The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
26 Communists in French
Chamber Of Deputies That
Meets in Bourbon Palace
By ]. LOUIS ENGDAHL

THE French chamber of deputies meets at three o'clock
in the afternoon. In the United States the American
congress assemblies at high
This difference is of course, of consequence What
matters is that the French parliament has large Com
munst fraction, while there are yet, Communists
elected to sit in either the senate the house of
representatives at Washington.
The French chamber therefore, proves OF far greater
interest than the American congress The very air of
Paris breathes with the Communist struggle In
different way and not to the extent, to be sure
in Berlin and Moscow. But one gets the "feer' of
it anywhere
"The Communists burned it down." announces the
lecturer the sightseeing bus quite gravey and his
little audience shivers.
was on my way in the early afternoon to the cham
Der of deputies, but couldn't help hear the bus orator
the huge stopped for moment at the curb In
the Rue des Tuieres. Evidently the Americans aboard
excellent prototypes of Mark Twan's "Innocents
Abroad expected Bolsheviks to pop around the next
But the speaker was referring incident of the
Paris Commune in 1871, more than half century ago.
The Rue DIES Tuleries is of the most interesting
in Paris laid out in 1878 and forms the
boundary the original Tueries Gardens The grounds
the side of this street laid out in 1885,
the site of the old Palas des Tuleres, which actually
went up in flames during the Paris Commune 1t is
the building which the sightseeing bus orator referred
These grounds extended each side OF the Are de
Triomphe du Carrousel in 1904-6.
When an aroused people burn a palace in a revolu-
tionary period it must have history of interest
attached to it.
The Palas des Tuieries is of some interest. It
founded by Catherine de Medc widow of Henry II.
It's construction first got under way in 1864 The site
beyond the city walls of that PERIOD was at the old
tile kins (tuileres) The Pavilions de Flore and de
Marson afterwards incorporated with the palace
Before the revolution the palace was only occasionally
occupied by the French sovereigns but it was the
manent residence of Napoleon I, Louis XVIII Charles
x, Louis Philippe and Napoleon III.
With the exception of the Hotel de Vile, 1t is claimed
that no edifice in Paris rich in historical memories
On Oct 5, 1885, Louis XVI brought from Yer
saes to the Tuileres, and in june 179l he was again
installed here after his arrest at Varennes On June
90 1892, the anniversary of the oath of the Jeu de
Paume the palace attacked by about 10000 people
On August TO- the death knel Of the monarchy was
sounded
On July 29 $780, the Tuieries again besieged
by the populace, and Charles X the second king of
the restoration forced to seek safety In flight. The
new July monarchy met with similar fate on Feb "a
1848 when Louis Philippe had to leave the palace, turn
ing it to the not too tender mercies OF the revou-
tionists.
But it was not until the Paris Commune in 1871 that
the full wrath of aroused Partisan populace broke
upon the Palace des Tuileries May 1928 OF that
year. with the result that it reduced to cinders.
Along the Rue de Rivoli passes the Hotel de
Vile which is the headquarters of the city government
1t was on Feb "a, 1871 that Louis Blanc proclaimed
the Republic from the steps of the Hotel de VIle In
Nav the building was fortified by the Communards
and courageousy defended by them against the troops
from Versailles. The enemy set the building on fire
and 600 Communards died, either being burned in the
flames or shot to death The building has since been
restored.
One crosses the Rue de Rivo towards the River
Seine after reaching the Pont de la Concorde, being
quickly brought back to present day realities by the
gathering of 1927 throng of Parsans But it is only
an American tourist, in his Henry Ford fvver," who
has coded with native bicyclist Several excited po
licemen are trying to adjust the resulting uproar
Crossing the River Seine faces the Palais Bour
bon This meeting place of the French Chamber of
Deputies the lower house of the French parliament is
located at the end of the Boulevard ST. German
and opposite the Pon de la Concorde The construction
of the building, which is not very imposing in ITSELF
got under way in 1922 being erected for the Dowager
Duchess of Bourbon daughter of Louis XIV and Nine.
de Montespau. 1t enlarged in TIT by the Prince
de Conde grandson of the duchess. The building
used from 1895 EDWARDS for the sitting of the Council
Of 500" and for those Of the Corps Legsatf S29
and the chamber of deputies
The original facade the side farthest from the
Seine, is in che Rue de l. Unversite. The Place du
Paais Bourbon in front of it is adorned with marble
statue of Law" S55). The facade towards the river,
built in S04-7 has Corinthan coonnade of IL columns,
with flight of steps fanked with statues Of Thems