Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-20
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Preliminary Hea1ing Nor.
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Until the appearance Of this note
Paris-ands the rest OF the worid-had
efolsssotten&swhat 1t wa all about; but
. since the publication the affair
known simply as '.ie complof", has
attracted attention az though it we're
as important and exciting as a Drey-
fus escandal, IN the hectc Parisians,
areadisessssing, b event 81 which the.
four mems. imprisonment, and their
let1fer were the Nssstauel,s4 ~ s,@sas[ i
Ilyialence. Of ussdaa '',s.s4
In this particular case it Is true, as
in similAr others nowadays. that you
have but to scratch the surface In
order to find that tho Russia OF the
ltenin-Trotzky era has slsft its mark,
pscessaIx 70 revert to eYfnts that took
II willabsesTreealsd thafsthe leaders of
French social ~denaQeraEay, ,t~Aageeaatened
country. ne immediafe' p6urpsse vas
. to effect NATURALIZATION spfe the rail-
sroadss and-sthia l,eiitifeF object was
to begobtanIed Through st3ke.
Railrcadsa trsafIics MaskMdpped; the
miners left their picks and shovels;
shlnplng was suspended IA all nahs
of France; ,street-car service III I'aris
stopped, completely, and II. was also
attempted. no shut down till gas and
/ clectr 1tatyy: of the capital.
IssSsAsrs We're Not obbeeycd.
~ ,.sa as ms p pro ss a failure, Chiefly y,
maks#s1tfiRNs}tnion members obey their
"details. [. Every day strikers re-
TUNED to the psn ces%they had left, and
SthsiC InmberE We're augmented by the
sHrplinaent l5saiek III volunteers $50 that
gFFahce> e xpariSnced thcsfhenomenon,
after a lew daysy1that while a rail-
oad5sstriik wasgOn, every train was
ks gast gf'1Pss features tnas tsG Aajaae this
Attempted general str Ike %efypeculiar in
terest was the fact that it was aimed
at purely. political - ObiactS;- 1t, was
the intention Of the labor leaders to
Eff Ct social rcfcfm, Of immense and
faF-reacfing s;gnificanseiH. over the
he.Sd Of the c~homber.sdfs deputies-in
s WORDS; S -
These. strikers intended to cs-
/ Ab:iei, swl,1t yiFfHnflyi.ainountel,.
10, 81 ;ecis .aGyeSaYas rs: 3nb'y usurping
@ths .,o.ycr Athf chamber OF
Hrnuiics,
Tor that reason. il Was ii rather
popular conjecture hat the strike
was intcnledsLoyAe stlsesrintroductio
to a revolut on, and the government
adopted harsh \ nseasuresssfef 1t Vi
protection.
s Many Troops Gathered.
Exactly how many soldiers were
eummonedt TO Paris Isl not known, bu,
Pm reports, official and unofficial,
agree that there were55smany. In the
brush and on the lawns Surrounding
he GrandxPalais enc thousand troens
were camping, with field. kitchens
machine guns, horses "a tntgssateiythsne
THAT Belongs to q thoroughly modern
army Unit htTisajtss1a y,
But, lthc government did not
sSsst sassss i;.~ y, -, :ljs,sa~ of its
strength, 1t also arrested LOriot,