The San Francisco call., 1898-01-24
SLIGHT DISTURBANCES
 DESPITE THE POLICE.
Hoisy Anh-Dreyfus Meeting at Paris, From Which the More Boisterous Are
 ExDeIed

PARIS, Jan. 23.-In anticipation of the prohibited anti-Dreyfus demonstration to-day, under the direction of the organ izing committee of the anti-Dreyfus meeting at the Tivoli Vauxhall last Mon day night, stringent measures were taken by the authorities to preserve order. The Place de la Concorde and the garden of the Tuileries were held by detachment of cavalry and infantry and a large force or police. Nothing happened until this afternoon, the time announced for the meeting to protest against the pro-Drey- fus agitation in the Sale des Miles sec tion and in the Mont Parnesse quarter.
 The approaches to the hall were occu- can guards. while the precaution was taken of removing all the chairs from the interior. The police refused admission to known anarchists, but many of the less prominent evaded police vigilance, gained admittance and created disturbances.
 M. Thiebaud was elected to the chair and the noisiest disturbers of the pro- ceedings were expelled from the hall. NJ. Thiebaud proposed that a wreath be laid on the Strasbourg statue and the pro P3sal was ng gres1ed Vi6s T1fn cries Of Vive
 As the disturbance continued, M. Thie- baud got motion adopted to close the meeting. The wreath was then placed in carriage, but the police refused to all low the crowd to follow it in body, and divided 1t into smaller groups. In the meantime, the anarchists tried in vain S I was placed upon the statue at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon amid perfect order.
 Later in the evening the police dis persed large bodies of anti-Jewish dem onstrators in the Rue de la Fayette and at the office of the Aurore, but nothing serious occurred and there were few arr rests during the day.
 It is agreed on all sides that Saturdays scene in the Chamber of Deputies was al- most without precedent, except the re- cent disturbances in the Austrian Keichs- rafh C1lriOmSlV pDnnph Count (former Austrian Premier) witnessed it. He must have felt quite at home.
 After the Chamber was cleared 125 torn-off neclkties were picked up. togeth- CT with many coats that had been torn by Deputies from each others shoulders. NJ Clovis Hugues, one of the Deputies of the slammed on his fingers. which were so mutilated that he Is now in the hands of a surgeon.
 The scene of fighting around the tribune was unparalleled. Comte de Bernis is retired cavalry officer and has the rough manners of the bull-fghting town of the next election. M. Jaures Is thickset, florid and hairy. M. Gerault Richard is wild looking. The latter was hustled and knocked about like football in his at tempt to deal Comte de BerniS blow Some eighty Deputies were in the fight During a lull in the fight M- Gerault Rich ard was seen in tatters, his cravat torn off, his shirt front torn open, while his sympathizers patted him on the back. Sud- denly Comte de Bernis bounded up the stairs of the tribune all fours like an animal, dealt M. Jaures a heavy blow on the back of the head and kicked him on the legs NJ. Jaures was knocked over and stumbled down the stairs. Picking himself up. he saw Comte de Bernis mak- ing off with crowd of Deputies while the remainder of the house hooted him. crying, Coward" and Traitor"
 M. Juares threw a knotted handkerchief after him. Comte de Bernis seemed par alyzed and the house cheered M. Juares. while a body of socialists made another rush at Comte de Bernis, and the melee was renewed as furiously as before
 M. Brisson. president of the Chamber. finding 1t hopeless to restore order, de- parted and the military entered, at the request, it is said. of a questor who feared loss of life if the scenes were con- tfnued. 1t seems that Comte de Bernis had provoked the animosity of the social ists at a previous sitting by accusing them of being in the pay of the Dreyfus syndicate.