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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7317, 10 June 1902, Page 5

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A WILD UCiilHK.yk AT LuUVAIX

SAVAGE FIGHTS,

o K.1U.1:)) AXD 17 WOUXDIJD IN OJN'E VOLLEY.

Kxprc-s" Siieeial Teleyrain

BKUSSKLS. April 19. 1 have Lien over the ground ot the Louvain riou to-day, and have heard the story of the lruliiii.g told by those who took pai't in it. Ail tii-.- Li>u\aiu workers had trooped In the sui.i'ii l.> meet the. Socialist deputies returning, and escorted them to the Maison <hi Peuple. in the excitement resulting from numbers and noise tlie crowd became a mob. .Si/m--!i'-'.ly tiled a revolver through the wind,.w ..ft.ic Cafe dcs Brasseurs. and the .-no;, rotis-, t tin, mo i, (v a wil(1 S1) ; 1 .| t . of rioU , Unhang ri-.ind the corner, they riddled with revive;1 shuts the windows 'of the Youd" I alholu: ( Inb. and of a cafe affected by the students Their progress was marked by ilyiii K si.,n,-s aii-l broken windows. Tilt I, th;. m.»b, by an impulse which sf.-in.--Io havi: i. lived i,i, dii-.-eiiim from any liad.-r. s r .i up inio v,,, b n( li, ls , ;I nd the.-'c wen; i-;>j!i;- !:in.i»ii the town—one towards '''" i." i d.-,-...f ,:f M. .Sehollaert. the IVsi-d.-m of ill.- C'l'.amb.-r. the ~;her towards thai, oi i 1,,, MiniM,.,. ~ft 1,.. Inl-.-ri.ii-. lioth thoe -en.-lcmtu had ivmaim-d in P.rn.-scls. Led by a In- hairy m:w. who llourishi'd a bu'.i-hers knife, and roared snatches from i 1... ••Mai-s..ili ; ,i <l ..- (he lamer crowd Mir-ed toward* liv- iioti-e of (la Prt^idiiit. which Kat:ds in the conir-r of a square. On tind'nu the slr.-et blo.ke.l by :, Kne . f Civic Giiar-ls. ilh-I.',^ n,.,,, e >:i .-titr.l a tl-.ink niove-m--iit. mu\ !,.,! l,is ~,,,1, tlm.ugli half a mile I "I nam.w >tvn-i.s leading to the .-.ill!!- ror- ! m-r of the squiire. A -uard statiom-.l oulMile ihe .Ti.Miit Coll. u -.. l,rol;e at the on-slan-ht. and ihe mob went pourin- through. I'lioy tin 1 int.' ihe liti- ,V Marais -t j »:>rn.w lane llank-d by slone wa'ls. abr.vo ! which the fruit lives »[;:• I.!. i; .s<.mi;,'r 'I'M* | lan.-|ioints directly ai the Pn-sidctifs^iiou--.'. and thi- 01.;..-,-t. of the mull was tn sail; i! ' Tot heir sniVi-ie I hey found Hi- lane block-<-l by a lin,- ~f j/smnls. ihe twenty men they had fir.-t einounterdl. who. on" henr'U- of the eollapv ~f ,] lo ho.spita] L ,,,. nvt l. b.sd d'n.bVd throtitrh the square. TIIK FIGHT IX Till- LAXK. Three limes the ofli.-er ordered the in-,!., to Mop. 'Jhiyp.-iid , 1(> attention, but surged iorwaid in a. tumult, cni.-liin.' each oilier against (he wails. The leaders gra.-p.-d the bayonets. : ,..d the lino was on ill,- point of breaking when the ollicer opened his mouth tn order a. volley. The word was throttled in hi>! thro;U. The bi^ man pinned him by tho m-r-k au'ain.-t the wall. Just as anolher rioii-r was ]ioiuting his ievo!ver a !-ol.li<>r ran him throusili the. b.-llv. The s.T-.■■nnts.houtfd "Fire!" and the nun Sired point-blank into the rioters. Tw.-ntv shols wr-.e t-t-od. and twenty men fell. '1., miss was impossible. f..r n.-:,V:y eve.v bayo-n-.1, Ma.- in Ihe grip of a rioter." An .Videiiee I of this is Mill t<, 1.,- «.-,-], ilk- mark of a bloody hand on th,- wall. Thr-e m.-n wen- -hoi d.-ad. and seventeen wouijil,-.1. Th- lioi-rot- ~f ih, ; t-himr s.-nt the men llyiiiir in fear down the stn-ej. "Within five iipnuies 11.-- quiet lane of orchards had iilkd with ;i roar;nvr limb, ami emptied itself aL'a.iii. leiviiifr the sik-nt dead, the-lilood-s-::i;i,ed cobbli s. nml the pantin" soldiws behind. The -turds picked up the dead and wounded and carried them to the hospital. A SOCIALISTIC DRUMMER. A. tlit-.-urn..- iiiumeni anoiiieriiahi, almost as !!KJ ce u,ni UramaUc. was iauo.g ptao, near uio lu.u.-e ~: lij,- Mimsier oi the Jn-t..-Hor. lln.-i i.-, in v.v mui.iie oi the town, at ihe to- i-l a .-lupm.u sum, containing the. nuiil-aiy ho.-pitai. the b.u-ratks, and lluCatii....iu Club-t-very ..-lie ..[ tiuai a .slunditig i-iieiiOi: to the Socialists. Ti k . Livic Ciiaiu was drawn aciws Hiecobbk-.- from ihe ho:----1'iiai ie the barracks. At the roaring approach „] li.c n,ob ihe i-tii.-cr held up liis- .-.v.v.l and commanded i hem to stop. A icw pru.|..-m spirits did .m... and Ih.i i-iuu-is iaiteied. At thai, moment Ihe druiiuii.-r ..! she L ivic t.tiatd |jr,,kv lroin ihe tanks, throw ing av. ; ,y hi.- .hum and knapsack, aud sliouiim; to the rioteis noi (~ be an aid as the -uards wuc not• armnl wilh ball eamidgc. '

The. lit"1) sprang forward, but at, ;i dUtanre, if thirty yards tln-v were slopped by ii iusi!a.li>. Two men dropped dead, anil many ivia- wounded. There was a iuiimis .-tru^le ovir the bodies, and t Ik- regular hoops came tumbling; out of I lie barracks to help the Civic Cmird. They were not-ni-wled. lor ilil- volli-y iirinj; hail l.iken the heart out, of Ihe mob. In v minute, or l\vn tii.: lioL-rs !md melted away into the side .S-.-vct-.il doctors and medical students were in tliu Civil-. Uuai-il. It is a condition of their i-ank. itnd they must tak L . up a nnj when ordered in dv m,. uhalever their pa--M>nal fit- iii^s may h,. Tht-v put down tlieit rillc-.- and ntundi-d So tin- n,..inidi(l. Ton iniiml.-; latu- :i dozin sii-ikers mtnned. hiildiii-.' up ihf-ii- hands io show that lln-v w-.-1-f not armi'.l. mid a51;,,l |~r their di-ad 'liv.- favour was -n.nkd. Tiny pifiicd ui> I In; oorps^ and .•anii-d ihtni in dea silmi-.o H» lli..'.\liiis..ndu i'.-upli'. wnrxm-D ci;i-:i;i'i.\(i away. ■Hi.' riotln- 1,-iMi-d until tla.- small liour.s -~! Ihc- n.0.ni,,-. bai Mu-.tn1...,-.. ha,l ]~,,„„. tln-!r:'son of tin- volleys, and lh-y jnado nu mop.: oiisiatt^hts in fmes, riu-iiiiiii.- ihi-ir vi-.1.-n,-,- to i'ugit.iVf at I inks on th, lious.'s of the clerical l-Uis.v. Tlicy had not f;,r to look, for Louvain is i.n-.-" of t'nc iViieal strongholds of Ut-la-iiuu. Windows shattimt with stones and perforated with re-voivt-v shots tell the tale of their ancrer. Then, were casual conflicts ljot.wci-n "tliu rioters and Hie guards, and shots were fired on both sidi-.- ; but there is m. complete inf.irmrnir.n ;..-■ to how many wi-iv hit. Whenever they fou'd the wotimled crept away to a place of lpdinu'. It is- n ciimiua! otience lo 1.,., shot- in » riot. The dyad \y,-r- taken to 11j• - .Mai:-xm dv T'nipb' : th<- wound..l to th- h> -pital A|. both pla,.-.s hiuidred> of hy,t....ii-;d women yafh. red. ftv.ritit; 1-tin.l t !i.-:i- liu:-l,;,ri,U v,.,-,. niiKHiit tins fallen. In ih- h.,-.pi,al t!u.s,,i-n.'~-w.-i-n so pitiful that, the doctors v. i-iv- com-pclli-tl finally to shut. Ihe doors and kei-p the. womc-n out. _\t the Maison dv IVunle !.'S.-: cniisid f.-i-i..n was m-c-s-.-jiry. While the womfti |)iii. Ihoboilics in tlieir trraveeif.tlics and the imn li-umneivd thp black Hotli .-.■.'.liiisi, the walls, (he scene., from the Socialist, point of view, was more elo(]mnt than many spciht-s. TKI-: DAY AI-TKK. To-day, by the <:oiiit<-sy of the- liom>•uru'ff'ii. 1 »as in-1-initti-d to" i/o tlirouj,'h tin-L'.-pital nard. Seven poor lellows. half of lii-iil not, out of their teens, were Ivini; ih. ■■,—iwo of iiii-m dying. ' ' j Kridav night's slauuhter. in the speeiiie in .'.lev of the slieddinL' '>'■ Wood. will, never- I tin bss. cr.-.ili'le-="s stnsation in Belgium thun *<.-. f-lr ab.oitt, the killing i.f one."y<mth ill i!c- r,:!!itiiiirhani riot. O.e.ids of M-orkmen weie in the sirwf. : <.-awi.it- jli- Maison dv Vi-iiple. wnitiiiK t.lnr-ir tin i! !■, til, throiiirh the chapelle aidentc. Th.- -.vii'U „■:■!■(. draped with black e'otli. i-uintcl v.-i-!, -outs of fire, sij^iiityin^, it U'.iist be :.-,-.iii,e,|, the doom of the slayers, and u'uaMly pictures of death's heads'and l'x.;i-;.t r,,v ,;.,.... a-taiis- the si-rht was M-im!y ami ;.,.i.,..<; vt , The five" bodies v.-r.- ..!il:ii.di 1;- ,i, ;I ,vd with lilacl;. their iv:.\-i-ii f,:.-i's -!i !,: -.- !,,; s ed. liurniin; candies iiucilix.-. si.; . ,i ;m r palms, and frn-iit. v.-ri-'itli-s of whit- 11 —. ... ; v . vri . ar o m id. The workmen fileu >^wU ii, rml ,,l, t !, tf chapel, dropping their oif.,-;,.... ;„(„", irav at the door. A lmlWili hoard nav.-ii:e namesand ai;es of the killed. On* iad n- ~.,:v sixteen and anothef sevent.on. Aik.i!,-; '„,„, had i»st died in hospital, and they w,,,. addiic' his name to (h,.- list of maltvr- a, ;1,..y w jH bceov.i" in the- h-ari-- of th.. p..,,,.!.." ()„ tlio top of th" liill. radiiit s'M'ivly ,;.,..■• the Tlmcien. i--,:-.hi!-.r >, s:-nt s-r-i-m -:• '. : ,'■.',-.. r.:!,ir an/i a i-..,1.' 1; - I.:,:,! of s-M.-.-i;-,-..