| Show STYLISHLY DRESSED WOMEN PARTICIPATE IN PARIS RIOTS r French Soldiers Use U e Butts of Their Guns to Force Mob Back One Hundred Rioters Arrested Premiers Has Many Supporters Entire Population of the City Divided into Two Factions NARIS July 27 The demonstration r made today toda in connection with the thed decree d cree of ot Premier Combes order orders orderIng lag Ing s the closing of the congregationalist schools sc proved to be quite as much of ot a manifestation In support of or the govern government overn I i ment meat as as In opposition to its measures I The crowd which flocked In the Place Placed Placede de d Ia la numbered number per persons perSons sons ons while as many more thronged the te Champs Elysee ElysSe Elys e eThe The Clerical and anticlerical forces about equally divided d the gatherings The he former were distinguishable by the red ed white and blue paper flowers which they hey wore TV while hile the latter sported red Though many fights occurred they never ever became becam general nor was any per peron person perSon son on seriously injured An imposing force orce of police and mounted municipal guards had much trouble in keeping he the th manifestations constantly moving and nd at times they were forced to charge large to prevent the crowd becoming too dense On the whole the crowds were good natured and mainly confined them themselves themselves selves to shouting Liberty liberty Long lire lie the Sisters and We want the he Sisters to which the replIed Vive Vine le Ie and Down with the priests The occa occasional occasional ional appearance e of ot a priest prest was a signal ignal for much hooting booting and several fights were due to their Women in Riots Blots A striking feature of ot the manifesta manifests manifestations lions ons was the large number of women many nany of or them well weil dressed who actual actually ly r participated Nor were these all clerical In their sympathies for the anticlerical women were also out in force and they occasionally made thIngs lively for their clerical sisters whom the police had some difficulty in protecting In one instance a detachment of or mounted guards ards had to rescue three t well dressed ladies from Crom the hands bands of a group of socialist women who on mobbing them thorn The clericals made several attempts to reach the Place Beauveau on which the Elysee palace the ministry of ot the interior are sit situated situated but were prevented from doIn so by strong cordons of police and anti municipal guards who were stationed at all the approaches in order to pre pro prevent prevent vent demonstrations in front of these buildings Stopped by Police The demonstrations culminated wien wiena a group of thirty ladies ladles some sonic in hi car ear carriages carriages and some on foot headed by Mesdames De Dc Man and attempted to reach the ministry of the interior in order to pre present present sent to Premier Combes Combos a petition on behalf of the Sisters The flie police how however ko however ever eer refused to allow them to pass paSE 5 Subsequently the clericals made math an angry rush on the cordon guarding the avenue Gabrielle and the soldiers had to use the butts of their guns to keep k l back the crowd Another violent incident occurred on the Champs Elysee where the crowd began throwing the small iron chairs In Inthe Inthe inthe the sidewalks among the th feet of or the horses of the mounted guards One horse fell Injuring his rider riderA A number of prominent nationalists including Deputies and Au Auf Auffray fray and several municipal councilors were conspicuous in the crowd and were much by their followers and hooted by the By B 7 to night the crowd began to thin out and an hour later the Place Placede de la Ia and the Champs Elysee had bad resumed their customary appear appearance appearance appearance ance A slight shower hastened the dispersal of the About arrests were made The fact that throughout the day vehicular traffic was not interrupted shows how boa well the police poUce handled Ith the great unruly crowd with which they had to deal |
