The age-herald., 1898-02-08
PARIS LONGS FOR PEACE.
But While There Is Zoia and the Dreyfus Case Riots Will Not Cease.

Paris Letter to the London Telegraph, Jan. 19.
 Until I o'clock this morning nearly the
 whole of Paris, from the bastile to the
 Opera, and from the Pantheon to Mont
 martre, was in state of excitement eclirs-
 ing that which prevailed during the me-
 morable election periods with which the
 late Gen. Boulanger was identified. Men
 fought each other like wild animals to-
 ward the close of the meeting in the Tivoli-
 vauxhall; then they went out into the
 Place de la Republique and to the Quai
 Valmy, also near the hall of meeting, and
 slashed at each other with loaded canes,
 knuckledusters and umbrellas. After that,
 bands of men and boys rushed along the
 main boulevards shouting "Conspuez
 Zola" and "A bas les Jufs." but were
 prevented by the police from doing any de-
 struction MT. Zola's house was notably
 marked for damages, but. contrary to
 what has been stated, not window in it
 has been broken, thanks to the vigilance with which the place has been guarded. The center of the cyclonic agitation or last night was the Tivoli-Vauxhall where the friends of the government and the army were interrupted by anarchists and others, who shouted "Vive Zola," because the novelist had attacked high military officers in his letter to the president of the repuD- lie. The beginning of the meeting seemed to promise calm evening and thousands edged their way into the hall. without ut- tering a cry either for or against anybody. Soon the cries of '.Conspuez Zolo" began to be heard. They were uttered by about A. GOO people and the anarchists or other dis turbers replied by strident whistling. That was the first signal of the storm. M. Guerin one of the organizers of the meet ing, next announced that M. Drumont and M Rockefort were honorary presidents of the reunion and the disturbers began to shout "Vive pAnarchie! A bas rArmie." The utterers of these cries soon made a determined attempt to take the platform by storm. an old trick of the anarchists at the Tivoli-Vauxhall and similar places. The "Carmagnole'i was sung by the revo- lutionists the republicans replied with the .'Marseillaise" and in the midst of the din heads were being broken and men were carried out of the hall bruised and bleed- ing The republicans, already very strong, were reinforced by band of students and marched around the hall waving flags and crying "Vive la France" The anarchists, on the other hand, waved their red and black flags and the fighting became fiercer
 until the landlord of the Tivoli put out the lights and then everybody retired. no regu- l lar meeting having been held. Outside in 1 the street the disturbances were renewed, but the police prevented blood being Sp1lt on large scale.
 The most serious effects of the nights disturbance were experienced at the Tivo- li-VauNhan, where about fifteen people were hurt, including woman, whose right jaw was broken. Out of 100 people arrested four persons, two Frenchmen and two Ital- l ians have been retained in custody.
 Students and others who have been de- + nounclng M Zola tried to reach the novel, lists residence in the Rue de Bruxeles, but 1; they were charged by about 200 policemen, | who drove them back There was great r excitement in the district, and many | tradesmen closed their shops owing to the disturbances. Some violent scenes took | place during riots outside the Aurore of- l flee, and woman was nearly trampled to l death during close fight between the | students and the police. the latter suc- | ceeding in clearing all before them after a l few minutes.
 | For some days past the extraordinary | agitation or convulsion brought on by M. | Zolas letter and the Dreyfus case generally l has been spreading in large provincial 1 cities and towns. Last night the excite l ment was redoubled, especially in Lyons, | where students attacked a newspaper office i smas shed the windows of the place, and | maltreated the employees who were defend l ing the position. The students say that 1 with sticks and crowbars, who issued from
 the newspaper office crying. ''Vive ZoIa!" 1 Another story is told by those connected l with the journal, but in any case there was | some rough fighting, during which several 1 persons were hurt. At Marseilles demon-
 stratlons were made against the Jews, who