Evening star., 1899-06-12
A VICTORY FOR uOUBET
President of French Republic Visited Long
champ Under Guard.
ne Completely Awed the Revolutions
arE Element by the Display of
Military Force

except ior a few frothy Representations
oa'sioe OF one or two newspaper offices dur
ing 'ne evening everything passed OF sat-
isiac'ofhS' and now, At / am, the boule-
'aios' Vhach were very animated before
In'onisht' are beginning to empty, ana
faris is going to bed with an easy mind.
ihe ahsi-Dreyfusite papers vainly try 10
magnify few brawls into friehtful an
archist riots. The Soar. by such headiness
as A Grand Prix Of Anarchists and Po-
nee Agents and "A Very Expensive Prea-.
ueh'' seeks TO make out that the whole
demonstration in favor OF NJ Loubet was
manufactured by the police with the as
slstance of the anarchists" II declares
'nat the country is paying dearly for q
president who needs an escort Of $500 sol
alers and policemen whenever he leaves
orders kept many society people AWAY from,
Longcharnp. This is shown by the receipts
IN the mutuels," which were ] s3a iss,
francs below those Of Last year,s ,sr.nS
Prix
With more than 1900 men under arms.
the city had more the appearance OF the
14th OF July than the Grand Prix IL was
great triumph for NJ. Loubet, and an in
dlcation of the change in public opinion
The predominant cries were .'Vive Loubeti
and "Conspuez Rochefort"
Intent to Insult Rochefort.
After the riot at the Pavilion dArnen-
onville the mob marched to what IL sup
posed was the residence of M. Rochefort,
but, not knowing the number Of the house,
the demonstrators hooted outside another
persons residence There were consider
able manifestations outside the offices OF
the Intransigeant- NJ. Rochefort, in fact
has entirely lost his popularity with the
socialists on account Of his attitude in the
Dreyfus affair.
The Jockey Club held a meeting on SAT-
urday and resolved unanimously that NJ.
Loubet, being their guest, must be treated
courteously. Lots were drawn, and vi
comte q Harcourt was selected to present
a bouquet to Madame Loubet On the other
hand, the club decided that none Of the
women members of their families should
attend the races. The attendance, there
fore, was smaller than usual. The ad-
missions to the course produced only G80,-
go francs as compared with 34l, ,0o0 francs
last year, while the takings at the betting
machines were greatly reduced.
During the disorders at the Pavilion
d'Arnenonville d the gentleman whose re-
marks caused the trouble got quietly out
with the lady accompanying him. But
they were recognized in their carriage by
the crowd, and, in his terror, the gentle
man ordered the coaehman to whip up
the horses, trying to pierce the crowd at
a gallop. The mob, however. seized the
horses and maltreated the occupants, whose
clothing was torn and who would have SUI
fered more had not several sympathizing
socialists cried out: Leave the aristocrats
alone" At this the carriage was allowed
to depart.
Ovation to the President.
President Loubet drove TO Longchamp
yesterday to attend the Grand Prtx. He
was the hero of great popular demonstra-
ton, expressing itself in one form or an
other along the whole route from the
Elysee palace to the race course. He re-
mained only quarter OF an hour, just long
enough to witness the race. and, having
congratulated the owner of the winner, re-
turned to the Elysee, where he arrived at
O'Clock without special incident.
The revislonists 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, Belleville and other
working class quarters, In big organized
bands, all wearing a small artificial red
flower in the buttonhole, and marched
across Paris taking UP positions along
the Avenue des Champs Elysees and the
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne.
They gave M. Loubet tremendous ova-
ton. confining their cries almost entirely
to "Vive Loubet" and 'Vive la Republi-
que" The president did not hear dis
cordant cry, although there were one or
two scuff1es before and after he passed be-
tween the police and an occasional hot
headed anti-Dreyfusard who tried to shout
"a bas Loubet' and was Immediately
pounced upon by swarm OF policemen.
Although the visit passed of quietly the
government was prepared for every event.
uality, the whole district between the Ely
see and Longchamp literally teeming
with troops and police. A policeman was
stationed every dozen yards along the
whole route, and there were squadrons of
dragons armed with lances and mounted
Republican Guards at all important points,
while through the green foliage OF the Bots.
on each side OF the avenue, could be seen
heavy masses of red and blue, denoting the
presence of detachments of soldiers, await
ing orders.
Like a Military Camp.
Longchamp resembled military camp.
Battalons Of infantry, squadrons of dra-
goons and Republican Guards were dis
tributed all around the course. 1t is esti-
mated that there were 15,O00 soldiers and
police under arms. M Loubet practically
drove through double hedge of steel A
line of infantry even stood around the race
course between the public and the course.
on which no one was allowed to walk be-
tween the races. while several Republican
Guards patrolled the course itself
The president left the Elysee at o'clock
in an open landau with NJ. Dupuy, the
premier, beside him. and Gen. Bailloud,
chief of the presidential household. and
lieutenant colonel of Horse Ar
tillery. attached to the person of the pres
ident. Madame Loubet followed in a sec
ond lanoau, after which rode the presiden-
tial suite in other carriages. The famous
outrider, Monttarred. preceded M. Loubet,
whose landau was drawn by four horses
with a couple of postilfions, and escorted
by a picked body of cuirassiers. All were
men Of fine physique. and formed splen-
lid cavalcade, with the fiery sun giinting
on their FURNISHED steel breast-plates and
helmets, the latter surmounted with the
red cockade and trailing the black horse
hair plume.
The two leading cuirassiers rode revoly-
ers In hand with fingers on the trigger.
and carefully watched each side of the
road, while beside the carriage ran a num-
Der of policemen. rendering II absolutely
impossible for anybody to approach.