New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-21

only as Minister OF War, but as the senior oi1cer
OF the French Army mPioe ne GnaTer 10 o G.
rageous campaign against the honor OF the army
This declaration was received with overwhelming
applause. Il saved the Ministry; J; did more-lt
ayerted military Panama scandai by yU'e 81
tho Chamber decided that. 50 far as itself was con-
sh ,uid be Of a purely judicial character. The So;
calis;s seemed very chop-iaen They nae noped
turn the Ministry. and .pron; By the excited stare Of
public feeling TO commit excuses whi.n in,sn , naSs
were foiled by the Count dc Man. VINO seized The
,ue ea.s0 fairly hypnottacd the CHAMBER. and pro
goked the thunderstorm which j. an instant
Nun Inns thus again proved himself 10 be beyond
any comparison The foremost forensic orator In tho
TIE socaisis retired sul.enly rom their defeat
dr Of foron bope psSS has the Mnry
waited unth ;o-cay TO make thS rom a. eli
Sfin 1r,D % lac 20 GG c socass
having failed to arouse the synpathy OF TIE yeY
fusEsterhazy affair AZ element OF socla' oHo' V,s
and hey set about to Co'nlttee
dozen deputies and municipal councoi5 % rssHrf
mtarism which is to-day directed 3y Sgec 1bS
made Of exactly the same stun as rie and riddlod
Parisians with bullets This PROCLAMATION i tne e
goes on to 6en0qnee eapa 10 % mise and put an
end the present scandals, anu - -,ni,al'
NE worfs M has sdclse IT. Jame and
Socialist leaders express me VP.9 .ba Stinstrv''
into into mSking the declaration of saturday when
1t had 50 % qEaySH The Vice
poorow q but OF iris American readers VII have ave
sonear II is safe say, however nat the III
s Of the DT f!orI for ths Goyenen; B
neither NJ ScheurerK estner. nor NJ hSnc5 ThS ",
siI firmly believe in the INNOCENCE OF DreytoS
In the course OF an interview. N; Z 1Sn C6amber
said at IS mOrtifyirg 70 see how LOW rrrToveilne
Of former days but is now goyefne1 cb by Honest
CONVICTION and nigh principle no l9neeT greed for
the only motive power had Here been in the
Chamber on Saturday Lamartine LOUIS s5onrb
or Victor Hugo The Ministry vas nse Of disaster
10 saRhsnr6 20 suppose that the Esterhazy ana
Dreyfus affairs have no eFsterhazy is accused
of forging the only piece Of evidence npo q, The
Dreyfus was a1I3y made by NJ Meine and Gen,
eral Bnlot remind me OF the way
wave the Red Spectre
lola on THE ARMY.
.1, the DAYS 0. tie Empire It was suihcieht Ioi
,.,or re,eiv "a sneak Of the Red Spectre anl the
Dor,iaunnt became as Gocile as lambs EAacuy ~
IN SATURDAY As soon as the Ministers spoke Oh '"'
honor Of the army all opposition was S'ic"Cso.
deputies bowed low IN reverence and eve" -,
fla -
BODY Every Freachman is sod.cI. VSbaf
tho army merely means attack eVeIFDoI!' ~ 10 a.
6aes that signify? Nothing. such an I,tlp1
Waiting more than an empty SOUND Gt!le' a. ~,
repressnts the army. Wei ana 5000. but D0' ~
Also Major Fs;erhazy represent the arm! ~ "
courts-martia / saw enough OF them IN ~ M
our.hlv 10 understand how they WORK l ,!el "a 4.
msnv an innocent victim from their clutches. - -
NOT grotesque 10 to-day eX-reNOI Htoii.st 80
In 1S7 were sentenced to the SaLeys 10Y lhetI Pai
tfcinafion in the Commune and the puiillnS 81 a.
conoing forth and pronouncing the lnfai.tolIt9 %
cour;s1martial AS for the ordinary p9i CO.,
tSe dav they are absolutely Infamous! IN ldC.,
cannot and IN the French language any words l olVi
hIe enough 10 express the utter cohtenRs "'se"''
and loa hing with which they inspire me- . "a
In France more than in any othtF COuH4S 80
,,ibiic oninion liable to unexpected changes. An
nther ttJrn OF the Kaleidoscope may az any moHenI
nre se nj entirely different COmbinato But todaS
showing that the Count de Nun and Geheral b1iiO1
On Saturday voiced the feeling now pTeVd'Itills
tbronrbouf France. This is amply confirmed ny ne
nrovIncial and Partisan press. In The CLUBS CAFES
rras+ourants and on the bouleVaTds sentences sucn
as these are reiterated and over again: DTey-
was nronerlv sentenced. "Scheurer Kestner ought
10 mind his own business. and not upset me %noIe
s5rnrnunity with his nonsense" These eXciatla-
lions are mingled with expressions or profound con-
j, the present tide OF popular feeling prevails, the
sue lis course under purely judicial auspices: but
future trials. II any there are 10 be-. must pc con
ducted openly. and not with closed doors. Such Is
mo result ~ saturdays parliamentary thunder-
mosphere and-wha:ever may be its ultimate erect
unor the present Cahlnet-has renewed the Vi,ahy
OF the republic and placed Il upon more sofa ioNh-
tatiOrS than before