The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18
A HOT TIME IN PARIS
Extraordinary Scenes at a Great
Anti-Dreyfus Meeting.
AFIGHT WITH ANARCHISTS
They Broke Down the Doors and Finally
Drove Out the Students Demon
stration Against the Jews
in the Provinces.

Paris, Jan. IA great anti Dreyfus
and anti-Semitic meeting at the Tivoli
Naux hall this evening, produced ex-
fraordinary scenes. The neighhorhoud
was patrolled by police mounted and on
foot and the rapidly growing crowd in
creased the excitement. At 9 o'clock
on the opening of the meeting the hall
was seething mass of humanity
cfowding every part, gestieulatng.
shouting. "A bas Zela. vive rarmie, !"
and "Nive revolution soeiale." Inc
members of the anti-Semitic committee
displayed banners bearing the inscrip-
tion, Death to the jews" and wore in
scriptions 1t was soon seen that the
5000 present consisted largely of
anarchists and others bent on opposing
the students.
On N. Guerin, the president, propas-
ing that the honorary presidency be
conferred upon NJ. Rochefort and NJ
Drumont, a great uproar ensued. the
anarchists trying IT, wrench the ban
ners from the anti-Scmites Scutilcs
took place in Which two OF the officials
We're injured.
Nj. Thiebaud delivered an address de-
nouncing the Jews and urging the men
to support the government. Tumults
and fights for the banners continued
with shoutings. Whistlings and singing
of the "Marsellaise" and the "Carmag-
nDie, W lll1 proceeded i
a violent speech declaring that the
Dreyfus scandal was the commence
ment of social revolution by a band
of scoundrels desiring to overthrow
everything in order to raise traitor"
The scene now became a saturnalia.
The anarchists removed the iron Stair
case giving access to the tribune so that
the committee was unable to descend.
Free fights began around the flags.
Finally the students chased the anarch-
lists out of the hall. The organizers OF
the meeting then seized the flags deco
rating the hall and arranged "A rendez-
vous at the Military club crying "Niye
farmie'
The hall partially emptied but soon
the anarchists returned, and. breaking
open the great doors. began further
fighting. 1t is alleged that several were
injured. Finally the students were van
qushed and the anarchists We're mas
ters of the situation. The meeting broke
up and the anarchists replaced the lad
der and invaded the tribune led by Nj
Curtois fiourishing a red flag, and all
shouting. Spit upon Rochefort," and
Long live lola"
The disturbances continued the an
archists declaiming from the tribune
against the army and acclaimng Drey-
fus. Some of the injured people We're
carried out with their faces covered with
blood The interest was now trans
ferred To the streets where the police
had been reinforced by the republican
guards.
AT 10 o'clock this evening large bodies
of students flourishing the trieolor and
shouting tNiNe larmie. proceeded i'm
the direction of the military club IN the
avenue de fOpera. The troops cleared
the place de la Repnblique and charged
the bodies of students. Aolarge force is
protecting the military CLUB.
BY midnight those who had been ar
rested We're released and quiet had been
restored in the place de iopera. There
We're only trifling manifestations.
Later-midnight-M Blanc, the pro-
feet of police has just personally taken
the direction Of the men who were pro-
;ecting the military club through fear
of further trouble, kilograms from
numerous provincial towns report stu
dent manifestations a Marseilles where
the windows of Jewish citizens We're
broken. AT Nantes there have been
some attacks on shops and the sgna-
gogue. The crowd Arescued those who
were arrested