The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-13
the sessions of the co.lft-martial would
be resumed Monday morning.

the sessions of the co.art-martia1 would
be resumed Monday morning.
M. Casimir-P erier thereupon rose and
said:
after the deposition of General Mer-
cier, shall ask the court to hear me,
and I would prefer to be in confronta-
ton with him."
This caused a sensation. Then fol-
lowed a. thrilling demonstration against
General MERCER AS he turned to
leave the court, the audience rose en-
masse and Kissed and cursed him, those
at the back of the court standing on
benches and chairs in order better to
hound him.
The gendarmes placed themselves be-
tween the General and the audience.
which showed a strong disposition to
maltreat the former Minister of War
General MERCER hurried out of the
court room through side door.
On emerging into the street the crowd
outside cheered the General and cried
give PArmee."
sAh," cried a spectator of the scene
in court, 'if they had heard the human
monster speak they would not cheer
| him now rs
One newspaperman in court was ar
rested for calling General MERCER as he
passed by him a murderer. But later
| on the man was released. Dreyfus
| was hurried out by gendarmes, who
| Immediately cleared the court room.
DEROULEDE ARRESTED.
| PARIS, Aug. 12.-M Paul Deroulede,
founder of the League of Patriots and
| a member of the Chamber of Deputies
| for the Augouleme division of Charente,
was arrested at o'clock this morning
at his estate at Croissey, near Paris.
| A number of members of the Anti
| Semitic and Patriotic Leagues were also
arrested this morning.
| A semi-official note issued this morn
| ing reads as follows: "A certain num-
Der of arrests made this morning as the
result of magisterial inquiry and by
virtue of article SO of the Penal Code
regarding a conspiracy organized for
the purpose of accomplishing a change
| in the form of Government. The per-
| sons implicated belong to the groups
of the Royalist youth and the Patriotic
and Anti-Semitic League.
Eat the trial of the Neuilly barracks
affair facts relating to the incident
alone were used as the basis of the
prosecution but searches were then
made and documents were seized which
| led to the discovery of an organization
dating back to July, 1898, and of a 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 a very close watch organized
ho ha O
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
Investigation of the affair is intrusted
to NJ Fabre, Examining Magistrate"
M. Deroulede was taken into custody
by four gendarmes, and was driven to
Paris. On his arrival here he was in
carcerated in the Conciergerie Prison.
| The arrest of M. 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 ar
rest NJ Guerin, President of the Anti
Semitic League, he refused to surrender,
| and barricaded himself in his house.
| He says he is prepared to hold out for
three weeks, having a good stock of
food and firemarms.
The doors and windows of his resi-
dence are barricaded, and M. Guerin
| announces that he will blow up his
house before he surrenders.
| On the application of M. Fabre, fresh
searches of various houses We're made
this morning, including the headquar-
ters of the Anti-Semites, where only
unimportant papers were seized. A
number of additional arrests Of I'M
known persons have been made in con-
nection with the conspiracy.
Deroulede, Chief of the League Of
Patriots, and Marcel-Habert, member
of the Chamber of Deputies were ar
rested on the evening of February 23d
last on the charge of melting soldiers