Foreign Affairs: Dans le Quartier Latin

As the result of the suspension of the Dean (Dr. Louis Barthelemy) and Faculty of the Paris Law School and the closing of that institution, all of which took place in consequence of the students’ strike (TIME, Apr. 6), a nationwide students’ strike was called. It was limited in the Provinces to expressions of sympathy, but, in the French metropolis, practically all the students in the Quartier Latin were enjoying the rest of a quiet strike. Upward of 10,000 of them paraded the streets as an orderly protest against the Government.

On another day, a mass meeting of 12,000 students was held in the famous Bal Bullier (popular dancing hall). At the same time, six students were being tried for their share in the riot. Two were imprisoned for short terms in spite of the ardent support they received from their professors; the remaining four were fined.

The strike continued, grew until it was said to affect 80,000 students, a small percentage of them in the Provinces. Three demands were formulated :

1) Opening of the Law School.

2) Reinstatement of the Dean and

Faculty.

3) Removal of Prof. Georges Scelle, Radical, whose appointment to a lectureship had caused the riot.

Premier Herriot capitulated to the extent of promising to recommend President Doumergue to pardon the convicted students.

The University of Paris closed for the Easter vacation and it was uncertain whether the strike would be continued at the commencement of the next term.