The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-28
MANIFESTATIONS FOE AND
AGAINST THE ATTITUDE OF
THE GOVERNMENT
WOMEN Unlisted ON BOTH
SIDES IN EVIDENCE
Numerous Small Fights, But No Seri-
Gus Outbreak-Clerical and Anti
Clerical Forces Divide the Gather
ings About E9uaIIy-Good Work of
Police in Handling the Crowds.

PARIS, July 27.-The demonstration
made today in connection with the de-
cree of Premier Combes ordering the
closing of the CongregationaliSt schools
proved to be quite as much of a mani
festation in support of the. governme
as of opposition to it's anti clerical
measures. The crowd which gathered
in the Place de la Concorde numbered
$4,000 persons, while as many more
thronGed the Champs Elysees. The
clerical and anti-clerical forces about
equally divided the gatherings. The
former were distinguishable by the
red, white and blue paper flowers which
they wore, while the latter sported red
eglantines.
Though many fights occurred, they
never became general, nor was any
person seriously injured. An imposing
force of police and mounted municipal
guards had much trouble in keeping
the manifestants constantly moving
and at times they were forced to charge
to prevent the crowd becoming too
dense. On the whole, the crowds were
good natured and mainly confined
themselves to shouting Liberty! Lib
erty! Liberty!" Long live the sis
ters!" and I'VE want the sisters!' to
which the anti -clericals replied: 'tVive
lie republiQuei" and Down with the
priests!" The occasional appearance
of priests was a signal for much hoot-
ing, and several fights were due to their
presence.
Women Participate.
A striking feature of the manifesto
t1onS was the large number of women
many of them we'll dressed, who ac-
lively participated. Nor were these all
clerical in their sympathies for the an
u-clerlcal women were also out in
strong force and occasionally made
things lively for their clerical sisters,
whom the police had some difficulty in
protecting. In one instance a detach-
ment of mounted guards had to rescue
three we'll dressed ladies from the
hands of group of socialist women
who were bent on mobbing them.
The clericals made several attempts
to reach the Place Beauveau, on which
the Elysee and the ministry of the in
terror are situated, but were prevented
from doing so by strong cordons of
police and municipal guards which
were stationed at all approaches in
order to prevent demonstrations in
front of these buildings.
Ine demonstrations eliminated when
group of thirty ladies, some in car
riages and some on foot, headed by
MeSdameS Reille, De Nun, Cibiel and
De Pommerol, attempted to reach the
ministry of the interior in order to pre-
sent to Premier Combes a petition on
behalf of the sisters. The police. how
ever, refused to allow them to pass.
Soldiers Use Their Gun Stocks.
Subsequently the clericals made an
angry rush on the Gordon guarding the
avenue Gabrielle, and the soldiers had
to use the butts of their guns to keep
back the crowd.
Another violent incident occurred on
the Champs Elysee, where the crowd
began throwing the small iron chairs
bordering the sidewalks among the
feet of the horses of the mounted
guards. One horse fell, injuring it's
rider A number of prominent Ma
tionalists, including Deputies Millevoye
and Auffray, and several municipal
counsellors were conspicuous in the
crowd and were much ovated by their
followers and hooted by the anti-cler-
icals. By o'clock this evening the
crowd began to thin out, and an hour
later the Place de la Concorde and the
Champs Elysees had resumed their
customary appearance. A slight shower
FASTENED the dispersal of the mani
festants. About 100 arrests were made.
The fact that throughout the day
vehicular traffic was not interrupted
shows how we'll the police handled the
great, unruly crowd.