The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-07
FRENCH CHARACTER.
As illustrated by Incidents Mt the
GAY Capital.

ing for life hand to hand in the streets,
or sitting behind barrcaded doors to es-
cape mob violence, whereas the majority
Of the citizens know nothing Of what is
occurring until they read il in the next
mornings papers.
| An American whose daughter is resident
| abroad often writes in alarm after read
! ing in home papers accounts OF French
| uprisings. The reply usually is:
Il am so glad you keep me posted IN
| French news. I had no idea there had
been disturbance"
So many of these riots originate with
! chques in different sections of the city
| that they are hardly noted by the more
staid residents. Not iufrequently, how
| ever, they are the outcome of some i'm
pOrtant political difference.
| CHANGING to be i'm Paris when Boulanger
| was elected, / was alarmed by the NOISY
| demonstrations and expected each day the
| overthrow of the government Incendlary
| papers predicted horrors. mobs threaten
| ed and students marched shouting
| through the streets, W. We're spread
| with gravel to prevent hastily driven
wagons or dashing cavalry from colliding
| on the smooth surface.
| Those unaccustomed 10 French moods
| considered war declared, while umli
| Americans fled across channel with their
| belongings, Election days was the time.
of the expected elimination of strife.
| Each of the two factions had 5000 men
| hanging posters. Two of these, with
| their burden of placards and buckets OF
| paste, halted in front of the opera house
| and mounting the steps proceeded to work
ON the smooth stone terrace. one would
! slap down poster favorins BouianStr.
| Quick as flash the other. with a bow ana
| your pardon, Monsieur would cover it
| with one for The opponent They Kept TINS
| up, much to the amusement OF bystanders'
nm Fla4afr 11sf Eat
| weeks previous to election day, which was
| Sunday-French elections always take
| place on Sunday-it had been rainy ana
| dark, but that morning it cleared beautiful
| ly and Paris emptied herself in the Eos,
| men quietly depOsiting their votes and
| fastening to join their families on the pic
| mic grounds. Next mornings papers an
nounced but one conflict and that between
| two English coachmen over the division OF
| loaf of bread.
A recent issue of lie Matn contains the
| following account of the disturbance at the
| Auteuil races, when President Loubet was
threatened. 1t is Hardwin who writes:
The amusing part of it is that the gem
| tlemen who made the disturbance We're of
high social standing and | tried TO dis
| cover the cause of the manifestations. APP
| preaching one very elegant young man
| whom l mad seen crying l asked;
| Why do you cry. Monsieur
"To which he replied:
For the dismissiou of all connected
with the Panama affair and for the down
| fall of Loubet.'
"'Wil it offend you if I cry vive Lou
bet
Not at all, Monsieur he replied with
the most courteous manner possible, opn-
ions are free
And we saluted each other as if en-
chanted
What occurred al AuteuH signifies
nothing as do all such disturbances. 1t
amuses these people 10 think they are
| be.ninp the machine TO move. whereas it
Is not moving at all. and l am quite con-
WINGED that the moment has not yet ar
rived when the government viii be over
| thrown by such demonstrations.
Usually the students, il they do not
originate the disturbance, take the mat
fer in their own hands and fight for the
fun of it. a party of these unruies from
| the Latin quarter and a party from Mont
martre got into fight a Place Pigale in
| front of the Cafe of the Dead Rat The
| nolice failed utterly to put them to rout
and had ordered out the militia, when tne
| Dronrietor of the cafe, who acts as pawn
broker. moncy-lender and friend in gem
eral to the students, being possessed of Il
stentorian voice, succeeded in making him
| self heard
"eWhv do YOU fight, my chldren?" he
| shouted
s'Whv do we f1ght?" was the reply. 1--WE
will not be interfered with"
But no one tnterferes with you; why
do you fight
TEL our Father Rat here why we
fight" shouted one.
yes. tell HIM" cried another.
There was a lull in the uproar, but no
, one replied
I why do we fight?" was asked on every
. hand one of the leaders exclaimed:
, eve do not fight"
And to this day no one can tell how the
, trouble originated.
I On another occasion a party of demon
! strators threatened the unfortunate, his
I torical Vendome column. A guard mu-
S nicipal CHANGED to ride by.
p come. gentlemen" he said 'I humbly
: beg of you; 1t is a warm day There are
a number of strange and illustrious guests
p at the Hotel Nendome here. They wish
to take Their morning drive. If you de
; stroy the column you will make much
r noise and dust and interfere with theiI