The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
Radicals Run Riot In Many
 Sections Of c. s. Yesterday;
 AU Bombs Located Is Belief
PARIS STREETS RUN RED WITH BL0OD0F
 KILLED IN R|0IING. {.

Paris. May 1.-ScriOus disorders
 occurred today fin Paris on the Oc-
 casf0n of the celebration of "May
 Day." French blood flowed in the
 streets and weapons that so lately
 had been used against the foe were
 turned against friends, brothers
 and sisters.
 It is providential indeed, that num- erous deaths did not follow the attacks 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- cords and reach the Chamber of Dep- utiec and the war ministry, whers demonstrations had been planned. IL was in these attempts that the cas- ualties occurred. Long live the Poilu,' the crowd shouted at the Mad cline and in the Place De La Concorde a. 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 de- termined cavalry.
 Then shots rang out. One policeman feli. He was only slightly wounded. but trembling with fear. The cavalry charged and along the Rue Royale the mob wavered back toward the Made laine church. Here and there man or woman staggered, fell and remained moticnelss, horses trampling eight or ten outstretched forms littering the street from the Rue St. Honore to the Madelaine church.
 COULDN'T KILL BROTHERS
 One n ASSOci1t cd Press correspondents as shots were heard a hundred yards distant, They are firing at us and have a gun (prc- ducing a loaded weapon from his coat pockeD but l cannot fire upon my brothers"
 Others were less scrupulous. however, and the behavior of some of the police men seemed like an invitation to rioting. One big policeman knocked down mu- tilated war veteran in the sight of the correspondent who reproved him mildly. The policeman, enraged, hissed. You shut up. You will never again see Amer ica's shore unless you mind your own business
 Finding that the attempts to reach the Chamber of Deputies and the war min istry were futile, speakers begged the crowd to turn to the Placessle La Repub- lique and de la Bastile. The crowd obeyed, singing the 'Marsellaise.
 At the Place de la Republque the most populous quarter in Paris, all accesses to the squares were strongly guarded, cavalry charging repeatedly and the fire men using their hose in spraying the crowds, already wet from the rain, until ingenious youngsters turned off the water of the nearest hydrant and leaving the useless hose in the hands of the bewil- dered firemen.
 BLIND SOLDIER SPEAKS
 Here a blind soldier, wearing the War Cross, with two palfs, entered stalled automobile. The crowd was silenced and the soldier delivered a speech
 We are the weakest. Let us not shed French blood. I cannot see you but feel taat you are honest workingmen and women. Let us disperse.
 Don't mind the police. The soldiers won't hurt you. I'm one of them, and for 15 months I have been fighting for you. have lost my sight, but I am not sorry. for it has served my coun- try and yourselves.
 But I would regret eternally if French blood flowed today
 The crowd followed the blind soldier who was borne on the shoulders of the enthusiastic crowd.