The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-29
DEALING WITH ANARCHY.

It was not demagogy when Caslmlr-
Perier burst into tears when he was no.
titled of his election to the presidency of
France and said that he was making
great sacrifice.
He is in great danger, q danger so
great that the honor and glory Of being
president is hardly a recompense.
France has been the stamping ground
of the murderOus Anarchists for the last
six months and the work of the guillo-
tine has not had the least preventive
power Death does not deter the An
archist. Santo expected to be executed,
when he stabbed Carnot. He expects
when be is executed that another An
Rrchist will avengs his death. The his
tory of the villainies of the Anarchists
committed in France lately is sufficient
TO tame the hottest ambition.
December 9, August Valiant threw a
bomb into the chamber of deputies in
juring many senators and others. He
was condemned to death January 10 and
was executed soon after. He avenged
the death of Ravochol. another Anarch-
list who was executed.
Feb. u, Emile Henry, a noted An.
archist, exploded bomb in the cafe of
the Hotel Terminus and killed a police
man who tried to arrest him. He was
tried quickly and executed. One Of the
victims Of Henry's bomb died. The
affair was the result of plot prepared
in London. Henry being selected TO do
the deed.
Feb. 90 a bomb exploded at noon in
No. go Rue st. Jacques. \ woman and
two dodgers were badly injured. A little
later an unexploded bomb was found in
another small hotel, No. AZ Faubourc St.
Martin, just in time to avert q catastro-
phe. There were no arrests in these
cases.
March Is, at 2:30 p. m, the city was
startled by the announcement that a
bomb had been exploded Just inside the
famous Church of the Madeline. The
thrower of the deadly missile, Desire
Joseph Panwel, was killed by the weapon
and several persons We're wounded. The
bomb was cast at the height of the Len
ten season, at a time when the church
was being rapidly filed by crowds. The
vesper services were about to begin
when the crash came. Many persons
were Frustrated by the shock, anG the
defamation followed by the crashing of
the glass windows, the shrieks of women,
and the Mortified shouts of men
attracted ar immense concourse.
The police set 10 work to discover
the authors of the outrage and quickly
had four of Panwel's confederates under
arrest. The prisoners were with diff
Guilty got to the police station, the people
seeming intent upon lynching them.
The dead bomb thrower was miserablv
clad. In his pockets were pictures of
the notorious Anarchists Ravochol and
Valiant
April bomb was exploded at 9:I5
7. N. IN the Restaurant Foyet, in The
Rue de Condo, near Luxembourg. Three
persons We're injured; one OF them a
Socialist poet, Taillade. The author of
the outrage was not captured.
April 20 a bomb was exnIoded
early In the evening in tie entrance
10 the wine shop Of II. Very. No. %
Boulevard Magenta, where Ravochol
was arrested April so. Ten per-
sons were seriously injured. This was
at the time of the trial of Ravochol and
was done TO terrorize the judges. The
affair created intense excitement. but
RaVochol was convicted and executed
nevertheless.
President Perier, much as he breads
the dangers of his position, is no cow
ard. He has been a soldier and he con-
Quoted himself admirably when Vail,
liant threw the bomb into the deputies.
1t Is expected that he viii deal wi h
anarchy without mercy. That is the
only recourse for him and for the
government of France.