Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10
: TROUBLE AT RENNEs.

tonight. The anti-Dreyfusards broke
loose and started a demonstration
which, but for prompt and rigorous
measures by the police, would undoubt-
eddy have developed into serious dis
orders.
The first sign of trouble manifested
itself Immediately after the verdict be-
came known. The stGets leading to
the Lycee were at thai Sine filed with
crowds of people awaiting news from
the court room. The announcement CT
the prisoners condemnation was agree
able to majority of these and cheers
and cries of ''Vive l'Armee" were raised,
the gendarmes and the troops looking
on without making any attempt to in
reference. The terrace in front of the
Cafe de la Paix, the leading cafe in Rem
mes, was filled with people taking their
afternoon drinks and aperitifS. When
the verdict of the court was announced
customers arose to their feet and de-
manded that the string band which
plays on the terrace should give the
Marseillaise. The band struck UP the
air and the crowds, both inside and out,
joined in the national song. Col.
Jouaust passed little later, on foot
and in full uniform, ON his way from
the Lycee to his home. The crowd,
with barred heads, cheered him, crying:
give PArmee." Col Jouaust, in reply
to their cheers, saluted with his hand
to his kepie. AS dinner time approach
ed the streets became empty, but about
eight o'clock the crowds again gathered
at the Cafe de la Paix and in the square
beside it and the adjacent street. Just
then
AN INCIDENT OCCURRED
at the Hotel Moderne, which is known
as the Dreyfusard centre Two men,
notorious anti-Dreyfusards, entered the
winter garden, inside the hotel, and sat
down at one of the little marble tables
under the palm trees and ordered COT
fee. AT an adjoining table sat La
Dame Blanche, with a companion, while
| at other tables were seated MN. Ber-
nard, Lazare and Forsinetti, with other
Dreyfusards.
The two newcomers began to make
offensive remarks about Dreyfus and
| Jews generally. One of them, turning
to La Dame Blanche said oh, these
dirty Jews; these dirty Dreyfusards.
! La Dame Blanche replied, telling him
not to address her. The men, however,
persisted and added personal insults,
| whereupon La Dame Blanche became
greatly excited and called them cads to
insult a woman. The men retorted Oh
| fensively, and in a moment La Dame
| Blanche snatched menu card IN a
| heavy metal frame and threw 1t at the
! head of her insulter, narrowly missing
| him. The other diners, seeing the
| trouble rose en- masse and threatened
| to throw the men out of the garden
| In an instant the place became perfect
| babel, everyone shouting at the top OF
| his voice, calling the men towards and
| canaille." The ladies present hastlly
withdrew, Madame Lazare being car
| ried away in a fainting condltlon. Juol
| as the free fight was on the point OF
/ breaking out a detachment OF gend-
armes arrived and, after scene OF In
! tense excitement. put the men who hao
| caused the disturbance into the street
This, however, was but the beginning
! The men proceeded to the terrace of the
| Cafe de la Paix, which was now cram
med with anti-Dreyfusards and there
gave their own version of the row, ano
in few moments an antiDreyfusard
demonstration
WAS IN FULL SWING.
| The people sitting at the tables rose
with shouts of Down with the Jews,
! and "Vive L'Armee," and demanded
! that the band play the Marseillalse
| The band was obliged to comply with
the demand and the crowd bawled the
/ Marsellaise at the top of their voices
! altering the words to March on, march
on against the Jews" Sticks, canes
and hats were waved and then the
crowd chanted 'Vive LArmee, "Nive
| L'Armee, conspues les Juifs.
| Finally, one man waved his hat and
shouted: Let us march or. the Hote
/ Moderne" The crowd showed a strong
F! disposition to follow this advice, anC
as the hotel is within hundred yards
of the cafe the situation began TO loof
ugly Two Englishmen who were sit
ting in the cafe were recognized as for
eigners and the crowd there hustled
them out. At this moment the CRY
Police" was raised, and an instant
later a strong body of gendarmes anC
police. headed by detectives, rushed
into the cafe and cleared everyone out
! demonstrators or not.
AT the same time several squadrons o.
I mounted gendarmes and dragons witt
! carbines slung across their backs gallopeC
up and threw themselves across the roaC
leading to the Hotel Moderae- Other de
tachments of cavalry cordoned all the ap
| proaehes to the cafe and then gradually
closed in on the crowd, which was now
rather large and extremely threatening
and drove them Ike cattle aeroS the bridg,
over the river into the upper part of th'
! town, which was filed with shouts O
"yive L'Armee,' and Down With tn
Jews"
A number of the most noisy of the dem
onstrators were arrested and the cavals.
at a quick trot.
RROKE Up EVERY GROUP
and forced the participants in the demon
stration out of the center OF the town
! around which was formed a cordos
through which no one was allowed to pas,
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