The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-21
An Episode of the Dreyfus Case That
Caused Two Mobs to Gather
in Paris Yesterday.
FRENCH REPUBLIC MENACED
MILITARY DICTATORSHIP PRAC-
TICALLY RUNNING AFFAIRS.
The Court of Assizes Conducted in the
Interest of the Army-InsO-
lence of the Officers.

PARIS, Feb 2O.-Two thousand people
assembled this afternoon in front of the
st. Pelagic prison, well known as a prison
for offending journalists, to greet Henri
Rochefort, editor of the Intransigeant, on
entering to serve a sentence of five days
Imprisonment for libeling Joseph Reinach,
Conservative deputy for the district Of
CHene and editor of the Republique Fran
caise, by charging him with intending to
prove the innocence of Alfred Dreyfus by
the use of forged documents. At first there
were no signs of force to preserve order,
but as the crowd increased a company of
Republican guards, headed by buglers and
drummers, detachment of police and two
squadrons of cuirassiers were drawn up
on each side the square in front of the
prison. The troops were received with cries
of ''Vive rarmee."
1t was o'clock before NJ. Rochefort ar
rived. The crowd fiocked around his car
riage shouting ''Vive Rochefort," and
"Vive la Commune" the police being pow
erless to restrain them. M. Rochefort
alighted. waving his handkerchief and, es-
corted by the people, walked to the prison
gates. About fifty Of his friends, including
Ernest Roche, one of the deputies for
Paris, the editor Of Jour- and the assistant
editors of the Intransigeant accompanied
him inside the building, amid continuous
cheers from the populace. The warders,
with the governor of the prison at their
side were waiting, cap in hand and re-
SpectfuIly received the prisoner. The crowd
Meanwhile dispersed singing the Carmag-
mole and shouting "Vive Rochefort," and
give la Commune" and completely block
ing traffic on the Rue Monge. So far,
though there was much excitement, the
crowd was good-humored.
Suddenly new gathering of three thou
sand, headed by NM. AIillevoye, Thiebaud
and Regis, marched towards the Pantheon,
yelling Down with lola" Death to the
Jews" The police formed across the road
and stopped the progress of the demonstra-
ton. NM. Thiebaud and Millevoye began
haranguing the crowd from some steps, de-
spite the efforts of the police to dislodge
them. They advised the crowd to dispense
in orderly fashion, but to keep on shout
ing loyal cries and to reserve its strength
for another occasion. NJ. Thiebaud eulo-
gized NJ Rochefort as 1.-THE man who will
toll the knell of Jews Finally the mob
dispersed amid shouts of "Consquez lola
and similar cries.
MN. MilIevoye and Thiebaud went to the
a dozen people, including the editor of Petit
Parisiene, arrested in the course of the
demonstration.
1t is variously estimated that from 10000
to $4,000 people took part in the demonstra-
ton. This suffices to show that public
feeling is unchanged. NJ Rochefort had
promised to meet his admirers on the Rue
Monge and had indicated his intended route
to the prison in to-day's Intransigneant
On learning, however, that the troops were
to be called out he changed his route to the
by-streets in order to avoid n collision.
M. Thiebaud, in the course of his ha-
rapgue, added Down with the foreigners
to the other cries, and the same sentiment
was expressed in violent speeches deliv-
cred at a stormy anti-Jewish meeting, pre-
sided over by M. Millevoye in the course of
the afternoon at the Sale Chayne