New-York tribune., 1919-04-07
A N archists
Raise Black
Flag in Paris
Five Injured in Charge by
Police During Parade of
Socialists in Protest at
the Acquittal of Villain

PARlS, April 6.-There were cries of
Long live the soviets!" "Down with
war;" and Down with the peace con-
ference!" at the huge demonstration
organized by the Federation of rabor
and Socialist party in protest to-dav
against the acquittal of Raoul Villain
the assassin of Jean Jaures, the Social,
lst leader, and in honor of the memor,,
of NJ. Jaures.
"A group of anarchists unfnr,ea .
black flag on Avenue Henri Martin in
spite OF police orders. The nol;ce
charged the anarchists, five of whom
were injured. No arrests were made.
comparative order prevailed throucb-
out the parade, but as the proce ssion
moved along the various avenues
Malakoff, Henri Martin, Victor Hugo
race and the Trocadero-and THROUGH
the district in the most aristocrat;c
quarter Of Paris, in which M. Jaures
had lived, there was feeling If wa1L
ing over mined road, where the
merest incident might bring about an
explosion.
Red Banner Leads Parade
Soon after noon every subway train,
streetcar and other CONVEYANCE waa
overcrowded with people streaming
toward the Trocadero to take nort IN
the procession. Tens Of thousands Of
others walked from various districts
TO the capital.
Hardly had the procession started
than the "Internationalcv was bcard an
all sides. The police looked on ma
thetically. At the head of the process
SION was a red banner bearing the ini.
tials of,~the Federation of Republicap
Veterans. Emile Vandervede, Belgian
Minister of Justice, and the French
SOCIALIST Deputies, Marcel Cachin. Vic
tor Dalblcz, Marcel Scmbat and Jean
Longuet, and Hjalmar Branting. the
swedish Socialist leader headed the
parade, which passed through the
streets amid suppressed excitement and
'ubdued cheering
Bouquet for Nine. Jaurcs
"hen the head of the procession
cached the home Of Jaures, M. Sembat
md the other Deputies entered the
'ouse. They presented Nine. Jaures
ma Mile. Jaures palm and beautiful
ouquet of flowers. Nine. Jaures was
''slbly affected. She was unable to
eply to the words addressed to her
nd merely raised her handkerchief to
er eyes, which were wet with tears
nd sobbed.
The crowd was becoming unruly as
ne procession broke up. Disinterested
pectators heavcd sigh of relief that
o trouble had occurred. A police Of
clal said he had not expected trouble
urlng the actual parade, but that he
ad been fearful collisions might de-
elop between isolated groups later in
le day. 1t was learned that q com
ete e section Of the Sante prison con- {
IlnIng 900 cells was entirely claored 1
lts inmates Saturday. The prisoners :
ere removed to the Fresnes and other
MS, IN view of probable riots. Y
Peace Conference Slurred l
Throughout the parade there were q
card but few references to Villain
e assassin of Jaures, or to Jaures
e personalities of the assassin and :,
e victim apparently shrinking into
significance before the real mean t
g of the demonstration. +
On all sides, however, were to he
ard slurring references against al
ged procrastinations in the work of
e peace conference and of what the a
'rkmcn termed neglect of their in +
rests. At the Place du Trocadero h
small group of workmen gathered n
d expressed the desire to proceed to
9 White House" near by and mako p
demonstration before President viii i,
n. Wiser heads prevailed. however !,
q the intention was aban doned 81
Fully one hundred thousand persons Il
ed the avenues, looking on without a
eerlng. 1t WAS noted that the win II
ws or the mansions were suffered y
'st of the spectators came from other q,
tricts. u
The police. evidently expecting d,
'uble, had taken precautions, and the p]
ate OF the procession was we'll r,
arded by plainclothes and uniformed n
n, who had received instructions to re
main inconspicuous and not inter r
9 with ,chesring or singing or other o,
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