The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03

PARIS, Oct. 2.-There was a decided
" ugly spirit abroad here to-day. Re
visionists and anti-revisionists seemed
to be spelling for a fight. Captain
Dreyfus, whether guilty or innocent
has certainly caused a veritable cyclone
of passion to be let loose.
Paris has been in turmoil all day.
Crowds, scuff1es, uproar and arrests
form the programme Of the last twelve
hours. At this moment a mounted Re-
publican guard is patrolling certain
parts of the city, and all of the police
force is on the alert. About score OF
persons are said to have been seriously
wounded in various free fights that
have broken the monotony Of the Pa
risian Sunday.
In one quarter alone over forty ar
rests have been made. OF these thir-
teen have been kept and the others lib
Grated. Among the latter is NJ. Francis
de Pressense. one of the first authorities
on foreign politics in France and the
leader writer of the Temps. With him
were arrested NJ. Ernest Vaughan, di-
rector of the Aurore, and NJ. Morhardt,
another of the Temps editorial staff.
All three were to have addressed a
meeting in favor of revision in the
Dreyfus case. This manifestation was
announced to be held in the Sale Wag-
ram.
When NJ. de Pressense and his col
leagues arrived at the meeting place
they found il shut up and surrounded
by a strong Gordon Of police busily en-
gagged in keeping back a crowd various
ly estimated as numbering from twelve
10 twenty thousand persons.
In spite of the protests Of NJ. de Pres
senses party, who had paid the rent Of
the hall, the police refused admittance
to any one. Arguments and expostula-
tions were both unavailing, as the Brig
adler of Police remained inexorable.
The crow1, however, had grown i'm
patient or bolder, for it finally broke
through the ring of police. From crush
ing to giving blows was but a step, and
many took it.
Cries of "Vive la Liberte" and ''Vive
la Revision" were met by counter yeIls
of ''Vive TArmee' and "A bas les
Traitres."
At once the fight became general The
police made a charge and drove the
crowd back to the Place des Ternes
Another immense body of people was
there already crying 'Vive Zola" and
'Vive Ia Revision"
Thus reinforced the human torrent
surged back up the Avenue Wagram.
Another charge of the police repulsed ii
in disorder. Blows were freely ex-
changed. Blood flowed in abundance
from noses and cracked crowns. Flu
rious epithets We're hurled about, and
in the middle Ct the riot the three or
ganizers Of the meeting were arrested
All over the city entirely ire
sponsible and totally impartial groups
of individuals are marching about
When one band meets another there is
a conflict of cries, ''Vive la Revision
warning with "Vive rArmee." Their
sticks fly about wildly and the least
offensive-looking person handy has {
bad time for a few minutes. Anti-Sem
itism naturally made itself noisily evi
dent: in fact. there are few things Of
institutions that have not been howle(
down or lauded with frenzy to-day.
The editorial rooms of Libre Parole
NJ. Drumont's paper; the Intransigeant
NJ. Rochefort's organ, and some othe
journals are being guarded by stron'
bodies Of police.