The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-06-17
L0UBE7 THE HERO
FRENcHMEN SHOUT THEMSELVES
HOARsD FOR THE PRESIDENT.
President Loubet Il Made the Hero
of q Popular Demonstration-His
Drive to the Longchamps Race
Course Is One Continual Ovation
/. Policemen and Soldiers Line ths
Route to Longchamps - Govern
ment Was Prepared for Every
Eventuality-DisOrderly Scenes In
the Evening.

uIlS, JULIE lOs 11CSAuOAI AOuOS
has had his revenge for last Sundays
outrage at Auteuil. When he drove to
Longchamps yesterday to attend the
popular demonstration, expressing
whole route from the Elysee Palace to
quarter of IN hour, just long enough
to witness the race, and, having con-
graduated the owner of the winner,
returned. to the Elysee, where he ar
rived at 4 o'clock without special Incl
dent. The Revisionist and Socialist or
gans summoned their readers to as
>semble along the thoroughfares to be
traveresed by the president and his
party, and from the hour Of noon thou
sands of demonstrators set out from
Montmatrie, Belleville and other work,
ing 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 DIES Champs Elysee and the
Avenue du. Bots de Boulogne. They
gave M, Loubet q tremendous ovation,
confirming their cries almost entirely TO
"Vive Loubet" and "Vive la repub-
llNUG. - 1uc DIeSlucuJ u1u AOt ACd1
A Dfscordant Cry,
although there were one or two scutt1es
before and after he passed between the
police and an occasional h~Ot-headed
anti Dreyfusard, who tried to shout "a
bas Loubet," and vas Immediately
pounced upon by a swarm of police
men. Although the visit passed Oh
quietly the government was prepared
for every eventuality, the whole dis
trict between the Elysee and Long,
champs literally teeming with troops
anu 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 i'm
pcrtant points, while through the green
foliage of the brise on each side of the
avenue sould be seen heavy masses OF
red and blue. denoting the presence OF
detachments Of soldiers, awaiting or
ders. Longchamps resembled a mill
tary camp. Battalions of infantry,
%squadrons of dragons and Republican
guards were distributed all around the
course. 1t is estimated that there
were $4,000 soldiers and police under
arms. Loubet practically drove
through a
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 between the races.
while several Republican guards pa
trolled the course itself. After the
race the police dispersed several thou
sand persons demonstrating along the
Avenue des Champs Elysee, 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 In
transigeant, NJ. Rochefort's paper.
Several journalists We're roughly
handled and eventually arrested. AT a
late hour there was considerable ef-
fervescence along the ~boulevards,
where the traffic was much impeded.
"A few police charges We're necessary
in the vicinity Of the office of Libre
Parole. Just before midnight another
demonstration took place outside of La
Libre Parole. In the scutfie with the
police several persons were injured.
Inquiry at the prefecture of police at a
late hour elected the information that
about thirty arrests were made during
the day and ten policemen more or
less seriously injured.