The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-29
Rennakimg of Europe
Told i'm Graphic Story
Does the Present Titanic Struggle
Mean the Downfall of Monarchy?
BY HERBERT CAXTON
By HERBERT CAXTON


army was busy being defeated on the
frontier and tho opposition TO tho
Ncndean rebels was worthless. Tho
new revolution spread 20 Lyons where
Girondin and royalist fought shoulder
to shoulder. This news and tho fact
tina, the allies had reached valea-
cicnnes maddened Paris
Committee of snfety.
At Danton's suggestion IN. rovolr.
uonary tribunal had been formed to
Try cases Of treason. The convention
appointed also the committee OF pun
lie safety 10 manage tho military az
fairs Of tn" republic. while ano,her
, committee to control ministers had It's
pow"rs enlarged
The organization OF tho committee ~
public safety, however was destined
10 have an immense and lasting effect
upon the dcstn!cs or tn republic
THIS committee, controlled BY D4nton
and Barere, determined TO give thA
Girondlus over TO the commune
Twenty ninc Of the leaders were taken
out of the convention and deprived OF
thoir Office Later many were e-ae.
cuted. and a number took their oun
lives That summer also the corver-
tion had voted the constitution. con
taining universal suffrage an annual
parliament. and a referendum.
The revolution against Paris had
spread 10 many provinces. Bordeaux
and Narcotics were tn arms Nor
mandy was aname. while 1oulou opened
its port 10 the English and Spaniards
and proclaimed the darphin as lomis
XVII. Tho allies were In Valonclcunes
and Mayence. and Dnnkirk was threat
cned
II was then that Carnot entered the
committee Of public safety and az
piled his military genius to organize
The operations in the held so well did
he do this that Within month the
allies fed from Duukirk and Nau-
beuse was freed IN October. The Girou-
dins lost Lyon. and tho north was
quieted. while Young major OF ar
,illery. Bona parte by name. had driven
the enemy from Toulon.
madness now seized those in
nowcr. Every one whom the commit
tee Of public safety Judged as on
posed 10 It's military policy was recon
for execution. These. with those q
Judged guilty OF treason or for IN.
fractions Of discipline, numbered al
most 1000 Danton and Desmoulins
suffered with the rest. The persecution
extended in the country TO the clergy,
sent into exile.
Along with all these victims we're
number OF radicals whose oXtren.
views were feared 8 likely TO cause
reaction. Tho queen and her sister
n-law. Nine. Eliza beth. suffered death.
together with hundreds OF men and
women whose only crime Tas the.r
noble birth. The little dauphin. after
being starved and beaten until he be
came almost an iinbccile fortunately
died on his captors' hands.
End OF Terror.
Rohcsrerre shared with Carnot the
power Of the committee. He is cred
tted with sending Danton. IS we'll a,
many others to the scaffold, fate
which he himself was to share Marat
the friend OF the people as he was
called. from the name of his news
paper. IS another to who obloquv At
iaches for his acts of savage cruelty.
lie himself was assassinated while n
his bath by Charlotte Cordsy, a Nor
man girl. Rohespierre was shot by
young man while he was drawing UP
a proclamation OF instruction. lie
lived. however, TO pay the penalty on
the scaffold. The committee decreed
his death for his Interference with It's
policy. The populace had tired of him
and eagerly sought his extinction. With
his death tho terror ended.
Paris was 80 glutted with blood that
a reaction slowly set in. The terroris,
government gave way to the inoderatee
and, although cruelty and executions
ny no means ceased. France began to
assume the se,nblance Of peace and
order, particularly as Prussia and
Spain withdrew from the war, leaving
England and Austria still her enemies.
In 1905 government by directory was
attempted. and decided reactionary
spirit set In. Everything which before
had been venerated was now despised
Men who had been extolled as pro-
found patriots now had their memories
execrated. II became the fashion to
ape or truckle 10 the old foreign enc
niles OF the republic. There was talk
OF restoring the monarchy On the
other hand the terrorists were now
prosecuted Butcheries took place AZ
Marseiiles, Lyons. Avignon, Aries. and
elsewhere. But the governments trou-
bles were not over
May 20, 1895. a mob shouting Bread
and the Constitution" broke into the
convention. slew a deputy. forced out
the chairman. and proceeded to set up
a provisional government. Tho ma
tional guard interviewed and cleared the
hall. later insurrection failed. Tho
revolutionary tribunal was finally abol-
ished. 1t was at this time the unfortu-
nate dauphin was allowed to die
There had been some sentimental talk
about restoring him as King.