The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-24

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was taken to get possession OF the first bar
ricade. The Cuirassiers slowly advanced
against the yelling mob, being hit. abused
and cursed on all sides. The order was
finally given to draw swords after many
had been wounded, helmets stove in, cui-
rasses dented and horses covered with
blood.
"TSenty times the soldiers calamity
charged in vain, for the crowd reformed,
sending avalanches of missiles. Several
groups Of soldiers appeared to be totally
lost, but by vigorous sword play they
succeeded in extricating themselves and
their endorsed companions. The fight
lasted an hour. Several free horses gal
loped oward Denain. Each soldier falling
caused cries Of joy. Suddenly Capt. Her
melin fell, smitten to earth by a brick,
senseless. Twenty insurgents rushed out
Of a wine shop crying: Kill him, kill him.
Sergt. Grandry, seeing the danger, COW
cred his fallen chief until aid arrived.
"Orders we're given, az the horses we're
exhausted, to retire on the mine, amid the
triumphant shrieks Of the victorious in
~surgents. At the dismount the bugles
sounded surrender A volley of stones
was the only reply, Carbines were loaded
and the order to fire was about to be given
when the Mayor of Haveluy rushed in and
begged that the three prisoners be freed.
The commander after taking their names
consented, whereupon the insurgents with
drew, singing VIGOROUSLY, More than 100
soldiers were wounded, yet not a shot was
fired"
RED FLAG FLoAT OVER C~LEMENCEAU.
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more to the disturbed districts. He told
the leaders of the strike that they really
must not act in this violent way. He even
went so far as to intimate that If things
got much worse the soldiers might be COM
PEELED to use their weapons.
AT the close of his visit there was an
amazing scene. NJ. Clemenceau walked in
a friendly way down the street with a large
company of revolutionists There was a
red flag in the group and some sang the
seditious song International.
They met n column Of cavalry and NJ.
Clemenceau's companions joined in loud
Kisses and jeers, and the Minister of the
Interior listened in silence. He made no
attempt not to identify himself with the
insult to authority.
IAklS LuphS I'H NAL ~ y A'HhH
1t is not to he wondered at that the move
ment is spreading like wildfire among all
the malcontents in the country.
Great strikes are now in progress at Brest,
Toulon and most Of the seaports, and every
PREPARATION has been made in Paris for u
general outbreak on May Day or earlier.
THE TEMPS" CALLS FOR ACTION.
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ton. some notion of the gravity Of the
crisis reached, may be gained from eN-
ira cts from the Temps, the most serious
paper in France. Under the caption Of
"Mauvaise Strategic" yesterday the paper
said
The instruction gains in violence, in
extent. and in perfection also. Each day
records a new victory for the revolutionary
st~ra On Friday morning at Have
luy they routed two s%quadrons, seriously
wounding n captain and several troopers.
At nightGaIl they seized the village OF
| levin. occupied the railway, tore up the
pas lamps and telegraph posts and planted
the red flag on the ruins of a burned house.
Thus the revolutionary standar d flies from
victory to victory. one day hrowlng ITS
urotoctiye color over a Minister'S head and
the next day demonstrating the power
lessness of the same Minister to combat
against it.
M. Clemenceau was still in Pas de Calais
while some of these events occurred, Ills
prestige failed to subdue the anarchist
hordes. He alone will be the sole person
astonishei at this. When one Is Minister
of the Interior it is less important to act for
ones self thar to give necessary orders,
and orders can be given from Paris
NJ. W~aldeck-Rousseau invariably directed
strikes from this city. 1T Is no injustice to
NJ. Clemenoeau to add that Waldeck-Rous-
seau also could nave better directed them
Furthermore, can one say that Nj. Clemen-
ceau directs them? Rather he lets them
! direct him, therein lying the whole novelty
of his system.
columns Of newspapers are unnecessary
IN demonstrate this. The Aurore to-day
ia Obliged to avow that the Minister of the
Interiors generous attempt has not re-
ceived from either side the reception it
deserved
1T is only wrong efforts that fail thus
nitifully. Some one has more wit than the
Minister. Furthermore. facts talk eIo-
ouentIy. The dead and wounded attest NJ.
| ClemenCean = error, ne az tlt III tiiilt
has committed an error of diplomacy and
an error of tactics in this unlucky strike
affair. His initial error was in diminishing
the importance of Deputy Basly's person
atty and weakening his authority. Had
NJ. Clemenceau taken the trouble to in
strlct himself ere acting he would have
learned of NJ. Basly's moderating influence
over the miners. but in his haste personally
TO overcome the difficulty he started with
out a guide, going directly to NJ. Broutchou1
and favoring by his presence anarchy and
direct action in pillaging.
1T is reported that arriving lately at Lens
he greeted NJ. Basly with Il am not pleased
with YOU Since NJ. Basly represents a
peaceful strike and NJ. Broutchoux a revo-
l~utionary strike NJ. Clemenceau ought tc
have visited the former and not the latter
Az to the method of maintaining order his
idea was no less regrettable. Indeed, it il
full time to alter the method. What j,
wanted is less journeys, fewer useless
words and more action.
Even the Humdni6 itself, not without
irony, seeks to spare NJ. Clemenoeau SC
many Journeys, for, it says, we are no,
at all convinced of their utility or object.
At the same time the AurOre regrets tina