Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-12
ENEh|ESOF FRANCE
N. DeTou|ede and Others
Arrested.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY
SEQUEL to Arrests Made Last
February.
LEAGUE OF PATRIOTS INVOLVED
Their Rooms in Paris Searched and
Closed.
LEAGUE OF PATRIOTS INVOLVED
S f n SATION IN PARIS

PARIS. August 12.-M. Paul Deroulede
founder of the League Of Patriots and a
member of the chamber of deputies for
the Angouleme division of Chartente. was
arrested at o'clock this morning at his
estate at Croissey, near Paris.
number Of members OF the anti-Semite
and Patriotic Leagues were also arrested
this morning.
a semi-oficial note issued this morning
reads follows: "A certain number Of
arrests were made this morning as the re-
suit of a magisterial inquiry and by virtue
Of article ~ Of the penal code, regarding
a conspiracy organized for the purpose Of
accomplishing a change in the form of
government. Persons implicated belong to
the group of the Royalist Youth and the
Patriotic and Anu-Semitc Leagues. At
the trial of the Neuilly Barrack affair facts
relating to that incident alone were used
as the basis of the prosecution; but
searches were then made and documents
We're seized which led to the discovery Of an
organization, dating back to July, 1sBs, and
of plot to seize the government by force.
No Room for Doubt.
The documents leave no room for doubt,
either in regard to the existence Of the plot
or as to the chief actors therein. After very
close watch proof was obtained that the
same groups were preparing for a fresh at
tempt at an early date, the proof being
such as to enable the disturbances to be
averted by immediate measures. The in
vestigation of the affair is intrusted to
NJ. Fabre examining magistrate
NJ. Deroulede was taken into custody by
four gendarmes and was driven to Paris.
On his arrival he was incarcerated I'm the
o., ~fr. .rs.a
The arrest OF NJ Marcel-Habert is ex-
pected.
The police have closed the offices Of the
Patriotic League which are now guarded
by gendarmes
When an attempt was made to arrest NJ.
Guerin. president of the Anti-Semite
League, he refused TO surrender. and bar
ricaded himself in his house. He says he
is prepared to hold out for three weeks,
having a good stock of food and firearms.
The doors and windows Of his residence
are barricaded. and NJ. Guer:n announces
he will blow up his house before he sur
renders.
On the application of NJ. Fabri, fresh
searches of various houses were made this
morning, including the headquarters OF the
anti-Semites, where only unimporJant pa
pers seized
a number of additional arrests Of I'M
known persons have been made in connec-
tion with the conspiracy.
Arrested Once Before.
NM Derouiede. chief of the League or
Patriots, and MarceI-Habert member Of
the chamber of deputies, were arrested on
the evening of February % last ou the
charge of inciting soldiers to insubordina-
ton in connection with the election Of
President Loubet.
On May II the prisoners, who had been on
trial before the assize court IN Paris. were
acquitted, although during the proceedings
NJ. Deroulede admitted he wished TO lead
brigade to overthrow the parliamentary re-
public. that his action was fully premedi-
tated and that he would not cease his at
tempts to overthrow parliamen,arls
He acknowledged he was guilty of all
the charges except the allegation that he
wanted to lead the soldiers astray without
leader. He said.
Il wanted general at their head. I
would have preferred the commander-in-
chief. Unhappily. / had no choice"
He finished his harangue by demanding n
plebiscitary republic. asserting at the same
time that he never intended to turn the
soldiers from their duty, hut only wished
to carry Gen. Roget. who was in command
of the troops. with him NJ. Marcel-Habert
also admitted that he wished to cause a
revolution. bat denied having melted SOL
diers to disohedience. He said he only
sought to lead Gen. Roget TO the Elysee
P-!--ce and that the men with him had
been merely following the officers.
sixteen Men Arrested.
Altogether sixteen members of the anti
semite and Patriotic leagues and the Young
Royalists have been arrested. NJ Querin,
as this dispatch is sent. armed with revol-
vers and knives, still holds possession of his
apartments. the headquarters Of the anti
Semitic League, to which entrance is only
possible after running the gauntlet OF a
strong guard of anti-Semites.
1t is reported that NJ. Andree Buffet Vice
president of the Young Royalist League,
has been arrested.
Under the -ew Treury