The Socialists in the French Chamber have been indulging themselves
with a violent scene. On Saturday M. Clovie-- Hugues protested against the recent arrest of Anarchists, and especially of M. Elisee Reclus, and during the discussion M. Chaudey, whose father was shot by the Commune, cried out that no man with the Commune behind him had a right to complain of infractions of liberty. Thereupon the Socialists shouted " Vive la Commune!" and when they were called to order, R. Thivrier, a. publican who profess( s Socialism and wears a blouse, declared that he had a right to shout, and would go on doing it. He was sentenced to exclusion for thirty days, but refused to leave the hall. The Socialists, thirty in number, clung round him, and there was a scene of wild agitation, many Deputies, it is alleged, expecting the immediate fall of a dynamite bomb. M. Dupuy, however, was equal to the occasion. He retired and sent in twelve men of the armed guard which protects the Chamber, and M. Thivrier, still protesting, was removed by military force. The Chamber then upheld the arrest of the Anarchists by a vote of 382 to 58. The incident is not very important, but is curiously illustrative of France. There is the demagogue declaiming, the wild mob of excited men all shouting, and then the tramp of soldiers, and everybody returns to his senses, to keep them in the brightest order until the next explosion.
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