Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
N. Deroulede and Others Placed
Under Arrest.
ARE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.

NJ. Guerin, President of the Anti-Semite
League, Refuses to Surrender. BARR.
oades Himself in His House, and De-
olares He WALL Blow 1t Up Rather Than
misunderstanding Scene at the Close OF .
Session OF the Dreyfus Trial
Paris, Aug. AN. Paul Deroulede,
founder of the League of Patriots, and
q member of the chamber of deputies
for the Angouleme division of Char.
ente, was arrested at o'clock in the
morning at his estate at Croissey,
near Paris. M. Deroulede was taken
into custody by four gendarmes and
was driven to Paris. On -hfss arrival
there he was 1ncarcerated in the Con-
ciergerie prison. The arrest of M.
MARCEL Habert is expected. The police
have closed the offices of the Patriotic
league. which are now guarded by gen.
darmes. A number of members of the
Anti-Semite and Patriotic leagues were
also arrested.
When an attempt was made to arrest
M. Guerin, president of the Anti-Se-
mite league, he refused to surrender.
and barricaded himself in his house.
He says he is prepared to hold out for
three weeks. having good stock Of
food and firearms. The doors and win
dows of his residence are barricaded
and M. Guerin announces he will blow
up his house before he surrenders.
Plot Dates Back u Year.
A semi-official note issued in the
morning reads as follows: "a certain
number of arrests have been made
as result of magisterial inquiry
and by virtue of article SO of the penal
code regarding conspiracy organized
for the purpose Of accomplishing q
change in the form Of government.
The persons implicated belong to the
| groups of the royalist youth and the
Patriotic and Anti-Semite leagues. At
the trial of the Neuilly barrack affair
facts relating to that incident alone
were used as the basis of the prose-
cution, but searches were then made
and documents were seized which led
to the discovery of an organization
dating back to July, 1898, and of q
plot to seize the government by force
The documents leave no room for
doubt, either In regard to the existence
of the plot or as to chief actors there
in. After very close watch organized
proof was obtained for fresh attempt
at an early date, the proof being such
as to enable the disturbances to be
averted by immediate measures. The
investigation of the affair is intrusted
to M. Fabre. examining magistrate"
Deroulede Arrested Before.
Paris. Aug. ANN. Deroulede, CHIEF
Of the League Of Patriots and MARCEL
Habert, member OF the chamber OF
deputies. were arrested on the evening
of Feb. % last on the charge of incit-
ing soldiers to characterization in con.
nection with the election of President
Loubet. On May 81 the prisoners
who had been on trial before the as.
| size court in Paris, were acquitted, al.
though during the proceedings M. De-
roulede admitted he wished to lead
a brigade to overthrow the parlia.
mentary republic, that his action was
fully premeditated and that he would
not cease his attempts to overthrow
parliamentarism. He acknowledged
he was guilty of all the charges ex.
cept the allegation that he wanted tc
lead the soldiers astray without 8
leader. He said:
Demanded Plebisoiary Republic.
II wanted general at their head
I would have preferred the commander.
in-chief. Unhappily, l had no choice
He finished his harangue by demand.
ing plebisciary republic, asserting a
the same time that he never intended
to turn the soldiers from their duty
but only wished to carry General Ro
get, who was In command of the troops
with him. M. Marcel Habert also ad
mitted that he wished to cause revo
luton, but denied having melted sol
diers to disobedience. He said b,
only sought to lead General Roget Il
the Elysee palace and that the me1
with him had been merely following
the officers.