The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-24

MI. wife NlIl He DrHVes nut MS Friehos
.rc uorrIncd-Not the End OF the Drey-
%, c..c-Au ovation Given TO tho soldiers
nh. uob Howis MT Zoih when the Verdict
. .,,ourrcd-Laborrs Eloquent speech.
sp,c;ai cabis Dispatches to THE sun.
Nous rcb "a II ia inadequate to describe
.,a Iisroc,cd country by saying that France is
M LANCER a republic. 1t is better and truer to
~, ,bot France has never been a republic. No
- d.res cry "vlvo la Republique" in the
,,reets of Paris tonight.
zola has been condemned ana the army Is
avenged, cry the press and the pubic. 1 nave
49,, ~, r,n, from the Grand boulevard. There
...oh battalion Of cavalry received from the
tr,n,ied crowd an ovation such as the saviors
:, r,,ion have sometimes received from q
hateful people. The officers. and even the
..oonsrs themselves. acknowledged the homage
.,,h their hands at salute. as IL they received
-.u.lv their due. Nobody in the frantic throng
nd tho slightest notion that they wero pledg-
loo tho admission OF France to n new despotism.
1o,o has been sentenced to q year in prison for
Announcing u gross public outrage upon justice,
and Paris is gay and light-hearted over the belief
that Mt last she has rid herself of the hated in
cubus which for weeks and months has tram
celled trade and pleasure; and tomorrow France
Iii he genuinely astonished to find that 1t Ii
still there heavier than ever.
The last day of the trial saw the elimination
NJ the excitement and passion Of the fourteen
aavs already passed. TIT audience threw itself
from one spasm Of emotion into another until
At the end, after expanding its last strength in q
delirium Of excitement over the verdict and
aentence, 1t went away exhausted
NJ. lola is still at his residence. He is entitled
10 his liberty until the expiration OF the period
in which he can lodge an appeal.
NJ. Labor continued his plea In the lola
trial to-day, taking up the secret paper which
Gems. Pellieux and Boisdeffre declared fur.
nlshed conclusive proof that Dreyfus was
guilty. Counsel for the defence first ridi-
ouled and then denounced the idea that the
honor of a French officer could be destroyed by
a visiting card and an anonymous note. He
then discussed the handwriting Of 1.-THE bordereau,
pointing out:that only three Of the hve exports
who testified ut the Dreyfus trial had pra-
nounced 1t the work OF Dreyfus. 1t was appar-
ant that 1t was impossible to convict Dreyfus
upon this evidence alone. and tho secret piece
was introduced. There was no doubt upon this
point, NJ. Labor said. for there was the direct
evidence of NM. Sale and Demange. while
Gen. Mercier, who was responsible for the ille-
eality, had refused to deny 1t.
The French Government ever since had had
this infamous thing, which was q reproach in
Itself, and when the Ministers declared In tho
Chamber of Deputies that Dreyfus had boon
legally condemned, they had lied.
Great uproar interrupted the speaker at this
point and it was some moments before order
was restored.
N. Labor then in words of pathetic eloquenoe
described the plight Of the prisoner on tho Isle
NJ II. To- a.. Z. ID tyoI aNtar. ar~-.
Drsyfus to his wife. again protesting his inno-
ecnce, and in pitiful language invoking justice
to come to his aid.
NJ. labori.by his marvellous eloquenoe at
this point compelled the unwilling sympathy of
his hearers:until the intense silence in the court
room was broken by the audible weeping Of
many women in the audience.
The President again interrupted NJ. Labor
when the latter alluded to the card and telo.
gram which had directed Col. Picquart's suspi-
cion against Esterhazy and which, Labor as
serted, came from a foreign embassy and TO
peated his order forbidding him to make any
allusion to a foreign power.
Counsel next discussed the testimony of Col.
Picquart, whose action in investigating Ester
haZy, he said, was taken entirely in-the course
OF his duty and under the direction Of his:su-
periors. He emphasized Col. Picquart's good
faith and independence, which, he said. had
now brought him into trouble.
Esterhazy himself was next discussed in
scathing language. counsel first contrasting tho
private life of Dreyfus and of Esterhazy, show
ing the latter's life to have been notoriously In
famous.
1t has been insisted by the army chiefs that
1t was impossible that anybody but an artillery
officer was the author of the bordercdu, because
M nfhprl pnu1i nnaaihl- Enou, - tha oa-, ,-,-
known as No. 100, mentioned therein; but NJ.
Labor astoniShed the court by producing in his
argument q pamphlet published in 1889 dos
cribing this gun.
The Acknowledgement protested that the gun
was unknown previous to February. 1894, but
NJ. Labor. amid the cries Of the audience, In.
sisted that it was.
Here is NJ. Labori's peroration:
Zola's letter was a cry for justice and truth.
Nhas rallied all save some disturbers around
"hat France counts the greatest and pur-
Get 10 not be alarmed or allow your
selves to be intimidated. The honor
OF the army Is not involved. They tell
you OF dangers near. DO not believe in
these dangers. These brave officers, who have
made a mistake. will yet fight with the highest
courage and lead us to victory. Do not strike
Emile lola. Gentlemen. you know well that he
STANDS Tor the honor OF France. 1t Ii by the
heaF- by moral energy. that great battles are
won, and also cry 'Vive lArmee!' when / ask
you 10 acquIt lola. l cry at the same time
Long live the republicl' Long live the rIghti
Long live eternal justice and TRUTH
"hen the court r~eassembled NJ, Clemenceau
COUNSEL TOT NJ. Perreux. manager of the 4urOre,
mane a short statement to the jury and read an
article which he wrote at the time that Dreyfus
was condemned, in which he demanded that
Dreyfus should be condemned to death. This arti
GIG was republished In the Intransigcant or
monday. lie pointed out to the jury that Il
was childish to accuse him now of inconsistency
~ was then not known, nor was it suspected
uat DFeyfus had been illegally convicted by 30
eret evidence.
,'4elhenceau reviewed the testimony which
rOhHrIhed his conviction that Dreyfus had beer
Illegally condemned and protested against tn,
uea mat this constituted an insult to IN,
Hfmy' The only person who had insulted tn,
stm'' ne declared, was Esterhazy, and IL wa.
aIsh Time TO distinguish bet wcen the cry o.
.Ne ! Armcc!' and that OF "Vive Esterhazy!'
many frenchmen are saying" he continued
mat II Is possible that Dreyfus was con