The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-04

TEE\ DAILY STAND Al
the propertlcd tyrsnts. Tho Central
committee. ON April 5. issued the fcl-
lowing proclamation;
Proc smation Of Commune.
"Workin gmen. do not deceive your
selves about the import OF the combat
II ls the engagement between para
sitism and labor. exploitation and pro-
duction. II you are tlrcd OF yegetaung
in ignorance and galloWing In misery,
II yod want your children 10 he men
and enjoying tho benefit OF their la
bor. and not mere animals trained
for the workshop and tho battlefield.
n you do not want your daughters.
whom you are unable TO educate and
overlook as ye yearn TO do. TO become
Instruments OF pleasure In the arms
OF the sristocracy OF money. IL you at
last want the reign OF justice. work
men. be intelligent. arisei'
The meaning OF the revolution was
conveyed in that proclamation; II was
an attempt on the part OF the work
Ing class Of Paris To free Itself from
capitalism. perhaps premature and M.
timed. but nevertheless an inspiring.
gallant, a noble attempt Premature
or ill-umcd. the blow OF freedom was
struck and whatever may have been
the mistakes and fallIngs Of the Com
mune. We have probably much 20 bo
thankful for that the blow was struck
when II was
Treachery or Lack Of Vigilance.
To the call 70 arms men. women and
children responded. Barricades were
thrown up, and the endurance and
bravery OF the women, who acted az
nurses, and in many cases themselves
took up arms. deserves TO be immor-
talzed Boys OF 10 and II carried
arms and marched to liberty or
death with the men. Unfortunately.
It was death,
Owing TO many blunders and not n
little treachery. the Versailles army
cnnnonaded It's way 10 the gates OF
Paris Theirs had threatened To en-
ter Paris on the 20th. bat he did not
succeed The people were still hope
full On Sunday. the 2lst OF May.
crowds thronged TO the gardens OF
the Tulleries in the afternoon, where
an open air concert was being held in
aid OF the widows aud orphans OF the
Commune on that same afternoon
the Versailles army entered the City
by the gate of St Cloud, left Unguard-
ed either carclessly or purposely. The
alarm was quickly raised, but the sur
prise was so sudden that the Central
committee was thrown into state OF
confusion and became helpless. while
the Guards were equally surprised All
night long the call to arms sounded,
and wiling hands and stout hearts
came to the defense. Barricades were
thrown up, and an heroic stand made
-espC cially IN the quarters occupied
by the working class. 1t was a fight
for liberty. for home. for life II was
heroic. For a wecl, the battle ragged
with titanic fierceness. From behind
improyisod battlements. hastily con-
structed barTicades OF paving stones.
the workcrs held 300 soldiers at bay
every Inch that the Versailles gain
ed had to be fought Tor. 80 determined
were the Communards in their de-
fense. Heroici Verify. the Paris Com
munc OF 1871 is an historical event
worthy of commemoration by the
working class the world over
On Tuesday Montmartre. the strong
hold OF the people, fell; then com.
menced the butch"ry.
The Fall Of the Commune.
In the Rue de Rosters n holocaust
was offered TO tho traitors Clement
Thomas and Lecomte. FoTty-two men,
three men and four children-the
first prisoners. chosen at random
were dragged into the garden and
forced 10 kneel before the wall and
then shot Ole woman. with hcr
child In her arms, refused TO kneel.
calling ont 10 the others, Show these
Wre'ches that you know how to die
Upright An afternoon the tortures
before the wall continued; prisoners
were forced to kncel there for hours
Until another batch was brought mp.
and then dragged off and massacred."
And thus II was that the Commune
fell, the last stand was made at tne
cemetery Of Perc la Chaise, it was
a desperate last stand That was over
come by numbers. By Sunday the
2sth. all was over: the Commune
lost; the hopes OF the brave prolet
arl6t ruthlessly crushed out And yet
the success. and defeat of the Com
hume were not In vain.
The Sutehery Of Blood Week.
Now came the hour OF bourgeois
vengeance. Soon the streets were
seas Of blood streaming from the bod
les of the thousands of victims OF the
terrible vengeance wreaked by the
human vulture class The atrocities
perpetrated during Bloody Week"
which followed the fall of the Com
mune was almost beyond descrip-
ton. Here is a record OF some OF
the diabolical inhuman deeds com
mitted in the names OF the vlctorl-
Gus ruling class of France.
"On that day (2Sth) 1900 prisoners
were massacred. They were led in
patches past the command officers
who simply glanced at them and said
To the right, 10 the LETT All those
ordered to the left were led off and
shot-those taken to the right were
taken to Versailles 10 endure terrible
tortures in the prisons Anyone de.
nCunced. no matter by whom. WAS shot
without inquiry. and there we're many
cases of mistaken identity of SUP.