The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-24

1sGs ssAs neeA greatly strengthened 81 the
i@rt tnat sorf4e % ere f9s e.xEeEs $3.50 FsEe
A4se eAtea agents or corE-1pEia1 ~eE - =. q
ar. wnat = worse. were Jews q German
baFNA. d is not rsgglsE n DeIss.. 81 eo4E=s.
tf.@t th@ n1sn corrupted were alf-ost w1tu-
~iA an exception, Christians SID French
men. s0cIa4 aB1 religious prejudice j. rot
e rational r. rs Judgments. T1e crime q
one JeW Is heard mora q. Il more resent
Sc, = more conspicuous tnan tae crimes
o. ole uanared Christ.aus, oat lEat -
ne" the weird cf national emotion Is
governed.
KnsU. therefore. ar attempt was made
% procure iae release o. the rstrial o.
Dfeyi4s, ali tae pent-up passion u n4-
titt- suspicion and panic. lie sources AID
oflsln of wnicn I have tried 60 describe.
Overlooked la a n8gn. des astatl1g tide
II ~as Impossible 80 get tae average
Ffencanaa 10 E1op ard ask whether tae
trial Of Drryfas answered 70 the demands
O rational an4 patient guFlsgr 1oenc4. lie
trusted 20 his army oftlceIe 90 see nat
that was all right and win the u.g at
mare of t5eruao-J ewisn coatrol % is
affairs and corruption and betrayal u
lis Tex0urces 80 nGs eyas aad IL his brains
he could SEE nothing H. this defense q
Dfcyfua bat a NV attempt - fas,en over
aselH ou tie neck II France tae ycke e
oerman-J awlsA mastery, from which the
country Was gu4t escaping. Il Is scarcely
necessary - aud tB&L there were popular
AND powerful journalists who symra-
thized with ghis feel.ug and who w4re
able 20 intensity ana Increase x By the
vitri0lizsd ard Inspired bitterness Of their
fear. IL IS difficult 10 convey 10 a. En-
8 Jsh reader an idea, without lengthy
TRANSACTIONS, 81 the sAvagery OF the Ian
gGage employed. both on the one side and
the other. When you read the articles
you have the impression Of men with
hlo0dshOt eyes and ciutcheG r5v0lveTs or
daR gers. entering into pit to stab
and shoot and murder each other The
gliilotiue is not worthy. and 50 far civil
izafi0n has advanced. bat one can under
stand the passions which produce tine
gulllotine IS an instrument OF government
in this city and in this nation.
/ have spoken % the Dreyfus trial as
especially unfortunate for the Jews Of
France This crusade against them Is not
without It's groiesque side. / see il stated
that tho houses Of the Rothschilds have
10 toe guarded as a matter of fact the
French branch OF that great house are. /
believe. TO a man. stanch conse Tvatives:
in other words. allies Of those of the sec
ton Of French opinion which lead al this
moment the anti-Semitic crusade. Up to
a few years ago there was TO nation In
the world where the Jew had so powerful
a position as in France. Al one time /
am told. there were nearly eighty Jews
IN the procedures and subprefectures OF
France. and that was within the last
dozen years. The French Jews on the
other hand. had shown their sense OF the
hospitality they had received in France
the foster mother among nations OF the
emancipation - by a patriotism which
erred on the side Of chauvInism rather
than Of lukewarmth. All this Is changed
whether permanently or not who can
tell? The whole depiorabls business Is an
arrest Of that development toward which
rational Christians and rational !. VS.
alike look farw arj-namely. the end 81
the Jewish aloofness and isolation. and
the absorption In the communities in
which they I've. As a journalist some
what cynlcally put IL 10 me. whenever the
chosen people show some Indication Of
losing their Individuality Jehovah sends
Some persecution which once more drives
the back upon themselves.
And now as 10 the trial Of Dreyfus. n
you ask me my opinion. I am unah 10
give a confident answer. | can only say
that the more one hears Of It the more OF
a puzzle Il becomes. | had heard some
days before the remarkable declaration OF
Herr Eulow in the German parliament
that the German authorities strenuously
denied that they knew anything OF ORGY
fus. But I was not surprised 70 find that
when the public declaration was made
Il had not the slightest effect upon public
opinion here. Indeed. ON the very night
AZ tHe declaration one 90 The diStiac. auti-
Semitic Iepers ccmm med on that very
article. in which the statement That all
men were liars was brought down -
the Hanover declaration that an Germans
were lars-anH the emperor was given
a supreme place as the first Of liars a
moro reasonable reply has been given by
NJ JUdct. the chief editor Of the petN
journal Nj hudet. ! understand is