The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-12
LoUBET HAD HIS REVENGE.
CHEERED BY THOUSANDS AS HE
DROVE TO GRAND PRIX.

Champ Course-He Remained Only
Until the Great Race Was over.
An Occasional shout of "a Bas
LOubet!' Was Soon flushed.
Paris. June u.-President Loubet has
had his revenge for last Sundays outrage
at Auteui
When he drove to Long Champ to-day
to attend the Grand Prix, he was the hero
of great popular demonstration, ex-
pressing itself in one form or another
along the whole route from the Elysee
palace to the race course.
He remained only quarter of an hour,
just long enough to witness the race, and
having congratulated the owner of the
winner, returned to the Elysee, where he
arrived at o'clock without special Incl
dent.
The revisionist and socialist organs
summoned their readers to assemble along
the thoroughfares to be traversed by the
President and his party, and from the
hour of noon thousands of demonstrators
set out from Montmartre, Beleville and
other working-class quarters in big organ
lied bands, all wearing small artificial
red flower in the buttonhole, and marched
| across Paris, taking up positions along
the Avenue des Champs Elysee and the
Avenue de Bois de Boulogne.
Tremendous Ovation.
They gave M. Loubet tremendous ova-
ton confning their cries almost entirely
to "Vive Loubetr and ''Vive la Repub-
ique! The President did not hear dis
cordant cry, although there were one or
two scuffies before and after he passed.
,-s4
headed anti-Dreyfusard. who tried to
shout "A bas Loubetr' and was imme-
dately pounced upon by swarm of po-
licemen.
Although the visit passed off quietly, the
government was prepared for every event.
uality the whole district between the
| Elysee and Long Champ literally teem-
ing with troops.
A policeman was stationed every dozen
yards along the whole route, and there
we're squadrons Of dragons armed with
lances and mounted republican guards at
all important points, While through the
green foliage on each side of the avenue
could be seen masses of red and blue de-
noting the presence of detachments of SOL
| diers.
Like a Military Camp.
| Long Champ. resembled a military camp.
| Battalions of infantry, squadrons of dra-
goons and republican guards were dis
tributed all around the course. 1t is es-
timated that there were 5000 soldiers and
| police under arms.
NJ. Loubet practically drove through a
double hedge of steel A line of infantry
even stood around the race course, be-
| tween the public and the course on which
no one was allowed 10 walk between the
races while several republican guards
patroiled the course itself. He was also
accompanied by a strong guard. Nine.
! Loubet rode with him.
! After the races the police dispersed sew
eral thousand persons demonstrating
along the Avenue des Champs Elysees,
who were supposed to be making for the
| Elysee, cheering for the President and the
army. Several arrests were made
Later in the evening disorderly scenes
| occurred outside the office of the Intran-
| sigeant, NJ. Rochefort's paper. Several
| journalists were roughly handled and
| eventually arrested
| At a late hour this evening there is
| considerable effervescence along the bou-
! levards, where the traffic is much i'm
peded few police charges were neces-
sary in the vicinity of the office of the
Libre Parole
A Fight in a Cafe.
The only grave incident of the day oc-
| CURED after the President had returned
| to the Elysee at one of the garden restau.
| rants, the Pavilion dAmenondille, in the
Alice de Long Champs. About 5:15, when
| the establishment was full of customers.
| somebody made an Objectionable remark
| concerning the President The people
| took sides and a regular fight ensued. Bot
tie, glasses. deeanters, tables and chairs
| were hurled about
At the same time a crowd of Socialist
demonstrators arrived in the vicinity, and,
| hearing that a row was in progress, laid
| siege to the restaurant, shouting "Vive
la Republiquep
The throng quickly swelled to several
thousands The windows of the cafe were
smashed and the struggle was continued
within. Finally the mounted police ar
rlve1, cleared the neighborhood and closed
The cafe. Several persons were injured,
including a number of policemen.
Several members of the Chamber of
Deputies, who attended the races, are
unanimous in praising the wise and calm
attitude of the populace there.
Socialists Were Moderate.
Tie Socialist leaders were the first to
exhort their friends to display modera-
ton. NJ. Jaures more than once inter-
vened to prevent the enthusiasm of his
followers developing into disorder.
I've forget our differences here" he
Sdlbs 70 dSsShtbAt dtVulu lle PRESIDENT
of the republic"
One of the features of the day was an
| unusually large gathering of deputies and
municipal functionarles at Long Champ;
less to witness the races than TO testify
their adherence 10 the existing regime.
One Of the ministers was loudly cheered
when going and returning. OF the forty
persons arrested. only eight have been
retained in custody.
NJ. Loubet expressed wish that all who
had been arrested merely on account of
sediious cries should as far as possible
be liberated.
Just before midnight another demons
tration took place outside the office of
Libre Parole. In a seufie with the police
several persons were injured. Inquiry at
the prefecture of the police elected the
Information thai about thirty arrests
we're made during the day and ten po-
licemen were more or less seriously in
Jured-
PERTH WON THE GRAND PRIx.