Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

THE people OF Par1S were not fono
of the English-indeed, they could
hardly endure them-and they
showed their dislike by murmuring
among themselves at the funeral of
the late King Charles VI, when the
Duke of Bedford caused the sword of
the king of France to be borne in front
of him. What can't be cured" how
ever, must be endured On the other
hand, there were many Burgundians
in the great city who were as heartily
liked as the British were disliked. 1t
was natural that the citizens and espe-
cially the brokers and merchants,
sharfd- admire Duke Philip, since he
was handsome gentleman and the
richest prince in Christendom. AS for
the little king of Bourges with his
woebegone and mean appearance. there
was. nothing attractive about him, and,
Furthermore, it was widely rumored
that he had acted like a traitor at
and his partisans inspired fear and
horror wherever they appeared, which
is not surprising, since for ten years
they had been ravaging and pillaging
in all directions around the ,cty.
The English and Burgundians acted
in precisely the same manner under
similar circumstances. When Duke
Philip came to Paris in August. 1923,
his soldiers pillaged on all sides. Yet
they were friends and allies The ARM
agnacs harried the country incessant-
ly. They stole whatever they could
lay their hands on. they burned farm
houses and churches, they killed women
and children, they attacked maidens
and nuns, and they hung men up by
their thumbs In 1920 they threw
themselves like unclaimed devils on the
village of Champigny, and burned hay,
oats, sheep, cows. oxen, children and
women. They did the same and even
worse at Croissy. A famous preacher
at the university said of them that they
were doing all the evil that could be
done and even be imagined and that
more Christians had suffered martyr
dom at their hands than at the hands
of Maximian and Diocletian
When they heard that these terrible
Armagnaes were entering Complegne
and were taking possession of the sub
urbs the people of Paris were greatly
frightened They were confident that
the Dauphin's followers had sworn, IL
they succeeded in entering Paris, to kill
all its inhabitants. 1t was said pub
licly that Charles of Valois had prom
ised to let his soldiers wreak vengeance
on the city and all those living in IL,
old and young, rich and poor men ana
women. and that he had vowed TO de-
stroy Paris utterly and plough up the
ground that 1t occupied. Most of the
Inhabitants believed that he would do
so. and therefore they wore the cross
of st. Andrew as a token that they be-
longed to the Burgundian party.
Their hatred and their terror were in
tensihed when they heard that Brother
Richard and the famous maiden Jeanne
were leading the army OF Charles Of
Valois. Jeanne. 1t was rumored, had
won great victories at Orleans, and
this was all that they really knew about
her, but they fancied that the devil
had helped her to conquer the English
and that she had also availed herself
for this purpose OF unholy charms and
entertainments.
The city was strong. for when King
John was prisoner OF the English the
people OF Paris. seeing the enemy IN ths
very heart OF the kingdom. feared that
the capital would he besieged and hast
ened TO put it In a state Of defense.
They surrounded It with trenches and
counter-trenches. In spite OF these pre-
cautions the people were uneasy, and
the authorities OF the cathedral took