Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-21
Clemenceau Anxious to Re-
sumo Duties, and Con-
fers With Friends.
WOULD-BE ASSASSIN NOW
SHOWING SIGNS OF STRAIN
Paris Police Make Raids on
Clubs in Sympathy With
Anarchists Policies.
OTHER ARRESTS EXPECTED
Friends of Man Who Shot Tiger Of
France" Questioned and
Homes Itans;lckcd.
ny Asnciated Pros. |

10y Associated rrcss.l
PAIuS. Feb. 20.--A bulletin issued
at G:h0 o'clock this evening 10y the at
tending surgeons says: M. Clcmcn-
ceau's condition continues satisfactory.
Pulse. a.; temperature, 37t(centgrndc).
t?S.6 Fahrcnheitl.''
| In the Chamber of Deputies this at
tcrnoon Undcrsecretary Deschancl said
he was glad to announce that the con-
dition of Premier Clemcnccau contin-
ucd to improve, and that those about
him seemed fully reassurcd.
Ono OF those present at the taking
OF the radiograph OF Premier Clemcn-
ceau's wound is quoted by tho Temps
as saying:
marking the exact SPOT Of the projec-
tile near the lung in region wl!ich
that the extraction Of the bullet will
be attempted at the present time.
|. WITHIN. FEW DAYS
|; similar wounds were very frequent
.eries were recorded. Theraforc. Il is +
F nss ses the ao.ss
II is understood acrordinS to Tho
Temps, that NJ. clemeneeau may 5e
Mr.. Halfour aud work with him.
Emile Coffin, who attempted 10 as-
sassnatc Premier ,C!lemcnceau. spcat
last night ut police hcaduuartcrs, where
NJ. TanSuy, under commissioner of po-
lice. went over with him documents,
literature and correspondence, which
terday. AS result OF tho material
found and IN examination of tho
pnpers morns the pGlGe made seyeTa raids
erty' Society According to tho policr.
,he society has anarchial tendenclea.
rs headquarters were searched. and
bulky basket OF literature seized.
CLUBS ARE SEARCHED
FOR RED LITERATURE
The Communist Federation OF tho
Seine drs also also, vas r,s searched Papcrs there
homes of two of the espondents ot
Coffin: One of them is Rosky. a Rus
sian citizen. aid he and the other man
had been known to the police as mili-
tant anarchists.
=, When asked IL he had abandoned
shot the Premier without help ana
without n command from another per-
50, son or persons. under-Commissioner
| There may be other arrests made
nat | am not at liberty 10 say so nov.
| wi;h the actual shooting. My opinion
IS ;ha; Cottin's brain has been ove,-
heated from continuous readin. o:
annrchistic liseraturc. Otherwise. thcrt
was no actual pressure upon him"
Coffin Is SUFFERING
FROM HARD PUMNIEI.INt.
Judge Deis attempted this nlornn.f
ton o. Coffin. but the prisoner w:,s
suherinS from an intense pain about
tne inc, o eyeI -, and d face as a resul, of the
from loss OF sleep. Coffin was unabie
10 reply intelligently. and will be uucs.
Toned tomorrow.
Cottin's demeanor has los, some ~
its nonchalance. and he. apparently, is
feeling his position kcenly.
4 i0N1
homes homes OF Cottin, and tho Russian
hoss%. KOS y searches also were made of the
named Conuent Likewise. search aneh
vas made of residence ut vanvcs,
,a These searches are, said to have dis.
EtHsed oas rsIs the fact that cottin had consn
Communist Federation. '''
BULLET Lodges ON TOR
OF PREsIER'S RIGHT I.UNt.
r., The radio examination OF Premic.
clemencesu.s wounds it is stated on
let nad lodged on top OF the Premier's
right lung and that the lung had bcei,
After the X-ray examination had
heen completed, Premier Clemeuceat;
walked out on the balcony of his hohse.
6re1.1oaihg oyer 10 NJ e, the garden, TO take
a delightful one, the first real sprinc
day.
nc fFeHiicT seemed vigorous, al
though he spat little blood.
WOUNDED, hut INSISTS
ON SEEING HIS VISITORS
lie insisted on receiving visitors Al
DAY yesterday and discussing current
business with stephen Pichon, the For.
eiSn Minister. who called OH him late
III the evening for the third time aftci.
the shooting.
The Premier raised The question a.
70 whether the supreme council should
SIT at this afternoon ss had been ar
ranged and expressed the wish that the,
decision be left to the delegates OF the
other great powers. ConsequntIy Paul
Cutasta, the general secretary or the
peace conference, was instructed TO cali
upon the American. British. Italian aud &
Japanese delcsations and got theil
views.
Personally NJ. Ciemcnceau is inpa-
tient to resume his place at the head
OF the conference, AS he rofers to
the subject in his conversations wits Il
those around him he gives the In 4
preston OF believing ,hot he VIII he
taking his chair. At the stttinss agasu
IN four or hvc days. for he Keeps re.
peating 1T Is nothing" s ~ a IS
None the lcsa, his wound occaston-
ally Eives him much pain. He tbcars
this exceptionally we'll, and the tss tpsg 4 ~
do not ,iInpair his customary good
huaaar sr prevent him iadu,s,nS In
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