The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-29
JUSTICE III EUROPE.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS OF OF.
TENDING CITIZENS. -
Refused to Pay Taxes or otherwise
obey the Laws Brings Prompt and
Drastic Punishment-Pcctli Case
in Prussian Poland.

A strange story comes from the IT.
tle town of Candete. in the southeast
of Spain. The people OF this district
have been complaining for years past
that they are oyertaxed. Lately they
determined to pay no more taxes to
the government and when they heard
that the tax collectors were about 70
visit the place they formed procof-
sion 10 the public square, headed by
the mayor. and there publicly burned
all the Taxpayers. When the colloc-
tors arrived they were driven CT with
sticks and stone.
but such lawlcssnoss could not be
left UNPUBLISHED. A week or two later
a battalion OF calavry descended sud
denly upon the town and arrested
every grown man in tho place. Tiry
were only released upon paying the
taxes and tho costs Of tho proceed
ings. besides an indemnity TO the In
jured tax CATERERS.
Candete is not the only town whose
inhabitants have got into trouble over
the question of taxes. No fewer than
5000 warrants have just been issued
in the French department OF the east
ern Pyrenees. and that number OF
housoholders have been arrested. They
include the heads Of almost every
familyi In five different townships. The
Wholesale legal action Is the Indirect
result Of the present low price OF wine.
The arrested men are all wine grow
ers. who have refused to pay their
taxes as protest against refusal
on the part OF the government To give
them financial assistance.
A Siberian town In tho district OF
Smeinsk. possessing the extraordinary
name Of Schemonapewskoje, was tenn
porarily depopulatod few years ago.
The law OF the district is that each
town must attend TO the repairs not
only OF It's own streets, but OF the
roads for some distance around. Tho
people Of the town In question be-
came careless in this respect. They
were warned several times. but still
nothing was done. The governor OF
the province happened TO travel
through the district. and his trantass
stuck In n quagmrc on the main road.
A few days later a force OF soldiers
arrested 400 Of the inhabitants. These
were at once set 10 work upon the
roads In gangs. and fed on bread and
water for some weeks. until the exist
ing state Of things was remedied.
Prussia has for years past been en-.
doayoriug to Germanizo Prussian Po-
land. but has experienced great dim.
cultlcs. owing to tho resistance OF par.
Cuts 10 their children being taught tho
German language. At Buk. In this dis.
trict a strange thing happened. one
morning few months ago all tho
school children seemed suddenly TO
have lost the faculty 81 understand.
ing German. They refused 90 reply
TO questions asked Of them In thai
tongue. although tho day before they
had talked German freely. The WHOLE
thing was. OF course. a preconoerted
plan TO resist the German teaching.
Vengeance was short and sharp A
regiment OF dragons descended upon
the town. was CHARTERED upon tho
housoholdcrs. who were given 20 IN.
dorstand that neither they nor their
unwelcomo guests would be permit
ted TO leave the town limits until
the strange forpetfulnoss OF the child
rep was rtmedlcd.