The age-herald., 1898-09-03
PESSIMISTIC
 FEELINGS EXIST Russia and England Believed to Be on
 Verge of War. M. FAURE IS INDIFFERENT Agitation of Dreyfus Scandal May Lead
 to Strife BETWEEN GERMANY AND FRANCE Chamber of fDeputies Will Not Assemble Until October and the Matter May
 Have Blown Over By
 That Time.
M. FAURE IS INDIFFERENT I
BETWEEN GERMANY AND FRANCE

Paris, September 2-Midnight.-The most pessimistic feelings exist. It is the com mon belief that Great Britain and Russia are on the eve of war and that the conse- quences of the Dreyfus scandal will involve France in war with Germany.
 The government Is doing its best to stem tne rising tide of agitation by a studied uhiescence which scandalizes the Journal Des De Bats and other papers, but it may succeed in getting over the crisis. M. Faure ignores the reproaches of the press and re- mains at Havre.
 M. Bourgoies, minister of education, is in Switzerland. His address is not known here. M. Peytrel, minister of finance is at Marseilles and MT. Lockroy, minister of marine, is at Cherbourg.
 In the meantime, M. Cavaignac minister of war, and M. Sarrien, minister of justice, are busy enough. M. Sarrion had two pro- longed conferences with M Brisson this af- ternoon and after M. Cavaignac's interview with M. Sarren, both ministers looked ruff fled. These and other impromptu ministe- rial conferences were devoted to an en- deavor to convince the minister of war of the necessity on political grounds of revi- sion of the Dreyfus case, which the whole country, including the army now de- mands.
 High officers confess that the discussion that will follow revision will probably en- tall war, but they say that would be pre- ferable to having the army remain under a cloud with the possibilities of agitation leading to civil strife.
 May Blow Over
 It is now said that the chamber of depu- tfa pnt Orfnhar which time it Is hoped the storm will have blown over. Almost all the ministers, 1t is believed, are now in favor of revision. M. Cavaignac is alone obdurate, insisting that he must first finish his departmental in pestigation and even then he will act only unler pressure of a threat of a publication abroad of such disclosures as would leave him no alternative to revision.
 Several officers of the highest distinction it is alleged threaten to resign their con- missions, and to push the facts, in order to force the government to act. Among the crowd of speculations alleged revela- tions, however little that Is actually new, has been disclosed. General Pellieux is furious at being deceived. He says that during the Zola trial he received letters from juryman begging him for proof of the guilt of Dreyfus. He learned else where that the jury wanted the report of Captain Le Brun Renaud, who is credited with having received confession from Dreyfus. All of General Pellieux's de- mands upon the government failed to get anything but Lieutenant-Colonel Henry s forged letters, which he Pellieux) took on trust. In his anger at this basce deception General Pellieux has now written to the governors of Paris asking with brutal frankness to be placed on the retired list because he does not wish to mix up with linen lacking all sense of honor"
 Could Clear Up the Affair
 London, September 3.-M. De Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of the Times, tele- graphs that he has obtained the views of a distinguished German on the Dreyfus stua- tion This individual admitted that Ger many, by speaking out, cot Id, perhaps, clear up the Dreyfus affair."" but he added that "the interests of the nation are supe- rior to those of individuals"
 M. De Blowitz says: "Gen. De Boisdef- feres shortcomings are just as fully under stood here in France. There was even an idea of sending him as French Gnbassador to St. Petersburg, post he C~jired, but the incident of the Zola trial made his re- tention as chief of staff imperative Now the Germans have no longer a motive to keep silence"
 Proceeding to relate from inside knowl- edge the history of the forgeries of Colonel Schwartzkoppens Qate German military at- tache in Paris) hand writing, the Times correspondent says the work was so clever ly done as to deceive Colonel Schwartzkop- pen himself