New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
TACTICS OF LEPINE
Paris Police Prefect Has Nezo
.SYstem against Marauders.
Paris. october Is.

Paris, October 10.
Street riotinc in Paris developed a ne"
system of tactics during the hostiie
Demonstration against the Spanish En-
bassy on Wednesday evening. caused ey
E,errer,s execution, and which took the
poIice completely by surprise fhe
manifestation was composed OF Two
distinct elements. The men. numoeflhs
oil told some three thousand. who at
the summons of the anti-nintalist ieao-
ers. Herve, Jsures and valiant. marched
in procession along the Boulevard de
Courcelles, where the Spanish Embassy
is situated. shouting "Vive Ferrer'
Down. with Alfonso" etc. were bona
f1de Socialists, who took their own way
of expressing their Indignation THIS
force the police authorities were able to
deal with effectively.
But III the wake of those who we're
''manifesting" in good faith were irregu-
lar gangs of "araches,' burglars and all
around criminals, who had never before
heard of the name of Ferrer. These men
were fully determined to work the STU
alton for all IL was worth" to burn, ROB
and plunder. TIE criminal classes al
ways collect in great numbers In PARIS
with the approach OF winter, ana IL IS
estimated that five thousand OF them
took part in the riots near the Farc ae
Monceau on Wednesday night Ihey
Operated in small gangs Of dozen
each. and thus carried on sort OF
guerilla warfare that the police and nnu-
nicipaI guards Of the Prefect OF Ponce
NJ LApine, were unable TO suppress
Instead Of attempting 10 break the
lines Of the police defending the ap-
proaches 10 the Spanish Embassy, as the
genuine manifastants did, these guerilla
gangs Of freebooters would slip back ."
the rear. and, prohting | y the absence OF
police as We'll as of gen line nlanife stants.
would extinguish the gas jets OF the
street lampposts, and. aided by the dark
ness. attempt to force their way into
shops and private dwelling houses. In
many cases they succeeded in carrying
away valuable loot. These well organ
lied bands of robbers would suddenly
dive into a station OF the Metropolitan
underground railway, only 20 emerge
two or three blocks distant and resume
their operations. Formidable weapons
were ready 10 hand in the shape Of the
iron 'crinolines" used to protect the
trees on the Boulevard de Coureelles and
al the entrances 20 the Pare de Monceau
In one instance three OF these iron
structures were wedged together so as
to make sort OF battering ram with
which the iron shutters that protect the
front windows and doors Of shops were
burst open. Sharp pointed rails taken
from these tree 'crinoIfnes" became ter
rible weapons in the hands Of the riot
eFs.
The success of the new guerilla tactics
adopted by these flying gangs Of burg
lars and highwaymen NAV be rea,izad
from the fact that while the police were
engaged with the genuine nanifestants
no fewer than six tramways, five motor
enhibusess eleven motor cabs and two
private automobiles were CAPTURED b,
the rralefactors ard the passengarS
robbed. Many of these motor cars vere
burned by the miscreants. v.ho is,i-ad
'lls essence IN the tanks. \ great MANY
shops IN the neishborhood were looted
II IS this element OF robbery thar char
acterized the demonstration n,ado -.
wednesday against the Spanish En-,
nassy- This is all the more a1arn,;ne, -
cause during the Dreyfus RIOTS 1bero
was very seldom anything like robho-,,
or pillage. '0"Siy
IL VIII be remembered that durine, ~.
riots that took place 70 prevent the eve
cution Of the law disestabIisbine, c,h,,.,L.
pfoperty-riots which. like those flnrire,
'iie Dreyfus agitation, were never ac-
confanled by pillage or robberv--N
Lepihe utilized the Fire Departnsn,
ana 9uenched the enthusiasm ~ tha
rioters by delusing them with .eI5
water. What NJ Lepine's now tao.,..I
oeFlCe consists Of is matter fo- co,
lecture. lie keeps it a secret. V-ha+bo-
hylng squads of police cyclists are 10 -.
lhlrusted with running the b,,-.,a,.
gangs to earth. or ether rnotor -.
-tihEEus mas not
spired 'a"-
Inc advent of robbers and biehvo,-
ii'ol as factors in Partisan street riotipo,
Has aroused the wrath of csrui1e r,,..,,i
leS'ahtS and the Indignation Of the str
ueh's of the Latin Quarter. who h.. -,
way refrained from taking part in ,ba
I errer demonstrations. This new and
r'''lhs feature is due to the ne,b,ds
enlpioyed by the anti-militarfSt Sc.,io,te. /
Il aders. Herre, JaurAs and VaiIlart T.r.,
openly announced that the object ., ~
was to attack the SDanis,
EMBASSY Now. the Spanish Embass,
'''"d'e" Ia wealthy and uxur,o,s
quarter OF Paris, is known to no an
win rare paintings. statuarv. ohtec,s -
'f' exquisite furniture, tapestry and si,-
'er pate or great value. The prfvata
mansions near it contain works If ar, /
"u Jewels tAat Vie With collections in
iien museums, Within a stones throw.
- '"e spanish Embassy are the dwell
Ines OK Nj. joseph Reinach. NJ NIAriar
Mr.. stillman, the late victorien sar,,or
t"s iste NJ. Chauchard. NJ peraire
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