Washington sentinel., 1898-05-14
RACE HATRED IN ALGERIA.
Leuish CAy0nreH.

Not long ago, said that Algeria had
many black days in store for her, and
the Shameful events, which are now
daily occurrences, only go to prove that
l was not wrong IN my predictions. At
the present moment, it is a matter of
difficulty to foresee what will ultimately
be the end-if end there will be-to the
semi-stage that we are now enduring,
and the accurSed anti-Jewish troubles
which have now extended to the hith
erto peaceful regency Of Tunis.
Since | last wrote you, several events
in connection with this outrageous anti
Semitic warfare have occurred, notably
the Imprisonment of Max Regis, editor
OF the AHH-./HfC and, par eoHEre, the
arrival here, on Sunday last, OF Edouard
DrumOnt, of the Paris L5rs Parole,
and the new anti-Jewish candidate for
the representation of Algiers, The way
in which Regis was imprisoned, on the
day the governor general gave his official
ball, is worthy of note, as to do so,
without creating any further disturbance
or giving the mobs cause for excitement,
strategy had to be resorted to Regis
was very quietly and successfully ar.
rested, his followers knowing nothing
about it till the evening. He was sum.
moned to the bureau Of the procureur
general, to De confronted with M. Martin,
the commissaire special of police, who
was recently sent from PARIS to support
the charge against Regis of having
boasted, at the famous meeting held in
the Sale Chaynes in Paris. of having
been the chief instigator in the riots
against the Algerian Jews and the pillage
OF their shops here IN January last. Regis
OF course emphatically denies every-
thing, but he was not given time TO say
much, Tor he was instantly surrounded
by fifteen gendarmes, who carried him.
without further ado, to the prison van
waiting in the courtyard, and dr. owe him
TO the prison of Barbarousse, where he
has since been. and where he IS likely to
remain until after the May elections. In
dependently of this new charge against
him, which, il proved, will surely end in
a long term of Imprisonment, Regis has
to serve four months for libel against
the Procureur de la RepubIIque of
Algiers. WheD the news OF his arrest
was made known, the crowds OF anti
Semites and the Algerian Joyous in gen.
eral tried to give vent to their ieelings
OF indignation IN every way possible,
but the police and troops we're almost
equal to the occasion, J. e., they averted
anything serious, though a disEraceiul
incident occurred in the evening. When
the guests at the governors ball were
driving up in front of the Winter Palace.
the crowds mobbed their carriages.
some of which were hailed with stones
and other missiles as the occupants
alighted therefrom. Indeed, myself
was one OF the victims. AT the same
time cries of Down with Lepiuep'
Resignation" and ''Vive Regisp' were
heard on all sides.
The town is now practically blocked
by the militia, and the situation for the
bGfSi6keS eiEoySNS, Christians as well as
Jews, is becoming more and more en-
barTassing every day The troops are
stationed day and night in all available
corners OF the town, and at times it is
only with much difficulty that we can
move about. so that IT, eventually, state
OF siege is proclaimed we shall, at all
events, have been educated up to its
emoarrassments and annoyances by the
existing state Of affairs. The situation
OF the Governor General is worse than
grotesquei he cannot show himself in
public without being hOoted by the
mobs' and the everlasting cries concern
Ing himself must sound rather unpleas.