The Worthington advance., 1898-09-29
MAY BE AN UPRISING.


Paris, Sept. 26.--The cabinet Is
with olding the decision of the Drey-
fus commission from the people. The
ministry has adjourned until to-day
without making any announcement Of
the verdict. The people are left in sus-
pense, and the most widespread dis
content prevails. The ministers, it is
reported. are not in accord upon the
question of revision. Such suspense
as has not been felt in Paris since the
Franco-Prussian war now hangs over
the city. Crowds are beginning to
march through the streets demanding
revision. There is no longer any doubt
that crisis is at hand in the history
of the republic. If the verdict is
against revision rioting which may
quickly develop into another commune
is likely to begin. The people. con-
vinced at last that injustice has been
done to Dreyfus. will take matters in
their own hands. I@@& -.
The report of the commission is re-
garded as a test as to whethers the
army or the people rule the public.
The army IS against revision, the peo-
pie for it, and thus the question has
gone far beyond the guilt or innocence
OF Dreyfus., The people are -arrayed
against the, army, bitterly arrayed,
and the magnitude of the danger is
seen. Wild reports fly about, one that
the verdict will be for revision. the
other that it is against. In quarters
where the report that the commission
has refused to grant Dreyfus new
trial there are already signs of disor-
der. The crowds on the streets are in
creasing and the suspense grows more
and more brea thless.
The military governor of Paris has
taken every. precaution instantly to
crush any outbreak, but the discomfort
and anger will be so widespread.
should the decision be against revision,
that his power to do so is doubted. It
is nice question as to when to inter-
fere. Should force be employed too
soon a riot would be precipitated.
Should tie military governor hesitate
too long the streets would be torn up
and barricaded. The verdict of the
commission, it is said. is withheld from
the public at the request of the cabi-
net, which is to hold an extraordinary
session. This fear to give out the re-
port was construed by some to mean
that revision had been refused.
London, Sept. 26.-The Observer con-
tinues it's Esterhazy revelations, began
last Sunday, in a long article, the most
salient feature of which is Comte Es-
terhazy's disclosure, made. it is as
serted, in the presence of more per-
sons than one, that he was the author
of the famous Dreyfus bordereau. Es-
terhazy, it is alleged, said:
1T was intended to constitute material
proof of Dreyfus' guilt It was known
through French spy in the service at Ber-
lin that certain documents had reached
the German general staff which Dreyfus
alone could have obtained. It was list
OF these documents which constituted the
bordereau. Dreyfus had been tested in
several ways and he had managed to spend
long holidays in Alsace without being ap
parently found out by the German authori-
ties-a very suspicious sign. Col. Sand
herr. who was an Alsatian, like Dreyfus.
but Intensely anti-Semitic, determined to
forge his proof He was convinced of the
accused mans guilt, but it was necessary
for the purpose of the court-martial that
documents should exist I wrote the bor-
dereau because Col. Sandherr told me to
do so. knew. Of course, was commit
fntelligences departments In all countries
were run on precisely the same lines and
that it was impossible to achieve the re-
suits in any other way'