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IN PARIS IN 1871
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The Lyrique and the Opera COmiTus
were filled. The Gazette. the Gymnase
the Theatre Francois were also open
and occupied by many people. Before
some cafes men and women sat tran
gully on the sidewalk slipping coffee or
sugar-water. There was no suggestion
of disturbance.
The next day Ne visited the Hotel lie
Vile. \ hundred cannon protected IL.
Climbing over the Earricades. We final
~ reached the celebrated ballroom.
which was lighted. when used. by
10000 candles. The floor was covered
with straw and troops were sleeping
upon il. We reached the Office OF the
Minister OF Education. King intro
duced me as an American educator"
The Minister arose and made a speech
about the new education of France. He
said that he was laying new founda-
tons for a grant system. and he
raised his hands aloft as he became
eloquent. The windows were open and
l could hear the thunder OF the guns
on Mont Valerien. We then left the
hotel. A few lays afterwards this
magnificent structure was burnt to- the
ground by order OF the Commune. The
Minister of Education was captured
and shot within three weeks.
Several days had passed. and As we
went TO lunch We saw workmen at the
base OF the magnificent column with
the statue of Napoleon browning IL. in
the Place Nendome. We were told that
an order had been given To destroy it,
\ crowd stood near by watching the
saving of the column. just above the
pedestal. On the 18th OF May IL fell
upon vast bed OF iaggots and sand.
| off Rfssfa vestFt l.
King Kalakaua. | rode through Paris.
AS We passed through the Rue lie la
Paix the French gentleman who at
tended His Majesty pointed to- the spot
where the column had stood and said:
The column of Napoleon stood there.
The miserable Commune destroyed it
/ replied: Il saw .he workmen saving
it off, But" lie said. with surprise.
you come from The Sandwich Islands.
| the other side OF he world DO your
people ever come To PARISH For a
week longer fresh troops went through
the streets to the front or returned
with their wounded for rest. Every
day was crowded with strange Incl
dents. One Madame lie Cleo. u bright
Frenchwoman whom I had known In
| New York, called and asked If l would
! swear that she Wis a citizen OF Amer.
lea. She feared that trouble was com
| ing. / signed certificate Of residenc,
for her.
One evening we were ut the AmeTi
can Embassy. II was said to- us in {
| whisper, The Versailles Army will at
tack all along the line within thre.
days and blood Will run in the streets.
| King, as correspondent, could no
leave. He said there would he withou
doubt an awful massacre, and III he wa.
accidentally caught he might be sho
before he could identify himself.
l left for London and waited there
Within a week the attack was made
the National troops entered. The fool
ish Communists fred upon them from
the windows and housetops. Tn
troops beat down the doors of houses
dragged out the inmates and sho
them. The Communists defended n
every point. The Porte st. Martin. tn
st. Eustache Church, the Rue Royal
the Hotel de Vile, the Theatre Ly
rique, the Palace Cf the Legion dillon
neur, the Palais de Justice wer
burned. No quarter was given b.
either side. The Communists tosse
away their lives III frenzy. as If the
We're toys. AS the National troops cap
tured one barricaGe after another tn
Communists, instead of surrenderins
fought desperately. The women an
} children brought powder and ball an
food. The National troops took n
, prisoners because none SURRENDERED
They shot every oac captured. Afte
the city was in the hands of the Ma
| tional troops the executions begaI
The London Times correspondent q
May so, 1871, said: Yesterday abou
o'clock General Gllifet (the preseu
Minister of War; appeared ut the hea
of column of 5000 prisoners. Upo
their haggard countenances and 1
. their downcast eyes there was no ra
of hope TO be seen. They dragged list
lessly along towards Versailles as IL
was not worth the trouble to- wal
there TO be shot. General Gallifet halt
ed them just beyond the Arc de Tr
omphe. selected sishty-two and IN
them shot
/ returned to Paris as soon as peaC
was restored. The marks of the shell
and the bullets We're everywhere. Blu
the bloodstains had been removed an
the city was tranquil. Twenty-fiy
thousand men, women and Childre
had been killed: thirteen thousan
were condemned for life; seventy thou
sand women and children and old me
were left without protectors or supper
Edward King had secured
room and closed IL during III
street fights. From the roof OF tn
house he could sec the conflagratio
and hear the cannon and musketr,
Several times he had ventured into IN
street. The moment the fight w
over he ventured cut and on every sid
saw the evidences OF the struggle. tn
National troops were making arrest
and executing thei: prisoners on III
spot. He described TO me the case
a pretty brunette, 10 years OF age,
Communist, who had defied some so
diers. They took her 4 short distanc
placed her against q stone wall an
shot her. He then cast the event int
poetry, in the evening. and the vers.
had a wide circulation through Il
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