The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-07
BR|S1uNG WITH GUNS.
The Latin Quarter In Paris Prictl.
cally In a State Of Siege.
THE BRUTALITY OF THE POLICE.
The Guardians Of the Law Lose Their
Wits and Make an Unprovoked As
ssuit Upon HespitsI-Ths CITY Com
psrstivsly Quiet.

PARIS, July THE withdrawal of the
students from the unruly proceedings here
has removed all excuse for the demonstra-
tions and fully exposed the purely mis-
chievous aims of the rioters. The pro-
moters of disorders were entirely of tho
reactionary and sans culotte class. eager to
upset any regular form of government,
and the respectable element was altogether
missing. The shouts repeatedly heard
were "Vive In communel" "vive Fan
archie''
The cowardly ruffianism of the mob can
be judged by the fact that the priceless
stained glass windows Of st. Germain des
Pres were willfully smashed. The Intran-
sigeant, seeking to excite the popular feel
ing against the police and through them
against the government. declares that 1900
civilians were wounded and 30 killed. The
number of injured IN more probably be-
tween 400 and 500, and The Intransigeant's
estimate Of the dead is palpably absurd
Many wounded persons, however, Instant
ly repaired to their homes to avoid arrest,
as the police regarded wounds and scars an
swsrming with Troops.
The students showed the sincerity Of
their promise 20 assist tho authorities by
their action last evening When the mob
erected small barricade In the Rue Cujas,
near the Sorbonne. and pelted the gen.
darmes with stones, pieces OF iron. ETC.. the
students went to the aid of the police and
themselves arrested several roughs and
helped to clear the barricade.
The fact that no serious riot occurred
until night is largely due to the heavy rain
during the day which ceased In the even
ing. The authorities however, were fully
prepared for q rigorous repression of any
outbreak. No fewer than 5000 cavalry
from Fontainebleau, Vincenises and Com
piegne were stationed in the Latin quarter,
at all the bridges over the Seine and the
district around the Labor Exchange, while
the gates of the city were strictly guarded
to prevent the entry Of bodies of anarchists
from the suburbs.
In the Galerie des Machines and the
Champ de Mars alone were qrc rtered 5000
dragons and hussars rea 6 act at q
moments notice These measures remain
IN operation and will doubtless convince
the rioters that further attempts at dis
order Will be futile.
Police Lose Their Heads.
The action of the police in making the
arrests at the Charity hospital yesterday,
which brought forth q letter of protest
from Professor German See, has caused
the most intense antipolice agitation In
professional and other circles. Police
Commissary Dhers, who was In charge OF
body of gendarmes that had been strug-
CLING with the rioters in the vicinity of the
hospital, heard somebody in the hospital
kissing the police. He ordered the arrest Of
six house surgeons, but when his subor-
dinates attempted to carry out the order
the surgeon shut and locked the hospital
doors.
They refused to open them when ordered
TO do so by the police, and the latter, de-
termined to make arrests and very angry
because of the resistance to them, burst the
doors in and assaulted the surgeons who
were standing in the vestibule. Two Of
the surgeons were placed in custody and
taken to the prefecture, where NJ. Loze, the
prefect Of police, ordered that they be at
once released.
This further angered the police, and
shortly afterward several officers returned
to the hospital and seized Professor Vile
jean, a noted physician, and struck him
violently Several surgeons witnessing
this entirely uncalled for assault attempted
70 defend the professor. The police turned
on them and handled them very roughly
inflicting serious injuries on three or four
of them.
Like . Besieged City.
The hospital was In an uproar at this
brutal manifestation of police spite, and
the hospital staff determined to drive the
police out OF the building. Some Of the
surgeons procured revolvers, and at their
muzzles compelled the police to withdraw
The Latin quarter today bears the ap-
pearance Of a state of siege with cuiras-
siers mounted and afoot lini0mthe Boule-
ward st. Michel and other So nern thor
oughfares. Nevertheless, although a great
deal Of excitement prevails, the prospect
Of rioting, except of trifling character, is
smaller than on previous days.
CLEVELAND Is SICK.