Washington sentinel., 1901-06-15
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every European VINO nds BON ''iSS
trouble in his own land naturally
grayitates hither. Every really
up to date guide book to this city
should have a chapter devoted to
the Plotting Places OF Paris. THESE
are mostly cafes. where SIT the eX-
lies OF many lands, weaving COM
binations against the tYrants at
home.
Hundreds OF Americans know
every corner Of a certain long, low
rooted barroom within a stone, $
throw of the Madeleine. This is
old Pats, though Pat Reynolds
himself is now dead. Pat was the
rendezvous oil extreme Irish reVo-
lutionists, Fenians, Clan ma Gael
men and members oil all KINDS OF
desperate little societies that split
off from these or hung upoa their
outskirts. Many a desperate plot
was arranged in the little curtained
recess at the right end OF the room;
many a brave fellow left that place
to take ship for Dublin, carrying
documents to the home leaders, or
guns for a hoped for rising. There
is no Irishman nor Irish-American
oil note in the unwritten secret his
tory OF the Green Isle, among the
early exiles oi'4S, the Fenian lead
ers OF '67 or the Land League men
Of the sos, that has not passed into
that little recess and talked Ireland
to the fumes Of Old Pats curious
whiskey. There was a curious
scene at Old Pats several years
ago. Arthur Balfour, the nephew
Of Lord Salisbury, who was then
the incarnation in the Emerald Isle
Of the rigid, repressive measures
ofEngland and was held in detesta-
ton by the people, was once
brought TO visit the Irish-Ameri-
can bar as one OF the curiosities OF
Paris, The first man he saw, at
little table near the door, was VIM.
O'Brien, whose shaven hair had
not yet had time TO grow since he
came out Of prison, where Mr. Bal
four himself had sent him under
the Coercion Act. The English
visitor made a hasty salute and
passed along. At little distance
down the room he nearly fell into
the arms OF Michael Davitt, who,
at the very moment was wanted by
the Balfour police on a coercion
writ, which had forced the Mayo
patriot over the straits. Had the
BritOn Ventured a little further he
would have fallen among an as
semblage of Irishmen whose prin-
ciples and plans would have made
his hair stand on end; men in COM
parison with whom Mr.. O'Brien
and Mr.. DaVitt were as innocent
babes oi the revolutionary move
ment. But Mr.. BallouT stood not
upon the order Of his going; he
went at once fleeing as il his own
| police were after him. Old Pat
laughed to his dying day over Mr..
Balfour's comically rueiul face on
this occasion.
The waiter at the Gale Soufflot
in the Latin Quarter points out to
you, il he is communicative. a
dark, lazy looking young man who
smokes jnnumerable cigarettes and
chats in a bored way with other
dark, lazy looking young men.
~ tbs waiter he IS a parsonage.
THAT, says the functionary
proudly, "is M. Sidi ben Hassen
BeY He is the chief OF the Syrian
branch ofthe Young Turks. Those
are his lieutenants and two secre-
taries with him. They come here
every night to conspire." The
Cafe Souff1ot is noted rendezvous
Of Orientals. One sees there as
many wearers OF the iez as ordi-
nary silk hated citizens, and it is
rare not TO find a certain proper
tion Of the customers arrayed in
gorgeous robes. The newspapers
kept for the customers are printed
in FIVE or six OF the languages
whose characters look to the un-
instructed eye like the trail Of a
light footed spider. "We come
here because we are practically
lost among a crowd OF two hun
dred persons" says Sidi ben Has
san BeY. "Oi course we, the chiefs,
are known 20 the Sultan's spies,
who abound in Paris. But we often
have business instructions to COM
municate to members OF our party,
who are not vet known. They
pass in here unobserVed among so
many Eastern people. If we met
them on the streets, or in an ordi-
nary cafe, they would at once be
entered on the bad books OF the
YIldiz Kiosk, That would in
crease our difficulties teniold; for
no one who has been seen talking
to any OF US leaders would be al
lowed to enter any Turkish port,
or in any way to cross the Turkish
frontier. His full description and
tanciful history Of his doings
would reach the authorities ahead
Of him, and he would be at once
stripped OF his papers and thrown
into prison for an indefinite time"