The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-28
FEARS OF PARIS PRESS
THE DREYFUs AGITATION MAY LEAD
10 WAR WITH GERMANY.
Baron Won BueIoyv's Declaration Has
Given the Case IA New Turn-in-
terview with ZOIa.

| NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-According to dis
| patches from Paris the Dreyfus case aglta-
/ ton is a more serious affair for France than
| most Americans realize. Some of the Paris
editors fear that 1T will lead to war. The
declaration of Baron Won Buelow, German
minister for foreign affairs, made in the
Reichstag few days ago. has given the
matter a serious turn. lie Petit Journal,
LIE Gaulois, LIE Journal, LIE Soliel, LLibre
Parole and L'Eeho de Paris all discuss the
Dreyfus case from this new point of view,
says the Paris correspondent of the Herald.
The statement that Germany had nothing
| to do with Dreyfus comes rather sur
prise-in fact, is pretty generally disbe-
| lieved-although the Brussels correspondent
of the Aurore (Clemenceau's paper), says
that an official in the Foreign Office there is
authority for the following statement: IF
! Dreyfus betrayed any secrets, 1t was to
| Russia and not to Germany. If the French
government refuses to speak it is because
it would be compelled to accuse Russia and
compromise the alliance SO dear to the
! country. Rather than do that they would
attempt coup de etat.'
lie Petit Journals article on the subject
is "a remarkable one. 1t says: Europe is
| beginning to think that the French gov
| eminent will soon be unable TO suppress
! the outbreak or keep back some statement
! liable to bring about conflict. This, IL
| declares lis the motive which has prompted
Baron Won Buelows statements in the
Rechstag. Does Germany fear does she
| seek war? In any case, 1t is not to the IN
| further. A modern is too terrible to be
! entered upon lightly. Although France is
% nn near the aeyS II Is no5 100 90
| be in the right is certain She is taking
| her precautions. so as not the be caught un-
| awares." In fact, according TO lie Petit
| Journal, she is repeating her tactics of 1870,
| and the paper asks: lis French patriotism
so dead as to lend her helping hands by
4 keeping up agitation over the Dreyfus af-
| fair, that has thrown the country into
| Germany, who is looking for a casuS belli?''
INTERVIEW WITH lola.
Emil lola, like some of the Partisan ed
! itors, is doing his best to keep alive the agi-
tation. In view of his coming prosecution
| by the government, the following interview,
cabled to the Press, is interesting:
| 1.-The detention Of Dreyfus in prison is
| a monstrous iniquity, and everybody be-
| hind the scenes knew it, but delay is what
| they want for numerous reasons. There
| are the elections impending; bargains nave
| been made and must be kept. The depu-
| ties. who, by their vote yesterday, seemed
| to condemn nv attitude, are merely anx-
! iOus for reelection. Now that the election
| is past, the revision, If applied for in due
| course.
TEL the people of America that as sure
| as l am speaking to you Dreyfuss lnno-
| cence will be recognized and he will be a
| free man. 1t will be some time in coming,
but come it will. The consequences of the
| trial cannot be very serious To me ilne IS
| trifiing, and my imprisonment cannot be
| long one. Civil suits brought against me
| by experts and others may be costly, but L
am prepared to meet them all-the more so
that from various sources, notably from
Switzerland, pecuniary support to any ex-
tent has been offered to me. My books may
suffer but have had no confirmation from
my publisher of the report, which appeared
in the papers yesterday, that my new book
is being countermanded in large quantities
by booksellers, who had ordered stocks
Personally. L am well, though tired and
overdriven, but buoyed up by splendid en-
has forced me to break my rule of daily
Evork. / have not written a line for
month and shall not be able to return to my
writing table for another month. | have
not even had leisure to think what my next
book will be.
Il am about as much fascinated with the
idea of writing, not No. 5. but the full his
tory of the Dreyfus case the psychology
of which l would dearly love to analyze for
the instruction of France. | do not. now
ever, anticipate that l shall be able TO 90
II have never met Dreyfus and have no
great admiration for him as a man.. I'M
derstand that his character is not a pleasant
one. At the time of his conviction fancled
that he had been rightly judged as you
may we'll imagine; otherwise. / would not
have waited three years before speaking
out The revelation of his innocence came
to me Just before / wrote the first article
in the Figaro As as this conviction
was acquired | hesitated not a moment;
though well aware what 1t would entail
upon me- | stand with Dreyfuss friends.
entirely alone and unsupported. everybody
and everything is against uS-the govern
ment because of the blunder committed by
the unthinling and illiterate middle class
who cannot reason the people, because they
| are injected with this pestilent anti-Semit-
ism.
We have no papers but those Of the
smallest circulation. On the other side in
! al the press of France notably the Petit
| Journal, with it's million copies daily / am
held up as the enemy Of France because
| foreigners approve of my attitude Yet |
receive many warm letters of encourage
ment from Frenchmen. / receive on an
average five hundred letters a day of which
barely per cent. contain insults. | am
doubtful whether all my letters reach me-
To-day l received anonymously a quota
ton from Remains Life of Christ. which so
absolutely fits the case of Dreyfus and the
state Of things in France that | am sending
| il ON to Maitre I.abori for Incorporation in
his address to the jury. Let me read il to
you. Here Zola rushed out, returning with
the document. which he read to me with
much excitement, broken by pathos. 1t fol-
| lows:
:" The civil power. indeed. though limo
| cent of the death of Jesus, for Plate had
done nothing but countersgn the sentence
| and that against his will. To be heavily
burdened with the responsibility thereof. la
presiding over the tragedy Of calvary, the
! state dealt itself q most serious blow. A
/ legend full of irreverences of every de-
scription prevailed and spread over all the
world: legend in which the constituted
authorities play an odiOus role; where it is
the accused man who was in the right;
where the judges and the pocefold league
themselves togeth against truth.
1t Is seditiOus IN the highest degree.
! The history Of the passion disseminated in
| thousands Of popular pictures showed the
| Roman eagles sanction ~ ne Tost iniqui-
! tous of eXecutions-the soldiers execution
! II Is the project ordering 1t. What a blow for
/ the established authorities, They never full
| ~ Uncovered from IT, How was il possible
! To assume airs OF infallblity toward the
| public when they had made out of the con-
science the mighty blunder of Gethse-
maDe%
Handing me the paper lola said: Gable
/ this word for word to the people of America,
| saying that it exactly represents the state
| OF this case. Renan may be said here to
almost prophesy in the Dreyfus case the
| governments error and the consequences
1 upon France unless justice be done. lola
/ then very violently exclaimed: This is
most monstrousi il would break my heart
We're | not certain, as | again repeat that
i truth will prevail. great nation. thirstng
4 for Justice. will come to acknowledge The
4 truth In the eDu=tardiiE IpThaDsg hut surely