Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
SPEAKS HIS OP|N|ON'PAR|S' PERIL PASSES
CLAWS on Stand Critcses Subsidng Waters Relieve
BaNinger and bennett. Fears of Flooded City.
"BETTER OUT OF SERVICE" FAMINE TO BE PREVENTED
Alaska Coal Land Cases Flour and Oil Brought
Would Then Be Safer From Mills by Train.
LETTERS PUT IN EVIDENCE SPECULATION SUPPRESSED
Considered Commis Mobs Attack
Crooked" Is
o shot-4O,0Oo Home
Subsiding Waters Relieve
Fears of Flooded City.
FAMINE TO BE PREVENTED
Flour and Oil to Be Brought in
From Mills by Train.
SPECULATION IS SUPPRESSED
Mobs Attack Dealers in Foodstuffs
Who Raise Prices-Woman Is
Shot-4O,o 900 Homeless.


PARIS, January 30.-On the whole tho
situation this morning is hopeful. News
reaching Paris from the upper Seine tells
of a decrease in the flood OF about an
inch hourly. At this rate it will take
twenty days for the river to return to its
usual volume.
In Paris itself the decrease is as yet
hardly noticeable. The water can still be
touched from the walls at almost every
quay.
repair the damage. and the widest
guesses are made as to the figures. Most
of the estimates are certainly too high.
The repair work will be undertaken
Immediately. There Is no doubt that
Paris will pull through this crisis
without further grave injury. The SUBJ
urbs are the worst sufferers.
The prefecture Of the Seine has just
announced officially that none of the
buildings. even In the most flooded dis
trict, Is in danger. All their inhabitants
are urged to return to their homes. 1t
is promised that a good service of boats
will be put at their disposal. but at the
| same time they are warned not to use
| pumps to empty their cellars of the in
vading water. lest by so doing they cause
danger Of collapse.
| So far both the administrative and mill
tary services are working in perfect ac
cord, and there is no possibility of state
of siege being declared. Already the best
| sort of arrangements have been made
| everywhere. Paris and It's suburbs and
L
| tions, each one under the supervision Of
architects. other experts and sanitary Of
fcers. Depots of dsinfectants will be in
stalled In all of them.
Officials of the ministry of public
works are giving the closest attention
| to the bridges and riverside places. 1t
| is announced that they will be ready to
effect all necessary repairs as soon as
| the water recedes.
The Waters subsiding.
PARIS. January 2a.-slowly. very slow
ly. the swollen waters of the Seine.
which reached their high mark at 2
o'clock this morning, are subsiding.
| At midnight the fall measured about
four and one-half inches. Not much. but
enough to bring a sense of relief to the
Idesolated and distressed city.
| The danger of some great calamity,
such as has been predicted, now seems
over. The situation continues critical.
however, at many points within the city,
particularly in the neighborhood Of the
st. Lazare station. There the entire
streets and solid blocks of buildings
threaten to sink through the crust into
| the waters beneath.
| The effect of the removal of the water
1 n dat
generally. This causes the greatest anx-
iety.
| Epidemic Is Possible.
Besides, there will be thousands of acres
to be cleared or repaired when the water
has receded. There is also the possibility
of an epidemic breaking out.
| 1t Is generally believed that the break
| ing of the dam at Gennevilliers ap-
preciably hastened the climax by releas-
| ing an immense amount of water. But
| the consequences below are appalling.
Gennevilliers and Colombes, havins 3O-
600 inhabitants, are completely SUBJ
| merged. The water reached the tops Of
/ houses in the lower sections while tine
Hood is backing up into the very center
| Of ASniereS.
Figures as to the number of persons af-
| fected by the flood in the valley of the
Seine are pure guesswork. Certainly 40,-
900 have been driven from their homes
| to the hospitals and other buildings
| which have been placed at the disposition
| of the refugees.
| Such dispatches as have reached here
| from the provinces indicate a general i'm
| provement in conditions, except In the
| lower valley of the Seine.
Bread and Oil Provided For.
| Premier BRAND has arranged for -four
l oil in +ho 70
send -four and Oil to. Paris by special
| trains, so that the danger of bread and
oil famine is now practically over.
Learning that spectators were plan
ming to corner the potato market and
send the prices up, the government has
| issued an edict that If this is carried out
the spectators will be sternly prosecuted
The fOotbrdge erected at the ESplanade
des InvaIides collapsed tonight, precipi-
| tating scores of people into the water.
All were rescued by soldiers
The Academy of Science was holding
meeting in the, flooded institute this even
| ing when a fifteen-foot cave-in occurred
| in the quay outside.
The theaters present weird sights. The
electricity having failed, managers of the
| houses have resorted to lamps and cam
dies.
| Water pouring into the basement of the
Opera Comique tonight suddenly drowned
| the electric dynamo. The opera was sung
| in almost complete darkness.
President Inspects Flood District.
| President Fallieres and Premier BRAND
| traversed the inundated districts on the
| left bank of the river this afternoon in
an autoboat. giving particular attention
to the region around the foreign office.
after which they passed around the Eiffel
Tower into the Javel district.
The premier gave a categorical denial
| to reports that the government contem-
plated proclaiming a state of siege in the
CITY, He said there would have been no
hesitation to do this if the necessity had
arisen, but the public had manifested
complete confidence in the government
and was cooperating in such splendid
| fashion that France might well be proud
before the woorld.
Gen Brun minister of war; and Gen.
Dalstein, military governor of Paris, also
made a tour of the devastated suburbs.
Their chief purpose Is to inspect the work
of the soldiers.
The French War Cross, the Society
des Danes Franchises and the Society
des Femnes de France are rendering
immense assistance to the authorities In
the relief of the sufferers. The two lat
ter societies were organized after the
war OF 1870 and have large reserves OF
money and supplies, which were Collect
Cd for the purpose Of meeting the con-