New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-19
THE OUTLOOK IN FRANCE.
rAR.RrAcHrNG POSSIBILITY OF THE
DEMONSTRATION AT AUTEUiL'
r,vovps OF rNsgEMIY ACTIONS IN HIGH
p,.crs-ruE SOCIALISTS AROUSED.

mendacity intrigue and passion WHO" "
characterized the Dreyfus affair without '"e
commission OF some foolish acts There ~ "o'
the slightest doubt that the majority OF ,he p''
pie rejoice at the Judgment OF the Cou'' :.
Cessation. and honestly accept the retf'"' VI
Captain Dreyfus with all Its consequences Ing
various elements Of disorder. when con-
sidered collectively, form small minority "''
they are as persistent al noisy and as irrecon-
cilable az ever. and 1t will take long time ior
France to recover from the moral vtiation that
has for so long warped the national sense Vi
political and personal justice.
The French press, with the exception OF Emile
Drumonts "Libre Parole" Henri Rocheforts
"IntransIgeant" Lucien Mievoyes "Patre,'
Arthur Meyers "Gaulois' and the Echo &c
Paris" which Is the mouthpiece 81 Quesnay
dc Beaurepaire and Of a group u officers OF the
general staff. took the judgment OF the Court
OF Cessation in good part The majority OF the
anti revisionists frankly admitted that they
had been led into error Not 50, however, their
leaders MilIevoye. Rochefor. and Quesnay de
Beaurepaire had gone far that 10 confess
their mistake would have seemed 20 them ike
bankruptcy Drumont, blinded by his Jew
hating fanaticism, becomes more violent as MS
Influence waneS Millevoye and his noisy group
OF professional patriots attempted to create
counter rrtant TO the decision OF the court OK
Cessation by holding up Marchand as a caho'-
date for the military dictatorship, when Hoih
the Nationalist point OF view Is the panacea TOT
the fathcrand. Marchand was received Win
an enthusiasm not accorded TO any frenchmah
In Paris since the apogee OF Boulahgsr.
Marchand proved his good sense by turning
deaf ear TO Mevoye's prOtestations. lie de-
cned to receive the Nationalist committee re
gave no encouragement to Deroulede ana DIS
followers who hoped by means Of the popular
hero to oyorturn the Parliamentary Republic
and realize their IDEAL Republic by piebiscite.
DISTURBANCE EXPECTED.
The Judgment Of the Court Of Cessation was
pronounced on Saturday afternoon. Marchand
was 70 leave Paris Sunday afternoon at
o clock The fine June weather seemed pro-
pitious for a Partisan demonstration or revolt.
The Cabinet felt convinced that II any disturb
ance was 20 take place II would be at the
Lyons Railway Station, at the southeastern ex-
tremity OF Paris. Such was the opinion OF Gen.
eral Zurnden, Military Governor Of Paris ana
also OF NJ Blanc. the Project Of Police. A pri-
vate communication had reached the Elysee
Palace where President LOubet lives stating
that hostile manifestation was likely 10 occur
IN the Enclosure Of the Grand steepechase at
/ Auteull, IN tne toolS ue bOulOsHe, W ti'S "N'N
OF Paris when the Chief Of state should. ac-
cording to long -established custom, make his
appearance there The Grand steeplechsse OF
/ Auteuil is the most select and fashionable turf
gathering of France. The Ministers unfortu-
/ nately concluded that this warning was device
of the Nationasts TO induce the authorities TO
withdraw the police and military from the
! re !ghborhood of the Lyons Railway Station. II
! is well known that President Loubet has no
| taste for parade and pageants and disllkes 10
! be surrounded By police and military. Conse-
! duenty the President went to the Auteuil races
| unattended by any police or other escort while
achievements of soldiers and constables were
/ dispatched to the Lyons terminus. Upon MS
| arrival the President was grossly insuted by
small band OF Royasts and "jeunesse doree'
and was assaulted in most cowardy manner
by Baron Ferdinand de Christiani as he sat be-
tween Nine. Loubet and Nine. Tornielli, wife OF
| the italian Ambassador
The details Of this assault have been fully
cabled 10 The Tribune, and It Is here only neces-
sary to point out that according to the most
trustworthy information obtainable the hostile
demonstration planned beforehand by a
hot headed coterie OF reactionary youths, most
OF whom looked upon the matter more as
lark" than anything else just as Yale or Har-
ward sophomores might show their disapprovai
OF an unpopular professor The blow with the
cane was as far as can be ascertained not on
the programme and came as an afterthought
during the heat OF the scrimmage.
one OF the youths who arrested and SUB
| sequently released, when questioned by the
writer said I'VE had no idea Of assaulting the
President. We went to Auteuil with the idea
OF hooting at Loubet and many OF us had white
! in with the Inscription
! 'Demission' (resign) which intended TO put
around our hats when the demonstration
should begin. We kept together. and those OF
us who were Royalists wore white carnations
in our buttonholes. and the Imperialists wore
blue cornfowers instead of yiolets. the usual
Bonapartist emblem. but which were not easily
procurable at this time OF year. When some
Of the crowd began TO shout 'Niye Loubet" we
| answered with shouts OF A has Loubetv De-
mission Panama. etc. Before knew Il
there was a hustling and scrimmage. and then
for some unaccountable reason Christiani
sprung on the rail OF the Presidents tribune
and struck at him with his cane. There was q
free fight for about half an hour. and most Of
us were arrested. We were pretty badly mauled
! by the police"
FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES POSSIBLE.
Such is the version from the lips OF one
OF the agitators. OF an incident which. although
asserted TO be the outcome OF overwrought
youthful imagination. may have reaching
consequences. This stupid and brutal assault
upon President Loubet has scandalZed public
opinion, and given the Socialists a plausible ex-
cuse TO unite and evnce a determination and
activity not witnessed for several years NJ.
Leroy Beaulieu. in his remarkable work on
Democracy and Socialism" points out that the
well-born and the wealthy class In Paris has
since the war pursued a line of conduct which has
grieved all who love FRANCE, who recognize
the social danger of unseemly example in high
places. In the words OF NJ. Leroy Beaulieu,
The impertinent friyolity OF the youth in the
highest Partisan social circles is the most dan