, 1894-01-13

NJ. Thivripr and one or two other Socialists
we're silent.
AS the Prime Minister left the tribune
amid the applause greeting his wsll-chosen
words: NJ. Dupuy rose. 'Gentlemen," he
said, sin your name, your President joins in
the words Just uttered by the Prime Minister,
At the close Of the sitting your PRECEDENT
will Garry to the persons injured in this
odious attempt the feelings of sympathy of
the entire Chamber" Cheers broke out
spontaneously on all the benches save those
where the Deputies already mentioned sit.
Their Sill nee was noted by some members In
the Centre. Not everybody applauds,"
cried one. and for a moment it almost looked
as if q discussion was to burst forth in regard
to the explosion. NJ. J2uide, the Socialist,
one Of those who had applauded, said, Il ask
to speak, evidently intending to assure the
Chamber that Socialism had nothing to do
with what had taken place. but M. Ddpuy's
clever tact was triumphant. cat such a
time, gentlemen, I know 'but one feeling. &
feeling of emosion and pity. (Cheegs) Your
Bureau will assemble to take those necessary
measures of order and security which con-
Germ it," With this he pat ON bis hat and
closed the sitting.
on Quitting my place I went into the outer
lobby where ordinarily the public is never
admitted; The sight was already startling.
No one had been allowed to leave the build
ing. 1t apptals'that immediately after the
explosion by. the presence Of MUD of the
ushers. the doors were'o osed and the public
ovsrfowed into apartments and corners Of
the Palace to which usually they are rigor-
ously forbidden entrance. Drops of blood
were every " here. Fireplace bad become a hos
pital. In ons room was a woman On' a II attress,
her breast almost torn away, while all about
we're men and women III the hands Of sur
QeOns, who were extracting bits of iron from
their wounds in the face or hands. In
another place the late Minister Of Agriculture,
M. Viger. was dressing the shattered fingers
of'one Of the servint8 Of the House. Every"
where WAS that omioAa hospital odour Of the
antiseptio used on such occasions, and on
chairs and tables lay cotton and
bandages. The scurrying about Of the hospi-
tsIdoctors VIII had been hastily summoned,
the frightened, speechless air Of the budding
crowd Of spectators, the soldiers on guard,
the occasional scream or grcan from behind
a closed door, all these elements Of a grue-
some dream Of war, recalling the most
naturalistio of NJ. Zola's chapters in La
DebdcIe, had existed, it must be remembered.
for a full half hour while the Chamber was
at It's post. When lust at the close Of the
sitting NJ DuPuy passed through the motley
crowd to his apartments every body cried,
give 10 President and, himself Scared by
one Of the flying nails, he replied, "FiYe la
Francei Vive Ia R6publlque."
The injured numbered at least 30, The
majority Of the sufferers had occupied the
second and third boxes from the enc OF both
galleries on the right. Next to them came
the deputies who had been sitting just under
the bomb, SEN 80 of whom were struck.
But the missiles which the bomb contained
were hurled in all direction s. Some of Them
even pierced the glass of the roof. Some
even vents as have already said. right across
the Chamber up to the Journalists galleries,
where one ruan was seriously hurt. In tbs
Ambassadors box the Roumanian Colonel,
Juan VassiIi Rasturel, was struck in the
neck. General. Billot was injured in the
neck. A lady near him had her foot pierced
bv q piece of iron. Numbers of people were
i~asnfully though not seriously hurt, and all
this company were forced spectators OF each
osher,s pain or helrlessness. Many Of them
beseiged the telephones to send messages to
their friends. all Of them Being prisoners.
All the persons present at the sitting were
required to give their names and addresses,
and % of them who appeared to prevarioatS
were sent to the lock up or the hospital. Among
these was a mau who described himself as
Aug,ste Vaillant.of Choisy- le- Roi, a town
'saven miles from Paris. The officials at the