The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-27
SEARCHING THE ROYALIsTs.
Paris Police Raiding the Houses of
Due D'OrIeans's Friends.

PARIS, Feb. 26-In consequence of the
placarding throughout the city of speeches
of the Due d'Orleans, the Orleanlst pre-
tender recently delivered at San Reno, and
the seizure of scarf pins and medals bear
ing the pretenders portrait, the prefect of
police was ordered by the government to
make strict investigation into the recent
proceedings of the monarchical party. Last
evening the prefect communicated the re-
suit of his inquiries to NJ. Dupuy, premier
and minister of the interior. with the re-
suit that the Minister decided on vigorous
action.
At midnight NJ Cochefort. chief of the
secret police was summoned to the pre-
lecture and directed TO prepare seventeen
confidential letters and seventeen warrants,
which were handed to seventeen police COM
missaries, authorizing a search of the resi-
dences of suspects, particularly M. Guerin,
manager of the newspaper Anti-Juif,
Messrs. De Vaux, Buffet, Robert de Chavi-
ly, Thiebaud de Monicourt, secretary to the
Due dOrleans, Dubuc, president Of the
Young Anti-Semites, and Comte Sabran de
Ponteves.
The confidential letters indicated that the
warrants aimed to discover the existence
of any political action on the part of the
Anti-Semitic League or it's relations with
the Royalist and Bonapartist committees or
with other leagues. No incident occurred in
the course of the domiciliary visits.
This morning NJ. Buffet who represents
the Due d'Orleans, vigorously protested
against the violation of his domicile and de-
clared that the Royalist party would al
ways conspire, even If threatened with i'm
prisonment. Many documents were seized
at NJ Buffet's residence.
Quantities of propagandist pamphlets and
portraits of the Due d'Orleans, list of
members of the Royalist committee and
voluminous correspondence were seized at
the headquarters Of the Royalist commit
tee in the Fauborg ST. Honore and at the
residence of Comte Sabran de Ponteves.
The commissary who visited NJ. De Moni-
court surprised him just as he had returned
from Brussels with letters from the Due
dOrleans addressed to Royalist personages
and instructions from the pretender to his
supporters. All these We're seized.
NJ Thiebaud expressed surprise at the
proceedings against him. on the ground
that he belonged neither to the Royalist
committee nor the Anti-Semitic League.
Altogether a large quantity of documents
were secured and placed under seal. All
whose residences were searched denied the
possession of compromising documents. but
it is believed the raids will be continued
In consequence of an announcement that
demonstrations were intended to be made at
the Vendome column, thirty agents of the
police were posted in the vicinity to-day.
About o'clock this afternoon people began
to arrive with bouquets of violets. Five
who threw flowers within the railing sur
rounding the column were promptly placed
under arrest, though released soon after on
giving their names and addresses to the po-
lice. Henceforth demonstrators will be al
lowed to promenade with emblems, but not
to approach the column.
The advocates of Dreyfus revision, on the
one hand, are trying to exaggerate the i'm
portance of M. De Rouede's action in call
ing upon General Roget to march on the
Elysee, while the anti-revisonists are doing
all in their power to minimize II. NJ. De
Roulede himself wants to be tried by the
Senate and. therefore, is making the most
of his exploit. He knows that a summary
disposal of the case before a magistrate
would give him no chance to pose as hero.
According to dispatches from Brussels the
Due dOrleans is greatly annoyed at the
result of De Rouledes horse play, which, in
the dukes opinion, has seriously compro-
missed any attempt at monarchical restora-
ton. Therefore he left for Turin in a huff
Prince Victor Napoleon, the Bonapartst
pretender who is still at Brussels, is re-
ported as much pleased at the departure Of
his rival and as remarking that the latter's
conduct has been as ridiculous as De
Rouledes.