The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-28
A SPIRIT OF MURDER
Seems to Constantly Hover Over the
City of Paris.
IN. signs Are Right for a Repeu-
ton OF the bloody scenes OF
Revoiution OF 17sD
aud 1871.

1Iistory seems about 10 repeat Itself
in Paris. That unhappy city, baptize'
"a often with blood, Is threatened AGAIN
with murderous disturbance such as
those which have so frequently black
ened its fair name. 1t is but a thin
barrier that stands between Paris and
n slauVhter of the innocents. Uprising5
i'm which blood has flowed freely ".e
of such recent occurrence as TO be Win
In the memory of all, and the further
back one goes in the country's history
the worse are the deeds OF this highly
strung people.
The terrible days of the revolution,
during which the whole country was
deluped with blood, were succeeded by
n lull that was broken after the capture
OF Paris by one Of those terrible MUIR
der waves that have given the Partisan
populacc so unenviable n reputation.
On March IS, 1871, the city was in the
hands Of the red republicans, and nine
days later the commune was declared
the only lawful government Nothing
was safe from the wild mob after that.
The column erected to the memory OF
Napoleon and his army in one of the
principal squares Of Paris was pulled
| down MS "monument of tyranny y
| systematic war was begun on all pub
| lie buildings, petroleum being used e.
| ignite them and the flames being ted
with oil TO make them burn the faster
No one was allowed TO interfere with
the progress Of the flames, and the loss
was incnlculable. many priceless relics
being destroyed
Murder stalkcd through the streets
by day aud night. Human life wa
counted so cheap that the sight Of thu
dead lying in the street excited scarce
ly any attention at all. While the muir
derers were killing they were then.
selves being killed, for the government
troops under Marshal MacMahon fierce
/ ly attacked the insurgents, and behin
hastily thrown up barricades OF povin
stones, wagons. household furnitur
J and anything that came handiest. III
strife ran red in the streets of Paris
Cannon shot were fired at the barr
cades. vollcys were fired up and dow
the streets; the sight Of man ileein
for his life. pursued by mob OF demon
firing AT the fugitive until he fell riddle
with balls. was q sight that could i
seen almost every hour OF some of th
) DAYS. So dcmoniacal had become III
! murdcrous mobs Of Paris that wome
> were shot down IN the streets, and III
npnds who did this. not content wit
killing the living. would empty the
Guns again and again into the flaccl
corpse In sheer excess OF passion IN
wanton eagerness TO kill.
The commune came TO an end onl
N when $4,000 prisoners had been take
& and Paris had been 30 torn by stri
q that it seemed hopeless task TO brir
order out of chaos. Many of the pri
g oners suffered death, while numb'
" we're transported. The commune WI
o beaten down, but not killed entire
\ during this terrible era. The spirit
the commune survives In Paris, and,
y the late riots prove, II needs only
y opportunity and n leader TO break o
e red-handed once more.
% The commune and the spirit OF q
:, commune are old and familiar pha
. toms OF Paris. The war that ga
= America its freedom gave birth
n France TO the hope that there was !
,e lief to the people from the lash und
which they had Proaned for so Ion
CONTEMPORARY kicked aside by 4
e, mobiles, treated far worse than I
2, horses in the aristocratic stables, {
So French peasants covered and shrui
from their prosecutors but nursed fe
'e fngs of revenge nevertheless.