Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-26
STARTED BY DEROULEDE
French Deputy Caused the Street Riots in
Paris Yesterday
He Arranged a Rival Meeting to
the One Called by the
Socialists.

The Paris correspondent Of the New York
Herald gives the following account of tina
| riots which occurred in the streets of Paris
yesterday afternoon and the causes which
led up to them:
First of all the socialists arranged To hold
demonstration on the Place de la Con-
corde In the afternoon. Paul Deroulede
took this as challenge. He accordingly
gave his particular believers a rendezvous
at the same place and at the same hour
Seeing fight inevitable II the two parties
met. the project Of police made his plans
to dispense both.
DerouIede Starts the Tempest.
Until about noon the Place de la Con-
ccrde was almost deserted by the popu-
lace But there was a good display of
armed force even at that hour At every
point were strong detachments of police
and municipal guards. Before the Auto
mobile Club. the ministry Of marine. and
the big gate Of the Tuilleries were stationed
companies of the Republican Guards. Large
reserve forces were posted in several
places in addition to bodies of cuira ssiers
ana mounted municipal guards. who pa
troled the square in every direction.
AS z o CLOCK drew near groups Of people
tesan to gather. They were not interfered
turbances. For time the people seemed
to have gathered more to see a spectacle
than anything else.
The first manifestation was provoked by
the arrival OF Paul Deroulede in a car
riage. When the vehicle reached the middle
OF the Place de la Concorde 1t was sur
rounded by a shrieking. gesticulating
crowd.
Amid cries of "vive rArmee" Deroulede
made sort Of triLmphal procession, stand
ing up in the carriage. waving his long
arms, screaming Historically, ''Vive
iArmee.' The police for time were pow
erless to keep back the crowd. But when
the entrance to the Pont de la Concorde
was reached the cavalry succeeded in turn
Ing the crowd. driving it back.
Police Overpowered.
At this moment Lucien Milleroye, editor
pronounced anti-Semite deputy. Milleroye
was wearing a deputy's scarf. No sooner
was his tall figure seen draped with a red
white and blue sash than a howl went up
"Vive lArmee, Vive In France Vive la
Republique." volleyed out along his path.
The police were overpowered
mo project Issued proclamation last
night threatening with instant arrest any
one VINO cried down with any institution.
might shout long live" any particular
thing they fancied. So the police agents
were rather nonplusSed.
diversion was effected by the approach
of Edourd Drumont. editor of the Libre
Parole. pronounced anti-Semlte. Nearer
and nearer swept roar of Down with the
Jews! swelling in volume as 1t rolled along.
1t was proud moment for NJ. Drumont.
He could not conceal his emotion Stand
ing up In his carriage. he yelled himself
hoarse with Down with the Jews; long live
the army"
Troops Clear the Square.
Finally all the deputies were inside the
Palais Bourbon, while the crowd on the
other side of the Place de Ia Concorde was
getting bigger and bigger as time went Oh.
All along the Rue Hoyale the sidewalks
and the middle of the street were crowded
with surging mass of people, good-temper-
ed enough as yet. still with so much nerv
GUS energy massed together that an out
break was probable
Again and again the Place de la Concorde
was swept clear by mounted troops. They