Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-02
FRENCH BLOOD FLOWED
 IN THE STREETS OF PARIS

Paris, May i (By the A. P).-Seri- ous disorders occurred today in Paris on the occasion of the celebration of May day" French blood flows in the streets of Paris and weapons that so lately had been used against the foe were turned against friends. brothers and sisters.
 It is providential indeed that nu- merous deaths did not follow the at tacks and counter attacks by the mobs on the one hand and the police and cavalry on the other.'
 Particular efforts were made by the mobs to invade the Place de la Con corde and reach the chamber of depu- ties and the war ministry, where dem onstrations had been planned. It was in these attempts that the casualties occurred.
 Long live the poilu.' the crowd shouted at the Madeleine and in the Place dc la Concorde as they surged toward the soldiers, and with pale, drawn faces, the infantry withdrew and allowed the mob to reach the Place de la COncorde against a wall of pitiless policemen and determined cav airy.
 Then shots rang out. One policeman fell moaning slightly wounded. The | cavalry charged, and along the Rue | Royale the mob wavered back toward the Madeleine church. Here and there man or woman staggered, fell and remained motionless, horses 'trampling | eight or ten outstretched forms litter ing the street.
 One policeman said to The Asso- ciated Press correspondent as shots were heard a hundred yards distant: 1 They are firing at us and l have d gun. but 1 cannot fire upon my broth CTS"
 Others were less scrupulous, how ever, and the behavior of some of the policemen seemed like an invitation to 1 rioting. One big policeman knocked down a mutilated war veteran in sight i of the correspondent, who reprOved him. The policeman hiSsed: You shut up. You will never again see Ameri-
 ca's shore unless you mind your own 1 business
 Finding that the attempts to reach the chamber of deputies and the war ministry were futile. speakers begged 1 the crowd to turn to the Places de Ia
 Republique and de la Bastile. The
 crowd obeyed. singing the Mar sellaise.'
 At the Place de la Republique the
 most populous quarter in Paris, all |acceSSes to the squares were strongly l guarded, cavalry charging repeatedly and the firemen using their hose in spraying the crowds, alreadr wet from
 the rain, until ingenious youngsters
 turned off the water of the nearest l hydrant. z. Here a blind soldier. wearing the wal
 cross with two palms, entered stalled
 automobile. The crowd was silenced and the soldier delivered speech.
 We are the weakest" he said. Let Us not shed French blood. l cannot
 see you, but l feel that you are honest workingmen an dwomen. Let us dis perse.
 | Don't mind the police, The soldiers won't hurt you. FR one of them and for fifteen months l have been fighting for you. I have lost my sight, but
 am not sorry, for it has served my country and yourselves. But 1 would regret eternally if French blood flowed
 today"
 The crowd followed the blind soldier who was borne on the shoulders of its members
 In Bastile square. where the roughel element had congregated. d pitched
 battle ensued which lasted severa minutes. The leader of the mob was a tall, red headed woman, who urged her followers on. Here again the in