The Irish standard., 1906-05-05

The third republic has just passed
through the most serious monacing
day of its thirty-five years ~ eX-
istence and is at this moment halting
on the dawn of another day which
may bring forth even more dangerous
complications says Il Paris cable dis
patch of May 9.
May day did not bring out the armed
revolt which had been feared for weeks,
but the government was forced to
exert itself to the very limit OF it's
resources and then succeeded in quel-
ling only partially the storm raised
by laboring men working in coliusion
with anarchists, royalists and Bona
partists.
At this hour mounted troops are i'll
command Of every important street in
the metropolis and Paris has every
appearance of the Paris of the stormy
days of 1S4S or 1871. The hospitals
are crowded with the scores and scores
upon during the numerous combats
with the troops and over 1,000 men
from the labor ranks are crowded into
the jails to await trial on charges
running all the way from disorderly
conduct to treason in attempting the
lives of the republics soldiers.
vet itV,n in, arc.
citizens erected barricades in the
streets of Paris and gave open battle
to the police and soldiers. But the
barricades, composed of overturned
onnibuses. were not so effective as
the cobble stone barricades erected in
the earlier days of Paris before Ma
poleon Ill had introduced asphalt pave
ment. The laborers fought valiantly
and for u time held their own. but
were finally overcome. their barricades
destroyed and themselves sent flying
in all directions with cavalrymen with
drawn swords hot on their backs. How
many were wounded will never be
known, as many were carried eff by
their friends, but the number was sur
prisingly large. No one was killed as
far as known.
Today it is feared fresh trouble will
ing bitterly Of the harshness of the
soldiery yesterday and threatening to
get satisfaction for their wounded
comrades.
Reports from the provinces show
that violent demonstrations were also
made at Marseilles, Brest. Bordeaux,
st. Etienne and Rouen. At each and
every one of these places the govern
anent. even with the aid of the troops,
was hard pushed to prevent the riots
taking on the nature of insurrection.
Many soldiers as we'll as demonstra-
tors were injured.
In all quarters this morning it is
admitted that the crisis is not /over.
Even If today is passed in comparsl-
tive quietness the danger to the third
republic will not be over. Fresh dis
turbances, which may flame into an
insurrection are looked for during the
elections on Sunday if they do not oc-
cur before then.
The labor districts. which thousands
of troops controlled with difficulty, and
even central portions of Paris have
taken on the appearance Of siege,
with regiments of infantry and cavalry
the bourse, the Bank of Franco and
the great railway station, while mill
tary sentinels pace before banks and
private establishments.
The main thoroughfares in the resi-
Dental portion of Paris. however, re-
main tranquil. In the west end far
removed from riotous scenes people
were disposed to treat the events in
the labor quarters as harmless effer-
vescence. 1t was though, much more
than that.
Throughout the afternoon dragons.
republican guards and cuirassiers
charged disorderly masses. sweeping
the Place de la Republique and the
broad Boulevard de Magenta. Toward
nightfall cavalry charged with drawn
swords and many persons on both
sides were wounded. The manifestants
overturned omnibuses and threw up