Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-17

Speaks mt saint-tiande on the Amt
versnry of "Dioody We L."

Nersnry OF "uioout we IL
Paris, March 1.-THE Communists
and their friends In France are making
great preparations TO celebrate on the
18th OF March, the anniversary Of the
Commune, Numerous banquets are or
ganlzed and the bill OF fare, as usual,
includes the popular roast Of veal and
the salad" which is the fav0ilte dish
OF the Partisan populace. The Marquis
de Rochcfort IS expected to speak at
Saint-Mande. The popularity Of his
journal. L'Intransigeant. is at stake.
and, Notwithstanding his repugnance.
he Is compelled TO show up In Demo-
cratic style. Rochefort dropped his
title years ago. but he has remained
arlstocratlc In his tastes.
He would rather drink his glass at
st. Emillion than to absorb the abom-
Unable decoction sold under the name Of
wine for Ia cents quart The roast
Of veal has no charms for him. Never
theless he cannot help himself; he must
pay the penalty, even II he runs the
risk of getting sick. which. by the way
happens TO him each time he goes to a
banquet of that character Poor Roche
fort! He is very much to be pitled.
| especially II the restaurant keepers put
into his head TO furnish his guests
with an additional rabbit stew" The
W lHlah never tNkNh IubplL LIlloEN inc
mead Is served, because IL is the only
way 10 ascertain that the dish is not "a
cat or a rat steN.. When the ordinary
rabbit costs seven or eight francs, II III
obvious that the genuine article Is out
Of the question at a banquet served
for the low price of so cents, including
wine, coffee, and cognac. The rat,
which Is facetlously called the rabbit
OF the gutter" can he obtained In un-
faTIH rn#f Lao FOR fraa
sideratlon Cats come higher. but the
street urchlns are always willing to
steal them indeed, after a big rabbit
stew" dinner cats are Invariably miss
Ing in the nelghborhood.
The police will not interfere, provid-
Ing the famous law which forblds "at-
lacks against the church. property and
family is not violated A commissary
VIII be present at each banquet with n
force of Inspectors ready for business.
III speaker goes too far, the commits
sary warns him to desist. and two
warnings are sufficient to Justify the in
Prevention Of The public force" The
meeting Is dissolved and the guests OF
the occasion are expelled through the
doors and windows, Such a thing oc-
ours every year and the people pay but
very little attention TO IT,
These banquets are considered a reg
ular farce But the procession to the
Pere Ia ChEise cemetery promises to be
very troublesome this year.
Thousands uf Communists are buried
there on the very spot upon which they
We're Killed during the bloody week"
or May, 1871. The Commune was es-
tablished on March is, the regular army
retiring to Versailles to protect the Ma
lonal assembly, The second selge be-
gan at once, under the command of
Morechal Mcmahon. During two long
months the bombardment was fearful.
Battle after battle took place under the
very eyes OF the Germans, who were oc-
cupying the capital, waiting for the
payment by the southern suburbs OF Inc
war indemnity, Finally the regular
army entered Paris on May 90 at
O'Clock in the morning and the blood
lest tight In the campaign ragged In the
streets. Paris was on fire. companies
OF lewd women painting the monu-
ments with petroleum.
The Communists had erected their
barricades everywhere. and each house
had 10 be taken by force. No one can
tel how many Frenchmen were killed.
But the nercer combat occurred Mt tho
Pere la Chaise, where 15, 600 Commune
lists took refuge and resisted to the last.
This cemetery Is a small town in itself
being divided into Streets so as TO IA
cilltate the researches for the NOM
'''.h.A '''N WY numerous. me
regular soldiers We're so enraged thai
they took no prisoners, and the Com
munists, knowing this. defended them
selves until their last cartridge was
burned.
The last shot was fred at the Pere In
Chalse ON the evening Of the 2Sth of
May. Rochefort, one OF the leaders OF
the Commune, kept away carefully
from the ilghting indeed, at the fret
news OF the entrance OF the army Of
versailles In Paris he ran away in the
disguise OF woman. He failed TO
reach the frontier, but escaped a sure
death at the hands of the infuriated sol
diers' who would have shot him on the
spot. '''e
The government viii not prevent INV.
one from visiting the Pere la Chaisc
but no display OF rcd flags win be per'
United. Rochefort and his friends car
enter the cemetery in small prouna
but speeches are strictly forbidden Thc
troops VIII be consigned to their bnr-
racks, and the police have taken every
possible precautlon to prevent disorder.
y outbreaks. The presence OF Roche
fort Is calculated 10 gather a big crowd.
such is the reason Of the extraordInorv
measures taken this year. Nothing eer.
ious is feared, but the government vim
have no nonsense. This is a well nm
derstood fact. VIZ