The National tribune., 1904-03-10
TRIBUNE: WAsHGToN g. THURSDAY MARCH 10 1905

2s WA0u1NS1lUN, "a GsS III
went down into bne). They were safe, and
the Frenchmen cOuld lelaze away al day
without doing anyihsfn.
LegafisA les Etats Unis.
Paris, March q, 1871.
suppose that Jou Imagine that we are
all in great state iof alarm. Snch is not
tn, case; our only anxiety is the exagger-
atcd runnors cast abr6ad. My sympathies
to great extent afe with the Reds. The
Government is asis weak as water. Paris
does not want nm Empire. The people
know that their Ieaxless were, and are, inn
beetle. / know that Comparisons are.
odious," but compared Gen. Trouchu
with one of our sl0M-moving, Generals, Mr..
Washburne rephesH that he was-a thousand
times worse.
March 20, ls7k-lsoth Mr.3and Mrs.
Washburne are will again. i walked to
the Legation wifAad1is Excellescy, While
at dinner to-day Pefe HyaeiHthe called,
and sent in his card. He was requested to
come back to the dining-roona, aud was
introduced to his ALL Pere Hyacinth is
a remarkably handsome man--sp much so
that an American widow, named Merri-
man. lost her heart and made love to him.
He yielded and gave up his religion and
married her. He claims to be q second
Martin Luther.
March 81, 1S71:-Yesterday DIR. Poet
and walked over to the Latin Quarter,
and we visited the Grand Hotel dn Mont
Blanc, where / used to live. found the
landlord and his wife looking very well.
They told e''that they had not suffered
at all during the siege. We have just
had the not very agreeable news that
Paris is going TO have another siege. This
time the Provinces, and not the. Prussians.
will shut us in.
April g. 1S71.--The other day Mr.. Mac
Kean, who is now temporarily an attache
of our Legation, invited me to take a ride
with him. We first crossed the Seine, and
went to the Prefecture of Police. We
went to get an order which would allow
MS to go in ard out OF the city lMr Mac
kean had a written request from Mr..
Washburne), and also to obtain n COM
court in front of the Police Headquarters
was filled with Red Republicans; the red
flag of the Commune was flying from a
pole on top of the building. We then
drove to the largest prison in Paris-the
Prison de Mazas. After some little talk
Ing we were admitted and visited the cells
Of some poor Germans, who were confined
on suspicion of their being Prussians: !
think the most of them came from Bel
GUM, Switzerland, or Saxony. Mr.. Mac
Kean and myself were acting as deputies
Of Mr.. Washburne.s I am glad to state
that all the prisoners were at once liber-
ated. =
Considering that there is no police
everything is most remarkably quiet. Dur
ing the Prussian siege, in spite of there
being no lights OH the streets. and no gen.
darnes. on policemen, there WAS no crime
committed. You must think that this
speaks well for Paris. Now the city is. in
a.state of revolution. and civil war has
become inaugurated.
Yesterday morning about 8 o'clock there
was battle just outside the gate Of the
Bois,- leading ont the Avenue de In I'M
peratrice. From the upper windows of Mr..
Wasbbnrne's house could see. the firing
and the troops moving. :. The Regular
troops of the Government (VersaiIles) at
tackled the Reds outside the city, and
drove them in.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Washburpe and
the children and 1 took a drive. and then
we called on Mnk Moore. While there
DIR. Peet called, and asked ME to take a
walk up to the Arch de Triomphe with
him. We found m immense crowd there
all looking down the Avenue La Grand
Armee. These with opera, glasses, could
distinctly see the moving of troops ont
side the gate. NWhileifhere we saw large
number OF Red Republican troops march
by, and park ofsartillery.s.
This morning we were awakened by the
firing OF cannon and musketry, apd it was
evident TINT aseTies sof engagements were
taking pince outside the gates OF the city.
I walked down the Champs Elysees, and
carriage after ga rriage drove Bly, carrying
the Red Cross fag Of 1.-The, Ambulance.
They were going int the direction of the
sound OF the battle. sifi,s. i,
April a. 1671.--I visited: the American
"A mbuiance this .m0.ningy and xaw no zone
but the man,who liz left in charge Of 1t. He
told me that he had, been obliged to tnrn
away more than n hundred wounded men
IN consequence of there being HDfsnrgeon
there to. attend them. The surgeon who
performed all the operations during the
Prussian siege was DIR. Swinburne: he is
not in Paris now, DR.. johnson does not
practice surgery ut all. and Dr.. Crane,
the Director, is dentist.
This morning Maj O'Flynn took his
horses and an ambulance wagon. and went
out and brought in n few wounded, which
he took toaa French ambulance. / am
going ont with him tomorrow. There has
been no firing to-day, and from all ae-.
counts the Reds have been most severely
punished. They have made the same cry
that the entire nation did during the war.
that they have been betrayed. Il hear that
they have arrested good many OF their
leaders. All the good people of Paris are
condition Of affairs. hear that many
Of the Reds are hiding their uniforms and
guns, and it would require but a small
force Of Regular troops to march into the
city and put. an end to this anarchy AL
the Regular troops that have assimila ted
with the Reds, and have been captured by
the Versailles troops, have been promptly
shot. think that this has had most
wholesome effect upon the insurgents.
/ am afraid that France can only be
controlled by the iron hand OF despOt.
TO be continHed.)
THE LUCKY EOUR.LEAVED CLOVER.
Insignia for Lady Kin Of vstsraus or Sons
E'of Veterans.
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