The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16
VIOLENCE
 AND CHAOS
 ARE AHEAD All France GrOwind in a Hysterical
 State. How the English View the Scandals of the
 Army. RiOtOus Proceedings in Paris May Culninate Seri-
 OuSly. ISLANDER RUNS RAMPANT. DUels Have Resulted and a .donster Manifestation Is Proposed for
 To-Day.
RiOtOus Proceedings in Paris May Culminate Seri-
 Ously.
ISLANDER RUNS RAMPANT.
Duels Have Resulted and a .aonAter Manifestation Is Proposed for
 To-Day.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


 LONDON, Jan. 15.-The new phase into which the Dreyfus case has en- tered Is a distinct advance. The era of secret courts-martial is over and a civil and public court will have to in- vestigate Emile Zola's charges of per sistent distortion of justice. The be- havior of military authorities In "burk- ing" the inquiry casts the gravest re- factions upon the oft-asserted honor of the French army, which has shown an obstinate determination to stick to- gether, right or wrong. Outside of France all Europe believes Dreyfus is the victim of a conspiracy and the prosecution of Zola has broadened the question, for the whole French army is now virtually placed on trial.
 The gravity of the situation Is en- hanced because the whole of France is in a state of growing hysterical ex- citement Temporarily the republic is generally supported throughout the country. but history shows that simi- lar hysteria has frequently led to vio- fence and chaos. When France is able to analyze the situation and should the suspicious prove that the honor of the army is really affected, the conse- quences to the republic might be of the most serious description. The Panama scandals have defiled political life and the law courts have been discredited: therefore, if respect for the army must also be surrendered, the desire to change the Government may be ire pressiDle, in which case the temptation for the leaders to divert the attention of the country to a foreign war will be well nigh irresistible. Hence, the deep interest of Frances neighbors.
 For the moment the intense excite ment will probably find an outlet in the renewal of the spectacle presented dur ing the last days of Boulangism. Hot altercations in the streets, leading to assaults, are frequent; the police are guarding the houses of prominent Dreyfusians. and it is impossible to foresee where the arrests will end. Slander and denunciation are so ram- pant that the authorities are taking special precaution to prevent the ca lumniated from taking the law into their own hands. Duels have already resulted. A monster manifestation Is preparing in Paris for Sunday. Alleg- edly it is i-Dreyfusian. Really 1t is anti-Semitic and unless prohibited it is feared serious riots may be the se- Quel.
 Influenza has penetrated to the Sacred College at Rome; but few cardinals are exempt and the condition of Mgrs. Pa rochi, Agliardi. Orgelia and Mertel is grave. The Pope thus far has es- capped
 An eminent person, who was lunch ing recently with MT. Gladstone, asked him what was the greatest danger threatening Great Britain. Was 1t I'r-on AnPTtpA2
 None of them" was the reply of the great English statesman. The only danger ] foresee is from the trades unions and their attendant strikes"
 The health of ex-Empress Eugenie Is disquieting. Her rheumatism grows worse, and she is unable to cross a room unassisted. However, 1t is hoped her stay on the Riviera will recruit her health
 The death of Lewis CarrolI' (the Rev. c. H. Dodgson), author of Alice in Wonderland" has caused the great est regret In all parts of Great Britain. The papers are full of "reminiscences of his many stories. showing how intense was his love for children and how uni- versal his shyness and dignity to oth- CTS. Lewis Carroll was very partic- ular as to his personal appearance His alert figure and general vigor conveyed the impression that he was much
 
 overcoat in his life. and continued to take long ccnstitutionals to the end. The deceased was staying with his sis ter at Guilford when he died.
 The sales of horses of Lord William Beresford (who is unable to continue hunting) at TattersalPs Monday brought out large attendance of hunt ing men from all parts of the country, and fetched a total of 2352 guineas, in cluding TO guineas for a magnificent hunter, Lord Arravale. who won the national hunt cup at Punchestown in 1896
 The Spectator devotes a leading arti- cle to Mrs. Hearst's plan for the Uni versity of California, which it pro- nounces, on it's face, to be grand scheme. reminding one of those famous competitions in Italy. wherein Brunei leschi and Michael Angelo participant ed"
 There is," the Spectator says. "the making or marring of magnificent idea in the project"
 Apropos of this, the Spectator dis courses at length On the striking con- trasts in America, where so many men of wealth, whose money has been 1 derived from coal. iron or railways, are not governed merely by utilitartan con- ditions when they endOw the public with their surplus wealth. and adds. this Is a sign of the idealism which Lowell said lay hidden in the Ameri- can character"