Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-08
M. zoLHs SECOND SPEECH.
ether. Ex,sss a Peaceful Kingdom vasfei
Than tho Most Vast"

pss,des his great essay on Anonymity
NJ the press NJ. Emile Zola delivered
while In London a second speech at the
animal dinner OF the Istitute OF Journal
is,s held on the evening Of Saturday, sep
,embcr 23d. ut the Crystal Palace. Some
hundreds OF journalists we're present III
Guiding many ladies. Among the dlstih
g1IIshed guests present were the ..ori
Nayor and Lady Mayoress, NJ. ana MINI.
ZoIa. NJ. and Mime. Maynard. NJ ane
Nine Gerard Harry. NJ G. Boissevain, "
"a Nine Xau. VI. n. Ceard. Mr.. r.. Her
nvmann. the Prince de Cassano SIR
Hugh and Lady Gilzean-Rei. NJ. Bihet.
contoin p!cnshaw Russell. Mr.. Logan
NJ p, NJ 6. W. Russell. v. T.. sir
snners AMI I ady " Inc. Mr.. CampbeH
clark Mr.. Cherries Williams. Mr.. .Ntlf"r
n Recxet. captain Gratwicl.c. and rlahE
others. 49,,
After tho :.sual toasts Mr.. Charl's WI.
liams proposed the toasts Of Tine tcrehn
and Colonial Guests He was especially
complimentary in his reference 70 NJ
ZoIa He considered that the author OF
tho marvellous description OF Sedan was
from a literary point OF view. a giant
among plgmles. After the applause had
subsidized which greeted this speech NJ
Zola rose 10 his feet and was received
with enthusiastic applause. For some
minutes he could not speak, as the cheer
ing was absolutely deafenng. NJ lola
seemed greatly affected by the greeting
and bowed his acknowledgements. When
silence was at length obtained the great
French novelist spoke as follows:
THE REALM OF INTELLIGENCE.
ut Is a great honor gentlemen. and
n great pleasure for me- TO reply to the
brilliant speech which has just been de-
a., ha
ing to speak in the name OF France, Of
French literature. and Of the Societe des
Gems de Lettres, which | represent here.
Gentlemen. beneath the rancor Of races,
beneath the accidental hatred OF peoples.
beneath the interests, the jcalousies. and
the violence which overthrow empires
and republics. there exists a peaceful
kingdom, vaster than the most vast, i'm
mense because it includes them all-the
kingdom OF human Intelligence. Or art.
and letters throughout the universe-hu-
mainly. II Is I'm this illimitable kingdom
that our Mollere and our Cornetlle give
the hand TO your Shakespeare, IL Is there
that great men, from the furthest age
down to our own day, meet and fraternize
the Homors the Nirgils. tia Ceryantes.
the Byrons. and the Victor HugOs. There
exists there but one country-that Of
genius-and II is TO that country that ]
wish TO drink.
f.ainca YOU have wished to gather to-
gethcr representatives OF the entire for
eign press, are we not holding here, go 10
speax- festival OF intellectual activity
and expansion? | have already said else
where what WILL perhaps. one day b.
the outcome OF this initiative. We can
forget for an hour our nationalitles ana
our quarrels In this room | would wish
to behold the images of iilustriods writer's
OF the nation that we represent and there
should be here the great ancestors, the
venerated parents OF a single family. who
make Us all Of one and the same blood.
THIS RELATIONSHIP.
and above all. gentlemen. | demand
that this relationship between the lite
rlrv laborers Of different peoples should
also exist between the works OF the same
literature. Yes. l ask that after the
battle there shall be no more reaIists
or iIealists. no more postvists or SYM
bolists. that there shall remain only the
work which sows the seed and the genius
which yields life. If the work be- but
great, and add TO the glory Of tho MT
ton. what matters the soil from which
it has sprung and the sense In Whlch IL
has grown up? Where is the people SO
void Of true nature that II would wish 10
efface glorious books from It's literary
history under the preteXt that they DelohS
to such and such school? Does Rabelais,
does Larmartine make Balzac impossible
No free production Of "A race must be
condemned when It Is proof of that
races yirility. 4 literary history IS never
aught bI. a national history wherein may
be found the evolution OF people with
its passions. It's struggles, It's defeats It's
victories. 50 that the richest and the most
original is the one that fills life most
amply in its infinite variety.
= drink. therefore gentlemen. TO the
common country--to immortal literature.
I drink 10 all our great writer's, since they
make us all brothers, | drink 20 all pos
SCISSORS Of talent and genius, come they
from reality or come they from dream
land, | drink TO human intelligence soy
creign Of the world.
This eloquent speech was received at
various points with great applause, ana
when NJ. Zola resumed his seat he once
more received an ovation. NJ. lola was
followed by NJ. Maynard, editor OF thr
Paris Figaro Mr.. Henry, of the lnde-
tendance Beige: she Prince Of Cassano.
of Italy. and NJ. Charles de BolsseYaln'