Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
FIERCE R|OT|NG IN PARIS.
Anarchists and Socialists Seriou sIy
Clash and Blood Flows as
a Result.
RESORT TO PILLAGE AND SACRIL EeE.
Interior of a Church Torn to Piecs by an
Enraged Mob and the Crucifix Used for
q Bonfire = Windows of Other Sacred
Edifices are Smashed-SeveraI Leaders
Arrested and Jailed.

E01nceS are SmaShe0-Severa1 Leaders
Arrested and Jailed.
Paris, Aug. 22.-Paris was on Sunday
the scene of most serious disturbances,
recalling some aspects of the commune.
In response to an appeal of the jour
mails LIE Peuple and La Petite Repub-
lque, groups of anarchists and social
lists gathered about three o'clock in
the afternoon in the Place de la Repub-
Hque. The police had taken precau-
tionS and there seemed no danger of
disorder. Sebastian Faure and Nj. Fa-
berOt, well-known revolutionary an
archistS, were the ringleaders. Faure,
standing on the pedestal of the statue
which rises in the center of the Place
de la Republique, addressed the crowd.
Among other things he said that the
anarchists should be masters of the
streets. The police then interfered
and dislodged Faure and Faboret, MAX
ing three arrests
The crowd at this point dispersed,
but column of demonstrators headed
by Faure and Henri d'Horr made for
the Place de la Nation. The police
broke through the column, and strug-
gle for the mastery followed. Shots
were fired, and M. Collier, comnissary
of police, was twice stabbed with
knife. This threw the police into mo-
mentary confusion.
In the meantime the anarchist mob
retraced it's course to the Place de la
Republique, smashing the windows of
religious edifces on the way. Sud
denly, either at the word of command
or in obedience to impulse, the column
made loup and curved toward the
Church of st. Ambrose, where the
rioters smashed the windows. Pro-
ceeding thence toward the Faubourg
du Temple. at the corner of the Rue
Darboy and the Rue Mauri-Popinco court,
they formed up into a compact body.
Hatchets were suddenly produced, with
knives stolen from the counters of
shops, and a concerted rush was made
upon the church of st. Joseph. The
aged sacristan, seeing the mob, hastily
closed the outer gates, but these were
soon forced with hatchets and bars of
iron. The massive oaken doors were
then attacked.
The wild horde burst into the church,
which instantly became scene of
pillage and sacrilege. Affairs and
statues We're hurled to the floor and
smashed, pictures were rent, candle
sticks and ornaments from high affairs
were thrown down and trampled under
foot. The crucifix above was made
the target for missiles and the figure
of the Saviour was fractured in several
places. Then, while rancorous voices
sang the ''Carmagnole" the chairs were
carried outside, piled up and set on fire
in the center of the square fronting the
church. When this stage was reached
the crucifiX was pulled down and
thrown into the flames. Suddenly the
cry was raised that the statue of the
Virgin had been forgotten and the
| crowd returned and tore this down also.
At length the officers began to gain the
mastery. Twenty anarchists were ar
rested, taken to the police station,
searched and found to be carrying re-
volvers, loaded sticks and knives.
A lamentable feature of the affair is
that it will be regarded as a pro-Drey-
fus demonstration and react greatly to
the detriment of the chances of acquit-
tai. It is much to be feared that yes
terday's scenes were due to the weak
ness the government has displayed
over the Guerin affair. The govern
ment's desire to avoid bloodshed has
been misinterpreted with the worst re-
suits.
It appears that the anarchist demon
stration was decided upon at a meet
| ing held Saturday night. The Journal
du Peuple, edited by Sebastian Faure,
published manifesto denouncing the
military party, the anti-Semites, the
monarchists and the priests, and urged
| its supporters to meet force with force.
| ''Should Dreyfus be convicted said
| H. f,-s, !, 81
bandits. Should he be acquitted, the
military section will be open to rebel
| lion.''
The prefecture of police gives the
| following statistics of the riots in Paris
on Sunday: Three hundred and eighty
persons in blurred; 500 taken to the hos
pitfalls; SO police agents wounded: $50
persons arrested. of whom so were de-
| tanned in custody.
The Situation Very Serious.
| Paris, Aug. 22:-The papers of this
city, commenting on the riots which
| took place here yesterday, are unani-
nous in pronouncing the situation to
be of the most serious character. The
| conservative and nationalist organs &C
cuse the government of provoking yes
terday's b1oodshed by unjustifable ar
rests.
| Description of Faure.
New York, Aug. 22.-The New York
Herald says of Sun days riots in Paris:
.sSebastien Faure is a type of the mild
hammered. theoretical anarchist. While
he has countenanted such acts as that
of Valiant, who threw a bomb in the
chamber of deputies, he has keeps him
self very carefully hitherto from active
participation in the propaganda by
deed and such brief terms of impris-
onment as he has suffered have been
merely for anarchistic speeches and
writings"
| The Union Pacific Claims 1t.