Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-03
Anti-Militarist Sentenced

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NJ. Gustave Herve. the notorious anti
militarist. who is serving several con-
current sentences Of Imprisonment on va
rious charges, was condemned at the
Seine assizes this week to further terms
for advocating the commission of acts
which the law defines as murder and for
. s1s the army: Fines of 5000 and
500 We're likewise imposed upon him by
the court. A fellow agitator was sem
fenced to terms of eight months and
three months. and to pay fines of $500
and WOO member of the staff of the
Guerre Sociale. who contributed an anti
miItarist cartoon to that anarchist or
gan. escaped with two months and 500
fine. f
The General Confederation of Labor
being satisfied, for the moment. with the
work of destruction which it has accom-
plished in the north of France, has now
turned it's attention to the capital Paris
aWoke the other morning to find its walls
placarded with a manifesto urging that
all monopolists and middlemen Should be
boycotted- by direct action"-so runs
this document-'results have been OBJ
tained' This is. unfortunately. true, but
II is not LIKELY that Parisians to whom the
methods and aims Of the &c. G. T." are
only too familiar, will pay much heed to
these exhortations. They will prefer to
rely upon, and to second the efforts of,
the president OF the municipal council of
vened meeting Of all the heads of the
different catering trades of Paris to dis
cuss the best means for cOunteracting the
rise in the prices Of the necessares of
the figures Of the poor relief expenses of
the capital, which have just been pub
lished The amount spent during the
first eight months Of this year is greater
spending period of last year. An addi-
tional $4,000 has been spent on meat
alone. and butter works out at % GEN.
times more per kilogram, eggs at 8 CEN
times more apiece and fresh vegetables at
centimes more per kilogram.
Increased Cost of Living.
Nothing could better illustrate the true
character of the movement against the
increased cost of living than what has
been taking place the last day or two at
Domain, town near Valenciennes and
about five hours railway journey from
Paris. Here there is-or was-a socialist
mayor named Selle. who in the beginning
protested sympathy with the consumers,
and stigmatized the butchers as blood
suckers who were draining the poor
mans pocket for their own benefit. To
prove this theory he proposed that the
commune should break free from the
tyranny" of the butchers, and buy and
sell it's own meat, and accordingly he
purchased five or six oxen. slaughtered
| them at the town hall. and sold the meat
at price fixed by the strikers. The re-
suit was loss Of about $2S per OK. and
he decided to abandon the experiment.
Then the revolutionary orator Bront-
choux came upon the scene and an
nounced that he would hold a meeting and
advocate strike. M. Selle. acting under
the explicit orders of the government.
forbade the meeting. whereupon his home
was surrounded, and threats were made
that unless he rescinded the order and
came out the mob would set fire to 1t.
Recognizing too late that 1t was no
longer a question of the price of meat. M
| Selle made his escape secretly by q
back door and fed. causing a notice to
be posted at the marie that he had re-
| signed his post This happened when M
Broutchoux' succeeded in persuadng five
or six thousand miners and metal work
ers to turn out on strike. and they
paraded the town all night. until they
were finally dispersed by charge Of
| hussars.
Women in Riot.
| A few mornings after the good wives Of
Belleville paris suburb) met and drew
up a tariff to be imposed on the trades
men, and sailed forth Immediately for
the market to put 1t into effective prac-
ttce. A violent dispute at once began. as
the market women are experts at defend
| ing themselves with their tongues as well
as their fists, and at 10 O'Clock M. Lepine,
project of police. arrived in a motor car.
and was at once surrounded by repre-
sentatives of both parties. Finding it inn
possible to conciliate them he moved
away. pursued by several hundred men,
ageres vociferating their grievances.
/ Finally orders were given to the police to
clear the markets Of the Ru des Pyrenees
a good deal of the produce had been
| thrown about and spoiled.