Show NEW FRENCH LEADER ASKS PARTY PA TRUCE Promises Government of EIder El Elder Elder El- El der Statesmen Statesmen- in Move to Pacify Paris PRETENDER MAKES MAKES BID Minor Riots Begin in Capital Aft After r Calm Day By Associated Press PARIS Feb 8 8 Gaston Gaston former president of France told a suddenly tranquil nation today that he would give it a government of 01 o sages sages sages-an an elder statesmen cabinet The streets of Paris after two days of mad rioting which resulted In the resignation of former Premier Edouard and his cabinet today heard only the shout Vive Called from his retirement on his quiet country estate in the south of France announced he would exact a truce from the dIssident dissident dissident dent political parties Will Call Cal Statesmen The urgency of the hour does not permit me to form any sort of mIn mm- listry other than one of ol a a political truce composed of eminent men well wel versed in he declared declare But even as he spoke the partisan pulling and hauling which has baa wrecked man many y cabinets cabinet began Supporters of former Premier Edouard Herriot are keenly anxious that he be given n a a place jn the D Do Dou m gu cabinet a They that they considered th the pJ presence worse than unnecessary an anthe the forthcoming ministry Other factions had similarly controversial controversial con con- views on every every other other- possibility possibility pos pas y 11 mentioned C Calm lm Prevails in lii Paris Calm Caim S pre prevailed through the day but toward nightfall minor rioting was renewed on the boulevards Police Pollee charged demonstrators who gathered around around the Madeleine church and several crow crowds of hoodlums hoodlums hoodlums hood hood- lums gathered in the Place de la Concorde but clashes did not immediately immediately imme imme- occur Of the more than 1000 rioters arrested ar are arrested rested in the two the J two days of disorders in Paris 58 were tried today Nine were sent to jail for window breaking breaking break break- ing and hitting rival demonstrators The other 49 were released as well as all the rest of those arrested Takes Only 15 Minutes I took only 15 minutes after his arrival in Paris to tell President President President Pres Pres- ident Lebrun what he intended to todo tol do It is understood he demanded I Ithe the dissolution of parliament and the right richt to r rule le by decree if conditions warrant On all sides it was freely admitted that France was close to civil war Continued on Paste Pass Two o I FRENCH LEADER URGES TRUCE Promises ses Government of EId El Elder El- El d der dr r Statesmen in Move to Pacify Paris Continued cnn from Fai Pus One On and rev revolution lution in the bitter fighting between bet rioters and mounted guards which has swept Paris for two days Today ax as reinforced bands banda of la Ia- bor borers rs went to work cleaning up the debris left by last nights night's conflicts the riot dead were counted at 12 and those injured and nd wounded in the thousands thO r Veterans of th the National union told Labrun Lebrun Tuesday they were unarmed In their demonstrations against police and troops but threatened to resume the attack y with rifles swords and even machine guns The cabinets cabinet's surrender appeased appealed them The veterans left last nights night's rioting riot riot- ing lag to communists and hoodlums hoodlum Police PoUce ire are e confident they can control con con- trot th these s groups even if it further disorders dis dis' disorders orders develop received a tumultuous welcome from thousands thousand when he arrived d this m morning If It the chamber of deputies Use itself asks the chiefs of each big p party and tind the former premiers to meet and declare a truce truc he said Of order will quickly return The socialist party party without without whose support no government has long remained re reo rei in power in France struck France struck out d defiantly A manifesto W was i issued uc appealing to all men and all or organizations to join the socialists and form a government govern govern- ment to wrest cit reit the republic from par par- tics ties and fascism Two were killed in the riots rIaLs last night Two hundred were J. J injured and wounded some by Two A Americans were among mong the Injured They were John Wolfe long long- longa a n Paris resident and Britton Busch of Now New York Wolfe was by police Busch was vas struck in the head Royalists Royalist Set Off Riots Tuesdays Tuesday's rioting was led by the royalists Last night the character of the f fight fight- ng chang changed d. d Communists Communist and hex hood hood- d. d lucas lurns urns dominated and were augmented augment by jy citizens infuriated d by the shootings Tuesday Th The socialists c called for further huge luge demonstrations They termed resignation a surrender to p reactionaries a fascist to lib liberty erLy Joining in the opposition the French Trench Federation of Labor called a hour 24 gen general ral strike of Df protest start ing lag Monday Under cover of darkness for tor the street lamps had been smashed the rioters last night d destroyed t oyed everything breakable They Thy even held heIr Up private cars ars demanding ransom in not to burn them Looting broke out along the Rue Rivoli Rioters Seize Weapons One group of rioters broke into a gunsmiths gunsmith's shop hop They c carried away guns and arid ammunition Hundreds of pistol shots were fired in i n fighting along the main boulevards Police Pollee insisted the shots were 5 b by y rioters but slugs flew in iii both di dJ- r At least 10 civilians t bullet wounds L Last t nIghts nIght's riots started t In ft th ib 1 Place de la Ia Concorde and spread apses to- to t th the he Elysee palace and 2000 persons p t tried ried to rush the gates of the Pies home Th They y were be beaten ten back after fierce fighting t Then the boulevards were were- Invaded and a hour four four sporadic battle batUe raged on the wide Boulevard des Capucin a and nd nearby str streets eb Jean duke of ot Guise pretender to la the he t of Fran France c mad made a a bid f for foi Ithe t the he kingship in a proclamation u pub in Action the thc roya royal e L 1st new newspaper paper He sent the i Hon tIon by courier from his chate chateau chatta n near near Brussels Belgium where ho he i in n n exile The d duke e is h t the e d des descendant md nt r of the l last t Orl anist king LouiS Loui jj Philippe who lost his throne in ie The proclamation said In part From a foreign land where a cruel crud t. t l law aw exiles me rae me I s sadden d en at thought though r o of the dead and wounded who at the risk of or their lives picked up the chat hai j l lenge enge to honor and integrity given by r 0 a worthless government frightened ed by its own weakness To hold power and ond cover the rob rob- robi i S bers hers of public savings they did not hesitate that t terrible Tu Tuesday day daylIght night l to give the order to fire tire on th thi ex ex- combatants and anti the mutilated and the l generous generou youth who are the hope hoped of 01 Paris t e Blood flowed in Paris streets street 15 q i j never should have flowed except to iii CM a sacred cause y Frenchmen That Is where 60 year year- 11 of the republic of party parly government has taken you by rapid steps slops |