The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-03

Paris, Sept. 2.-Midnight.-The most
pessimistic feelings exist. 1t is the
common belief that Great Britain and
Russia are on the eve Of war, and that
the consequences of the Dreyfus scan
dai will involve France in war with
Germany.
The government is doing its best. to
stem the rising tide of agitation by
studied acquiescence. which scandalizes
the Journal des Debats and other pa
perS; but it may succeed IN getting over
the crisis. NJ. Faure ignores the re-
DrOaches Of the press and remains at
Ilavre.
NJ Bourgeois, minister of education
is in Switzerland. His address is not
known here.
NJ. Peytraal. minister of finance, is at
Marseilles. and NJ. Lockroy, the minis
ter of marine. is at CherbOurg.
PROLONGED CONFERENCES.
In the meantime NJ. Cavaignac, min
ister of war. and NJ Sarrien, minister
of justice. remain here NJ. Sarrien had
two prolonged conferences with NJ.
Brisson this afternoon, and after M.
CaVaignac'S long interview with NJ
Sarrien, both ministers looked ruftied-
These and other impromptu ministerial
conferences were devoted to an en-
deavOr to convince the minister of war
of the necessity on political grounds of
a revision of the Dreyfus case, which
the whole country, including the army,
now demands.
High officers confess that the discus
sions that will follow revision will
probably entail war. but they say that
would be preferable to having the army
remain under a cloud, with the posi-
bilities of agitation leading to civil
strife.
VAIN HOPE.
1t is now said that the chamber Of
deputies will not assemble until Oc-
tober. by which time it is hoped the
storm will have blown over. Almost all
the ministers. it is believed, are now
in favor of a revision. M. Cavaignac
is alone obdurate, insisting that he
must first finish his departmental in
quiries. and that even then he will only
act under pressure of a threat of publi-
cation of such disclosures as would
leave him no alternative but revision
FORCE THE GOVERNMENT.
Several officers Of the highest dis
inction, it is alleged, threaten to resign
their commissions and to publish the
facts in order to force the government
to act Among the crowd of specula-
tions and alleged revelations, however,
little that is actually new has been dis
closed. General PellieuX is furious at
having been deceived. He says that
during the Zola trial he received a let
ter from a juryman begging him for
proof of the guilt of Dreyfus. He
learned elsewhere that the jury want
ed the report of Captain LIE Brun-Ren-
aud, who is credited with having re-
ceived confession from Dreyfus.
PELLIEUX'S ANGER.
All of General Pellieux's demands
upon the government failed to get any
thing but Lieutenant Colonel Henry's
forged letter, which he General Pei
lieux) took on trust. Angered at this
base deception, General Pellieux has
now written to the governor Of Paris
asking to be placed on the retired list,
IS he does not wish to be mixed up
with men lacking all sense of honor"
The government has begged him to
reconsider his decision.
NJ. De PresenZ, a member Of the
chamber of deputies and foreign editor
of the Temps, is organizing meetings
the country for revision
ZOLA IN HIDING.
NJ. Zola remains in hiding, but he
mas written a letter of congratulations
to Madame Dreyfus.
Colonel Picquart implOres Maitre
Labori, who was counsel for Zola in
MS recent trial. to cease efforts to OBJ
tain his (Picquart's) freedom, as he
says he can wait until September Il,
when he will be liberated and can face
his accusers. Madame Dreyfus SO far
has taken no action