The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-22
After the lola Trial i'm Paris

Sunshine has come back after a
hatcher long absence, and there was an
abundance of it today. While other
capitals, like Vienna, for instance, are
still in the grasp of winter, Paris is
almost preparing for the spring. So,
at least, lit seemed today, for sunbeams
We're dancing everywhere, and the
casua clouds that flOated from time to
time across the face of the armament
were speedily dispelled. Only a few
weeks more and idlers will be actively
engaged in studying the trees in the
Tuileries and the Champs Elysees on
the lookout for budding leaves.
Wonderful to the contrast between
the great agitation which prevailed
only a few days ago and the absolute
calm which now reigns. It is a veri-
table transformation scene, which only
those who have been eye-Witnesses of
recent stirring events could adequately
realize. The TERRIFIC excitement which
threatened at one time to ssum
alarming dimensions has given place
to utter Indifference, and the large ma
jority of the Parisians only ask to be
allowed to pursue the even tenor of
their. way in peace n quietness. Ev-
cry worthy citizen has much to say
about the immense damage done to
trade by h sensational incidents Of
the past few months. Not only were
intending visitors kept away from this
city by the fear of what might hap
pen, but no inc~onsiderable proportion
of the inhabitants seemed determined
to part with as little money as they
could. The consequence was that bust
ness was d~eplorably slack. Now it is
a case OF making up for lost time, and
there appears to he a general agree
ment to forget all that has occurred
as quickly as possible, and to look
brightly and hopefully to the future.
Even the men whose names only last
week were in e~verybody's mouth are
now attracting comparatively little
notice. Lieutenant Colonel Picquart
has left the Fort of Mont Valerien,
but, although there vas a crowd at
the Suresnes Station when he walked
in, with a travelling bag in his hand
and a ~volluminous portfolio under his
arm, no n remarked him. M. Scheur-
er-kestner has been permitted to en-
joy the pleasures of a concert without
n irate or inquisitive glance being
darted i'm his direction, and members
of the Rothschild family, in taking
their walks abroad, are as respectful
ly saluted as if the Dreyfus case had
never been revived and NJ. Drumant
had been singing their praises all
jan OIINC L IIdy ISDSdl, OH
the strength of information derived
from experienced authorities on the
subject, that no serious ap~prehensions
ever prevailed among the Jews here.
The of the synagogue in the
nefghborhood of the Place de la Bas-
tile, and Of a factory in the same dis
trict, We're broken, and a few other
depredationS were committed, but there
was no reign of terror among them.
Nav so1aaI H. -
Jews have suffered materially to any
great extent. I nave made inquiries in
thoroughly well-informed quarters as
to whether the class oS small shop
epe for instance, has undergone
any boycOtting, but / have not heard
of a single case of this. There is no
spite or bitterness about the average
Partisan. and as the excitement sub
sided with the close of the trial, he
lost no time in turning his attention
to other and more pleasant matters.
1t really seems a pity hat various
questions connected with the big af-
fair, with the exception, of course, OF
NJ. Zola's appeal, cannot be obliterat-
ed, as when they come up one after the
other they will attract notice more to
dt, while 1T also appears to be rather a
subject for regret hat the government
should have dealt so strictly with one
or two OF the officials who crossed its
path. However, as for a real revival
of the tremendous agitation, which has
happily dwindled away, there seems to
be little chance of it. One very note
worthy sign, by the way, of the length
to which cancellation is being carried,
Is to be found in the compliments
which are being addressed by many q
provincial bar to the generals of the
district, with a view to removing the
bad Impression caused by the friction
displayed between arms and the toga
in Paris during the memorable trial
London Telegraph Paris Correspond
ence, March 1.