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Show IROYALIST ATTACKS FRENCH PRESIDENT Assailant Was Unarmed and Declared De-clared He Simply Wanted to Pull President's Beard. President Falllcres Is Not Injured, Friends Coming to Hit Astlstance When Unlooked-for Attack Was Made by Young Man. Paris. Whllo Armond Falllcres, tho president of Franco, accompanied by Mmo. Komondoti, his secrotnry, and Colonel Lnsson, military attache at tho Klyseo palace, was taking n morning stroll near Iluo do l'Etoll on Chrlstmns day, n poorly-clnd Individ,-unl Individ,-unl who evidently had been lying In wait, suddenly Jumped on tho president presi-dent from behind nnd throw his nrms nbout M. Fnlllleres neck In an effort to bcIzo his benrd. . Colonel Lnsson nnd Secretary Ito-mondou Ito-mondou sprang to tho nsslstanco of tho president, drngged off his nssnll-nnt nssnll-nnt and turned him over to two spo-clal spo-clal detectives who had been following follow-ing tho party on tho trip. President Fnlllleres' enno was broken In tho struggle, but beyond n scratch on tiro ear ho wns not Injured, In-jured, nnd Insisted on continuing his walk. As tho detectives slipped tho handcuffs hand-cuffs on tho mnn, ho cried, "1 nm unarmed. I Blmply wanted to pull tho president's benrd." When searched nt the Btntlon houso tiro president's nssnllant proved to bo Jenn Mnttls, a cafo wnltor, 24 years old, nnd n nntlvo of tho department of Snvolo. Medals of General JMor-rier, JMor-rier, the former minister of war, stamps bearing tho head of tho Duke of Orleans, a card of membership In tho Pntrle Frnncnlso and other royalist roy-alist documents woro found on his person. During tho examination Mnttls boasted of being n royalist, nnd talked talk-ed confusedly of having done his "duty" nnd obeyed tho dlctntes of Ms "conscience." Heaps of royalist reactionary re-actionary llternturo wero found by tho police, who thoroughly rnnsacked his residence. |