Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-07

preparing it for three years past! All
was quiet. In half an hour his police
friends would come to escort him; Nlco,
las peeped out his doorway. He slammed
1t quick, and shot the bolt. Six husky
students stood there, in the hallway. bow
ing tremendously, lifting their hats, like
automata in a show window.
In groups, more and more students
missed their way to the lecture amphf-
theater, where police and army waited.
Instead, the students erring steps
brought them to the hallway of Nicolas
private laboratory. Two hundred now
were banked along those stairs and cor
ridors. All quiet outside. No noise in
side Four o'clock struck. Nicolas made
desperate gestures from his open window.
No one saw them. The window gives
on a court. Through his keyhoe Nicolas
heard voices: Hurry, Nicolas" '-'Yo IL
be late for your lecturer Nicolas, your
police-scholars await your = Nicolas,
take an aeroplane.
Prof. Nico as lighted a cigarette and re
.retted the lack of wireless service.
Five o'clock struck. In the waiting am
phitheater they grew uneasy. Outside
streets and courts lined with police and
military. Behind them laughed masses
of neutral students only two classes
n the nght. compia ned Latn Quartz
shopkeeper "Wait till the neutrals pro
claim solidarity! You'll see!' The Latin
Quarter snOpkeeper needs. at times. Il.
riot tonic. At heart he may not De a
student. but he is more than citizen
Something Of the Basoche Is in him.
In the amphitheater. Doyen Landouzy
rin foI II he
platform. Ponce-scholars squirmed on
The benches. All was too quiet They
oegan to suspect trouble. Fastening out
Landouzy rushed to Nicolas private
stairway. At once, inside, he was sur
rounded. He could not back out. Dur
ing half an hour the dread chief of the
faculty had to listen to soft-pedal cho-
ruses, destined only to his ear and that
Of Nicolas upstairs: Away Back in
Nancy (air of 'On the Wabash") and
Nicolas to the Lamp POST" GA La
Lanterne!" song Of the French revolu-
tion). Pale and trembling. they let him
push his way out slowly. LET me go!
Let me gol I'm due at a council Of the
university" He was not injured. only
mussed-the head of the faculty. Above
him are only the council and the cabinet
minister. which means the government
When they mussed Landouzy they
mussed the government.
In the next days sightseers risked their
persons in the Latin Quarter by thou
sands. The students cafes were alive
with men of all the sections. Glasses
held conferences in private rooms. The
streets were bright with uniforms and
weapons. Stacked arms. troops on horse
back Reinforcements hid in courtyards.
Military occupation. Ordinary laws sus-
pended. All this against a few hundred
freshmen? All, no; they fear something
worse.
Students Of all sections greeted one an
other with a look of understan ding. A ru-
NOR ran through the quarter: I'VE are
being outraged. Why are the police
brought int" In other days they setued
things alone, all in the family. And the
five students under arrest? They must
go free, without suspension. Beware the
Basoche.
This time, Prof. Nicolas will give his
lecture" The rumor ran like Wildfre.
It was the last day-at least, 1t turned
out to be the last day. No student could
get to the Nicolas amphitheater without
showing his naturalization card. The