
same as that of all these anarchist
| heroes"
| OF course he has a mistress. She is a
woman named Marhal which name. by the
way, was the alias Of Valiant. Her hus-
| band states that after Valiant led his wife
astray he got her to sell the furniture OF
her home, and afterward, in his endeavors
| to do away with the wrongs of society,
| lived on the proceeds of the sale until they
were gone. Then the woman was forced to
| go to work, and still meditating upon the
method of righting the wrongs Of the suf-
| fering people, he remained Idle and liveL Off
the money earned by the yoman he rad
ruined and digraced. When M.s~M Marchal
endeavored to get his wife to abandon her
| evil life. valiant, fearing that his means of
| livelihood would be taken from him. threat
ened to kin him If he did not leave the wo-
| man alone.
NJ. Berger, a member of the chamber of
| deputies, says that on Saturday he noticed
| about thirty men waiting at the entrance
| to the chamber, all OF whom were trying to
gain admission. Just before the explosion
| occurred a group of these men were seen
| q Ia galleries
| ingly waiting for something to happen.
What England Advises.
| LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE St. James Ga
zette today demands not only that legal
obstacles be placed in the way of the pur-
chase of explosive chemicals, but also the
repression of anarchist speeches and litera-
| ture.
| The Globe calls upon the public prose-
cutor to suppress all the anarchists organi-
cations in London and elsewhere in Great
| Britain.
The Westminster Gazette says it approves
of the most rigorous laws, both national
| and international, against the overt acts of
anarchists. acts showing felonous intent
1t protests however, against censorship as
| unpopular of socialist or other doctrines
supposed to lead to anarchism. 1t says that
suppression of the freedom of discussion
will be found no guarantee against anarch-
ist outrages.
The Feeling in Germany.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE Klelne Journal
says it hopes that the ana -chist outrage in
the French chamber of deputies will not
! lead to the suggestion in the reichstag of a
revival of the anti-socialist law. An amend
ment to the penal code, the paper adds
would serve all purposes in Germany if
| there were different prosecutors
| The Cologne Gazette says IL hopes France
| IN IN N
| International measures for the suppression
| of anarchists.
Sympathy for the Victims.
BUDA PESTH, Dec. 11.-In the Hungari-
an diet today several of the members ex-
pressed their sympathy for those wounded
| by the bomb explosion in the French cham
ber of deputies on Saturday and praised the
| members of the chamber for their conduct
Rigorous Action I'm Switzerland.
! BERNE;, Dec. 1.-THE Swiss government
is disposed to take measures against anar-
chists and their right of asylum in this
country. The procureur general will make
a list of all the known anarchists in Switzer-
land. Two hundred of them known to
| be living in the principal centers, such as
! Zurich, Bable st. Gall and Lugano. =.
| Watching Anarchists in New York.
! NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Police Superinten-
dent Byrnes has received information that
the local anarchists fired by the recent bold
deeds of their compatriots in France and
Spain, are meditatng some deviltry, and
has taken steps to thwart the plans of the
Reds" All last night detectives were en-
gagged in shadowing several notorious and
desperate characters in the hope of locating
| the place where explosives are said to be
stored Chief Byrnes did not retire until
| daylight. So far no arrests have been made
| The police refuse to speak on the subject
| but it was learned, nevertheless, that with
in the next few hours every known anar-
| surveillance and that special guard of
| detectives will be stationed al all the public
| buildings.