New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-28
PARIS POLICE EFFECTIVE.
RELIGIOUS FACTIONS IN CAPITAL KEPT
IN FAIRLY GOOD ORDER.
IMMENSE CROWDS MUCH vITUPERATIoN
AND FEW FIGHTS MARK THE DAY
ONE HUNDRED ARRESTS.

Paris, July 2T.-The demonstration made to-
day in connection with the decree of the Pre-
mier, NJ Combes ordering the closing of the
re<etionist schools, proved to be as much
of a manifestation In support of the government
as of opposition to its anti-clerical measures.
The crowd which gathered in the Place de la
Concorde numbered fifteen Thousand persons.
while as many more thronged the Champs
Elysees. The clerical and ant-clerical forces
about equally divided the gatherings. The for
mer partisans distngushable by red, white
and blue paper flowers while the latter wore red
eglantines
Though many fights occurred, they never be-
came general and person was seriously in
jured. An imposing force of police and mounted
Municipal Guards had much trouble in keeping
the crowds constantly moving, and at times
they were forced to charge to prevent the people
from becoming too densely massed. On the
whole, the crowds good natured. and main
ly confined themselves to shouting Liberty!
Liberty! Long live the Sisters!" and I'VE want
the Sistersi'' TO which the ant-cericals re-
piled ''Vive la Republiquer and Down with the
priests" The occasional appearance of priest
the signal for much hooting, and several
fights were due TO their presence.
striking feature Of the demonstrations was
the large number of women many OF them we'll
dressed. who actively took part in the scenes.
for the anti-clercal women We're also out in
force and they occasionally made things lively
for their clerical sisters, whom the police had
some difficulty in protecting. In one instance
detachment of mounted guards had to rescue
three well dressed women from the hands OF
group of socialist women who were bent on
mobbing them.
The clericas made several attempts to reach
the square which are the ElySee Palace and
the Ministry of the Interior, but were prevented
from doing by strong cordons of police and
Municipal Guards which were stationed at all
the approaches in order to prevent demonstra-
tions in front Of these buildings.
The demonstrations eliminated when a group
of thirty women, some IN carriages and some
on foot, headed by Mines. Rele, De Mum, Cio-
lei and De Pommerol, attempted to reach the
Ministry of the Interior in order to present to
the Premier petition behalf of the Sisters.
The police, however, refused to allow them 10
pass.
Subsequently the cericals made an angry
rush on the Gordon guarding the Avenue Gabri-
ellie, and the soldiers had to use the butts Of
their guns to keep back the crowd.
Another incident occurred on the Champs
Elysees, where the crowd began throwing the
small iron chairs bordering the sidewalks under
the horses OF the mounted guard. One horse
FELL inturng his rider.
number of prominent Nationalists, including
Deputies Millevoye and Auffray, and several
municipal councillors were conspicuous in the
crowd and were cheered by their followers and
hooted by the anti-clericals.
BY o'clock this evening the crowd began TO
thin out and an hour later the Place de la Con-
corde and the Champs Elysees had resumed
their customary appearance slight shower
hastened the dispersal of the people. About one
hundred arrests were made
The fact that through the day vehicular traffic
was not interrupted shows how well the police
handled the great, unruly crowd with when
they had to deal.