The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-24
A WoMAN's VIEW.
Emily Crawford Writes of the lola
Trial and Verdict.

Paris. Feb. 24-The lola trial is end
ed The jury agreed days ahead on the
verdict, and it's unanimity was que 70
threats 1t stayed in the jury room
for a few minutes and the sentence IS
one wear for NJ. lola and four months Tor
M. Perrieux, the nominal director OF
the Aurore. The hour was seven in the
evening and the court was lighted by
electricity, which revealed the race OF
every person. A very striking object
Christ crucifed," hung high behind the
bench.
M. Laborie ended his speech by say
ing: THE name of PLATE is the most
abhorred in history" The figure OF
Christ caught Zola's eye. After sen
tence had been passed with pOmpous de-
corum he exclaimed: To-day, aSSoclat-
ed with Christ, l. too, am a victim OF
mob violence, official cowardice and a
grand miscarriage of Justice" But he
Gid not vince or finch He looked as
Indifferent as a mere spectator. Nine
ZOla's devoted heart at the hrst seemed
broken; but when she felt that she must
brace herself up to rise to the helght
of ZOla'S grand situation, she became
calm and self possessed. His friends,
the artists, Bruneau and DeSmeulln,
were more broken-hearted than she.
They have daily accompanied lola
protecting him from mob violence. M
Laborie was also greatly upset.
Zola's other friends were delighted
They declared that by the sentence he
was redeemed from all past faults;
that it set him upon a radiant pedestal;
gave him an unique position, and would
make him the representative man OF
humanity. They had greatly feared
a severe sentence, but one wiped OH with
the benefit of the first offenders law
In this case he would not have gone to
prison
M. Clemenceau pleaded for the hum
BILE PerrieuX and tried to cheer him.
He, poor fellow, has no compensations,
no worldwide advertisement Tor ms
works, no blaze of glory
The troops were never employed TO
keep order during the trial. The civic
guards and constabulary only We're
called out There were 1000 on duty
around the law courts yesterday; but
despite all precautions to exclude the
public, 1000 persons got into the hall.
There were endless officers in uniform
and civilian clothes; and the young Of
ficers in the court and hall Joined the
manifestations and waved their caps
when "Vive L'Armee" was cried. The
old officers were content to laugh,
The jury slipped away, but some of
the jurynen were recognized in the hall
seething crowds on young mems should
ers The din was fearful but it was a
Joyous din. The fact that lola was
meeting a severe sentence softened an
CRY passions. The French. as victors,
are kindly; defeat sours and infuriates
them, preventing the factional cry
"Vive L'Armee."
Are we entering" moderate people
ask, ''an era of pronunciH1entoes? p
No, no French general ever aimed at
military dictator. The first and second
Napoleon were practically foreigners
But there is a strange combination of
army church and people. with one OBJ
iectiye. to put down Israel in France.
This union is less fortuitous than it
looks. The Jews now control all the
sources of wealth The minds and feel
ing-s of the people have long been in re-
volt in secret against this power, which
has no physical force behind it What
has fermented in the brain is now going
into action.
The church is the one great universal
organ to pit against the Jewish univer-
sal alliance, France therefore there is
politically with Rome, but she must
keep the republic. A monarchy could