Show A ROYAL RETURN 01 ROCHEFORT AS EXILE iVO LOXGlt JIls Appearance on the Scene of Big Former Lnliors Arouses French Enthusiasm to the highest Pitch Welcomed Uy Fifty Thousand Paris Feb 311 Henri Rochefort editorinchief of the Republic Journal Llntrandigeant who returns to France under the act of amnesty adopted last week after having been in exile since 1SSD arrived in Paris today The staff of his paper joined M Roche fort at Amiens eightyfour miles north of Paris where a crowd had gathered in the railway station to welcome the well known journalist M Roc erort was heartily cheered He made a brief address ad-dress without leaving the train The public was not allowed to enter the Gare du Nord in this city but on the arrival of the train in which M Roehefort was traveling the pressure became so great that the crowd broke down the barricades barri-cades and Invaded the station Shouting Vive Roehefort r M Rochefort and his friends had the utmost difficulty In reaching their carriages car-riages There were fully 50000 persons gathered about the station The greatest good humor was displayed and frantic cheering indulged In JL Rochefort was much moved by the enthusiasm He bowed repeatedly from his carriage in response to the salutes extended to him The crowd was 80 dense that the horses drawing the carriage car-riage could go no faster than a walk One opponent of M Rochefort gave vent to his feelings by shouting Ahas I I I ROchefort A number of the crowd 1 turned on him and he had a narrow escape es-cape from being lynched The demonstrations continued along the whole route from the Gare du Nord to the offices of LIntrandlgeant at 142 Rue Montmarte The offices were illuminated and much Bengal fire was burned Outside Out-side was a transparency on which were inscribed the words Vive la Repub llque Traffic in Rue Montmarto was completely stopped The crowd sang the Marsellalse and shouted for M Roeh efort until at last he appeared on a balcony bal-cony and waved a handkerchief at his enthusiastic admirers Forty policemen were stationed In front of the office but there was no disorder The crowd then dispersed quietly i |