The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10
SACK OF THE TUILERlES.
ATROCITIES COMMITTED n PARIS
BE THE FURIOUS MOB OF 1913.

Works of Aria Noble Homage Was
Paid TO the Memory Of the Duke of
ORLEANS.
From the Boston Herald.
II was in the usual sudden and eruptive
manner Of insurrection that the revolu-
/ ton OF ls4S occurred in Paris. when the
/ Tuleries was sacked by an Infatuated
/ mob a few moments after the departure
1 Of the aged King Louis Philippe and his
7 queen from the chateau. where 50 many
( hours OF domestic bliss had been passed,
when the Palais Royal, the favorite res
Z idence- Of Louis Philippe, who for thirty
years had embellished it, first as prince
and then as a king. became the prey Of
a horde of vandals and when even the
chateau of NeuilIy. that charming and
beautiful residence, did not escape, but
was set on fire from top to bottom. I'M
bert DE Saiut-Amand, the author of so
many works descriptive of life ana in
cidents of the French court. has written
a very interesting volume on the revOlu-
ton of 1913, setting forth its beginning
and its results. The sack Of the Tuileries
stands out as one of the conspicuous
atrocities committed during the three days
of vandalism, and if referring 10 it the au-
thor quotes from Maxine du Camp, who
was among the individuals who entered
the chateau as soon as the troops had
evacuated the court.
This is what he Witnessed: I'm dining
room, lighted from the garden and sit
uated on the ground floor, We saw table
set on the large, white tanle clOlh were
bowls Of milk, silver coffee pots with the
kings monogram, and rolls IN baskets
Some of the men sat down and began eat
ing. one of them cried. This is our re-
form banquet The joke took and caused
/ great deal of laughter. We went up
q ffrsaf i at he IN
a clock placed on very Deautltul man
/ tlepiec of sea-green marble, encrusted
with canoes. 1t was 10 minutes past l.
There is graphic description gwen OF
the vandalism that took place lmmedi-
ately after, when the lanes, Whlch nave
since disappeared and which, then sur
rounded the Palais Royal, vomited forth
a crowd of prostitutes and pillagers who
/ rushed upon the palace as their prey
The popuiace hrst invaded the apartments
of Nine. Adelaide, the sister OF Louls
Philippe. whose death had occurred but
little more than a month before. Inc
apartments had been closed ever since her
demise THE great shutters were torn
open, and through the vast windows
whose panes flew into splinters, the mot
ley crowd might be seen, when the noise
of platoon firing was forgotten on the
Place du Carrousel, who were discharg-
ing their muskets in the air. InlS raise
alarm threw the invaders into a panic Tor
a short time, but when the stampede was
over, and the real cause of the nrlng was
discovered, the work Of desoauon in the
chateau began.
The rabbIe was a queer conglomera-
ton. Mingled with thieves, old clothes
dealers ana curiosity mOngers We're few
good, kind souls who 1oined the crowd
Wtth the object of saving and restoring 10
the royal family as many things IS pos
slble The king study was plldSeu, lheh
his bed room, then the salons OF the
queen, after which the Insurgents amid
yells and shouts and hoarse cries, began
their work Of destruction in the first,
THE riot can finish the breakfast begun
that morning by the royal family. A mass
of precious objects covers the noofs,
broken busts, mirrors flying to pieces, torn
| hangings, are wholly in the dust. An ur-
cain HOSTS himself up to the summit or
the Horloge pavilion and tears down the
flag floating over the dome of the palace.
Strong hands detach the hammer from
the clock. Aided by this heavy piece or
! iron, there are no secretaries, no COM
modes, no WardrObes that cannot be
| broken. In the interior vast hreplaces ar5
| fed with registers, portfolios, letters OF an
description. In the garden, in immense
braziers underneath the easements, peo-
pie are burning books and letters thrown
| out of the windows Even the Kitchens
and cellars are invaded. Three thousand
bottles of different wines are drunk, car
ried away or broken"
From the beginning of the most extreme
/ disrespect was shown for the throne. M.
/ De Saint-Amand recounts how a rather
well-dressed man assembled the steps of il,
| sat down and graVely saluted the crowd.
! Gentlemen" said he, 1t is always with
! Il
| YOU" This phrase, which had frequent
/ ly served as eXordium to the speech from
| the throne, was usually derided by the
petty journals, and was consequently
j greeted with a burst of laughter. When
/ il was proposed that the throne should
be taken through the city and burned on
| the place de la Bastile, at the foot of
! the column of July, standards, dals ana
/ arm chair were Carted out Immediately
! and piled on a cart, which was followed
/ by an immense procession to the reYolu-
| tiOnary place, where the throne was de-
.livered to the flames.
The writer emphasizes the fact that
| there were honorable actions in the midst
| of the devastation, and cites a rev IN
stances.
was a room which had been the studio Of
| Princess Marie The window which opened
on the court of the chateau was orna-
| mented with stained glass, like an ora
| tory. On pedestals of the utmost simphc.-
! ty stood the models of sculptured statues
by the ideal princess, who died SO young
| and so regretted. The Jeanne a Arc Of
| Versailles the Jeanne dare Quitting
! Her Village the Angels Praying which
were executed in marble for the Saint
| Ferdinad Chapel aux Ternes-all of these
| objects were respected; still there was
| one rascal who pleased himself by firing
at and breaking the arm OF one of the an
A noble homage was paid to the mem
DRY of the Duke of Orleans NJ. de Saint
| Armand quotes from Ferdinand de Mon
| treals "Dernieres heures dX'une Monar-
! chic" in which il is narrated how the
| apartments of the Duke and duchess We're
! saved from profanity. A band of in
surgents, who doubtless came to do some
shooting on the Place du Carrousel, ar
rived under the leadership of a man OF
colossal figure and a heavy red beard
| streaked with white, wearing an old otter
skin cap without visor his arms bare,
his hands blackened with powder, and
carrying musket. With his armed band
he made his way to the pavilion of Mar
san, just after the Duchess of Orleans
had left the Chamber of Deputies. The
1 apartments of the princess We're still
open. Those of her husband had been
closed ever since July %, 1912. The leader
of the band attempted to open the dukes
door. Finding it resisted, he gave it a
violent blow with the butt end of his mus
ket, and, turning to an old servant, who
had remained at his post: open it for
us" said he. "WhO lives there?'
'They are the apartments of the late
Duke of Orleans, which have been closed
since his death"
silence and respect, you fellows. Let
no one touch a thing. We are entering
the room of the Duke of Orleans"
The noble hearts of this marauding band
We're deeply touched as they passed
through the bed chamber of the duke.
The leader was visibly affected as his
! gaze fpI uDou a life size porfVait M the