The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-09
Anarchists In Paris
Acquittal Of Raoul villais
Causes Demonstration

Paris, April 6.-There were cries
Of Long live the sovicts!" "Dosn
with war!" and Down with the peace
conference" at the huge demonstra-
ton by the federation Of labor and
the Socialist party In protest today
against the acquittal of Raoul Nh
lain, the assassin Of Jean Jaures, the
Socialist leader, and in honor Of the
memory OF N. Jaures. -
"A group Of anarchists unfurled a
black flag ON Avenue Henri Martin
in spite of police orders. The police
charged the anarchists, five Of whom
were injured No arrests were made.
( Comparative order prevailed
throughout the parade but as the
procession moved along the, various
-aFenu nues-MalakoR, Henri :. Martin,
Victor Hugo Place and the Troca-
dero--and through the district in the
most ariStocratfc quarter Of Paris.
In which AZ. Jaures lived, there vas
feeling Of walking ofer a mined road.
where the ineFests incident HlRht
EiirrfHg about an explosion.
Hardly had, the procession Started
than the :::internattonale9 was heard
on all sides. The police looked on
alphabetically. The: correspondent
Joined the procession behind a red
banner bearing. the initials Of the
Federation Of republican veterans
Emile vandervelde, Belgian minister
of justice, and the. French Socialist
deputies. Marcel Cachin. Victor Dali
biez. Marcel Sembat and Jean Lon.
guet, and H5almar .Branting,. the
Swedish Socialist leader, headed che
parade which passed: through : the
streets amid suppressed: excitement
and subdued cheering; -
When the head OF the procession
reached the home Of Jaures, 81. Sen-
bat and the other deputies entered
the. house. They presented Mrae.
.Jaures and Mile Jaures with palm
oG a beautiful bouquet OF Movers.
Madame Jaures was vtsibly affected
She was unable to reply to the words
addessed to her, but merely raised
her handkerchief to her eyes which
were wet with tears and sobbed.
The procession then continued, the
marchers proceeding to the Place
Muette, where It flied past the statute
Of Paures and then dispersed.
The crowd was becoming unruly as
the procession dispersed. A police Of
fetal told the correspondent that he
had not expected trouble during the
actual parade, but that he had bAen
fearful Of collisions between isolated
groups later in the day. It Is learn.
ed that complete section Of the
Sante prison. containing 500 cells
was entirely cleared Of its inmates
Saturday. The prisoners were remov-
ed to the Fresnes and other jails in
view of probable riots.
Throughout the parade there were
but few references to Villain, the
assassin of Jaurez, or Of Jaures,
heard, the personalities Of the assas-
sin and the victim apparently shrink
ing into insigniicance before the real
meaning Of the demonstration. On
all sides. however. were to be heard
slurring references against alleged
proscrastinations in the work Of the
peace conference and Of what the
worhmen termed neglect Of their
interests. At the Place du Trocadero
a, small group Of wor!lInen gathered
and expressed the desire to proceed
to the White House nearby and
make a demonstration before Presi-
dent Wilson. Wiser heads prevailed.
however, and the intention was aban
doned.
Fully 100, 900 people lined the ave-
nucs. looking on without cheering. It
was noted that the windows Of the
mansions were shuttered. Most Of !
the spectators came from other dis
tricts.
The police evidently expecting trou-
BILE had taken precautions and the /
route Of the procession was we'll !
guarded by plain clothes and uni !
formed men who had received in ;
str'lctions to remain inconspicuous
and not to interfere with cheering or
singing or other merely noisy mani :