QUIETER DAY IN PARIS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21085, 9 February 1934, Page 9

QUIETER DAY IN PARIS

Deputies' Appeal for Peace MINOR RIOTS COSTLY VICTORY OVER GOVERNMENT (UNITED rr.KSS ASSOCIATION—By ELUCTBIO TELKIiR.U'H—COPYRIGIIT.) (Received February 8, 10.10 p.m.) PARIS, February 7. An appeal by the deputies, which is posted on every wall in Paris, reads: ' On the morrow of the terrible sixth of February, which is ;.i tragic dale in the history of Paris, we respectfully informed the President that the DaJadier Ministry's resignation was necessary and that a government of public safety should be formed in order to punish the guilty and repair the injustice. We believe that our appeal will be heard and that therefore mourning Paris will be able to weep over her dead in profound peace." The Government has decreed national mourning for the killed, closing State theatres and ordering that all flags will be flown at halfmast. The city was divided between fear and curiosity until nightfall to-day, with an undertone of apprehensive excitement caused by the threats of some returned soldiers' organisations. Men were engaged throughout the clay repairing the damage. Apparently much of the destruction was done with the deliberate purpose of making work for the unemployed. Apparently, also, the war veterans won their battle at the cost of 30 lives. They have turned out the Daladier Ministry and broken the attempt by M. Eugene Frot, who is the most hated man in France, to form a socialist" dictatorship. Rioting: Renewed With the fall of dusk, the crowds in the Place de la Concorde, where jncendiaries destroyed the floodlighting plant, passed from restlessness to notousness, injured two Republican Guards, and oegan unhorsing others, wno were mercilessly beaten. The risers, who numbered at least 5U,000, lighted a huge bonfire of benches and branches, damaging the statue of Our Lady of Barnes. The great boulevards were the scone ox destructive rioting by communist guerillas from the industrial outskirts, who massed in the Place cie la Madeleine. Windows were s..:as.'.on unci shops looted in the Champa Elysees. beuiu; to have been the ma:ii object of many of the rioters "io-night. They smashed windows, seized goods, and disappeared in s.ue streets. When the police cnarged it was a rat hunt on a Lranu scale. Troops were generally i .vep. out oi sight, though standing by in barracks and courtyards were mounted guards armed with carbines and bail ammunition. As far as possible, only police were employed to keep order. Wireless stations have suspended their ordinary programmes and are mow broadcasting news half-hourly. The sale of firearms within 50 miles, of the capital is prohibited. The proletariat gave a poor response to the - appeal of the communist newspaper "L'Humanite" to re-enact last night's scenes. Aeroplanes from England are held up at Le Bourget. One contained a press ohotographer. Fog forced down, another photographer s aeroplane at Poix, where it was detained by the authorities. It is feared that the communist attack on the Cafe de la Paix led to loss of life. Senator Rolland was dragged from an omnibus to-day and his clothes torn to shreds after he had declared that the Mobile Guard should have fired on the rioters. LESSER DISORDERS CONTINUE RETURNED SOLDIERS WITHDRAW MANY ARRESTS MADE (Received February 8, 10.6 p.m.) PARIS, February 7. A civilian was killed to-night in a police charge in the Rue Des Capucines, where 15 shots were lired. A young Russian girl incited the hooligans and then tried to set hre to kiosks, but was knocked down by an old woman, the keeper of one of the kiosks. ... Returned soldiers' organisations have withdrawn their members from the street demonstrations, being satisfied with M. Daladier's resignation. The confused rioting which occurred was confined to Royalists and communists, and was chiefly in the Boulevard de la Madeleine, where M. Heriot lives, and also outside the Elysee, where the President lives. . The superintendent of the Municipal Police was badly wounded in the Place de la Madeleine. Ten policemen were also wounded and more than 100 men " were arrested, including 10 communists who were attempting to dig a trench. All was quiet at 1 o clock. M. I'ROT UNPOPULAR WITH LAWYERS (Received February 8, 9.20 p.m.) PARIS, February 7. A gathering of lawyers in the lav/ courts publicly burned M. Eugene Frot's wig and gown a demanded his removal from the law list because several lawyers were among those injured in the rioting on Tuesday night.