Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-13
N. DER0U[EDE IS N PRISON.
Wholesale Arrests of Anti DreyfuSites
Arrested in Paris.

Arrested in Paris.
THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY CHARGED WITH EN-
TERING INTO REASONABLE
CONSPIRACY WITH THE OR
LEANISTS AGAINST THE GOV
ERNMENT = DEROULEDE is
FOUNDER OF THE PATRIOTIC
LEAGUE = NJ GUERIN BARRI-
CADED IN HIS HOUSE-GENER
AL SEARCH OF HOUSES OF
ANTI-SEMITE LEADERS.
PARIS, August 12.--M. Paul Derou
lede, founder Of the League of Pa
triots and member Of the Chamber Of
Deputies for the Angouleme division
of Charente, was arrested at 4 o'clock
this morning at his estate at Croissy,
near Paris.
M. Deroulede was taken into custody
by four gendarmes and was driven to
Paris. On his arrival here he was
incarcerated in the Conciergerie prison.
The arrest of NJ. Mariel-Habert is
expected.
When an attempt was made to ar
rest NJ. Guerin, president of the anti
Semitic League, he refused to surren-
der and barricaded 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 barricad-
ed and NJ. Guerin announces he will
blow up his house before he surren-
ders.
The police have closed the offices of
the Patriotic League, which are now
guarded by gendarmes.
Several members of the anti-Semite
and Patriotic Leagues were also ar
rested this morning.
On the application of M. Fabre, fresh
searches of various houses were made
this morning, including the headquar-
tiers of the anti-Semites. where only
unimportant papers were seized.
A number of additional arrests of
unknown persons have been made in
connection with the conspiracy.
A semi-Official note, issued this morn
ing, reads as follows: "A certain num-
Der of arrests were made this morning,
as the result of magisterial inquiry
and by virtue of article SO of the penal
code, regarding conspiracy organized
for the purpose of accomplishing
change in the form of government. The
persons implicated belong to the group
of Royalist Youth and the Patriotic
and AntiSemitic Leagues. At the trial
OF the Neuiliy Barrack affair facts re-
lating to that incident alone were used
as the basis of the prosecution; but
searches were then made and then doc
uments were seized which led to the
discovery of an organization, dating
back to July, 1898, and of 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 the chief actors therein.
After very close watch, organized proof
was obtained that the same groups
were preparing for a fresh attempt at
an early date, the proof being such as
to enable the disturbances TO be averted
by immediate measures. The inves-
tigation of the affair is intrusted to NJ.
Fabre, examining magistrate.
MN. Derolede, chief Of the League of
Patriots, and Mariol- Habert, q member
of the Chamber of Deputies, were az
~ of
last, on the charge of melting soldiers
to INSTRUMENTATION in connection with
the election of President Loubet. On
May 81 the prisoners. VINO had been
on trial before the AssiZe Court in
Paris, were acquitted, although during
the proceedings NJ. Deroulede admitted
throw the parliamentary republic, that
his action was fully premeditated and
that he would not cease his attempts
to overthrow parlamentarism. He az.
knowledged he was guilty of all tue
charges except the allegation that he
wanted to lead the soldiers astray with
out a leader. He said
Il wanted a general at their head. /
would have preferred the commander
in-chief. Unhappily, l had no choice"
He finished his harangue by demanding
IL plSUloSldly ISpuDllS, dSoSl etHe3 dl lAS
same time that he never intended to
turn the soldiers from their duty, but
only wished to carry Gen. Roget, who
was in command of the troops, with
him. NJ MariolHabert also admitted
that he wished to cause a revolution
but denied having melted soldiers to
disobedience. He said he only sought
to lead Gen. Roget to the Elysee Palace
and that the men with it had been
merely following the officers
Altogether sixteen members of the
anu-Semite ard Patriotic League and
the Young Royaiists have been arresa-
Gu. 1t is reported that NJ Andree BGf-
fet. vice president of The Young Roy
al 'ts League, has been arrested
1t appears that the officials unearth-
ed kilograms sent by the Duke of Or
leans from Brussels at the time of
President Faures funeral, the first say
ing:
'All our men are ready"
The second telegram was dispatched
the following day, saying:
1T is useless to come"
The attempt at an Instruction
against the government had III the
meantime failed.
Later during the trial of NJ Derou-
lede, traces were discovered of a fresh