Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-08-15
OEROULEDE is. ARRESTED
he with Several Other French Plot
tiers Are Thrown Into a
Paris Prison.
A REVOLUTIONARY PLAN CAOKED OFF.

Head of the League of Patriots Is an
Arch OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Are
Seized, Which, Ii Is said, Prove
That Plot Exists to Seize the
Governments
Paris, Aug. AN. Paul Deroulede,
founder of the League of Patriots and
a member of the chamber of deputies,
for the Angouleme division of Char
ente, was arrested at four o'clock Sat
urday morning at his estate at Crois-
sey, near Paris. a number of members
of the Anti-Semite and, Patriotic
leagues were also arrested.
NJ. Deroulede was taken into custody
by four gendarmes and was driven to
Paris. On his arr val here he was in
carcerated in the Concergerie prison.
The arrest of M. Marcel-Habert is eN-
pected.
The police have closed the offices of
the Patriotic league, which is now
guarded by gendarmes.
NM. Deroulede, chief of the League
of Patriots, and Marcel-Habert, Il mem
Der of the chamber of deputies, We're
arrested on the evening of February
20 last on the charge of melting sol
diers to insubordination in connection
with the election of President Loubet.
On May 81 the prisoners, who had
been on trial before the assize court
in Paris, were acquitted, although dur
ing the proceedings NJ. Deroulede adj
mitted he wished to lead brigade to
overthrow the parliamentary republic,
that his action was fully premeditated
and that he would not cease his at.
tempts to overthrow parliamentarism.
He acknowledged he was guilty of all
the charges except the allegation that
he wanted to lead the soldiers astray
without leader. He said:
II wanted a general at their head. /
would have preferred the commander
in-chief. Unhappily, l had no choice"
He finished his harangue by demand.
ing plebisciary republic, asserting at
the 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. M. Marcel-Habert also admitted
that he wished to cause a revolution,
but denied having melted soldiers to
dlsobedience. He said he only sought
to lead Gen. Roget to the Elysee pal
ace and that the men with him had
been merely following the officers.
Evidence of COnsDfracy
Paris, Aug. IA semi-official note
issued this morning reads as follows:
"A certain number of arrests made this
morning as the result of magisterial in
quiry and by virtue of article 50 of the
penal code regarding conspiracy organ
lied for the purpose of accomplishing a
change In the form of government.
The persons implicated belong to the
groups of the Royalist youth and the Pa.
triotic and Anti-Semitic leagues. At the
trial of the Neuilly barrack affair facts
relating to that incident alone were used
as the basis of the prosecution, but
searches were then made and documents
were seized which led to the discovery O,
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 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 imme.
diate measures. The investigation of the
affair is intrusted to NJ. Fabre examining
Magistrate"
GueriR Barricades His House.
When an attempt was made to arrest
M. 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 fol
three weeks, having a good stock Of
food and firearms.
The doors and windows of his resi-
dence are barricaded and NJ. Guerin an
nounces he will blow up his house be
fore he surrenders.
On the application of NJ Fabre fresh
searches of various houses were made
Saturday morning, including the head
quarters of the Anti-Semites, where
only unimportant papers were seized
A number of additional arrests of un
known persons have been made in con
nection with the conspiracy.
Sixteen Arrests.
AlIORelner 10 members OF the Anti
Semitic and Patriotic leagues and the
Young Royalists have been arrested
NJ. Guerin as this dispatch is sent
armed with revolvers and knives, still
holds possession of his apartments
the headquarters of the Anti-Semite
league, to which entrance is only pos.
sible after running the gauntlet of 6
strong guard of anti-Semites.
1t is reported that NJ. Andree Buffet
vice president of the Young Royalis1
league, has been arrested.
Climbed to HHo's Smoking Summit
Vancouver, b. c., Aug. 14.-Advice.
from Honolulu by the steamer Mower;
were that the Hilo volcano is making
things decidedly interesting for every
one in Hawaii. One of the most ven
turesome trips to its smoking SUNNI,
was made by A. NJ. Atherton, who re
turned to Honolulu the day the Mic
vera sailed for Vancouver. Anterior
is n photographer sent out with Prof
Bickmere, of the department. of in
struction of the state of New York,
Transport Slocum Heard From,
San Juan de Porto Rico, Aug. A.
The United States transport Slocun
was outside the storm and went beforf
the wind in the direction of Santo Do