Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-08
MAY CAUSE REVOLUTION.
A Revision of the Proceedings In
the Dreyfus Case Not Yet
Decided Upon.
TWO GREAT EUROPEAN WARS POSSIBLE.
The French Government Trying to Stem
the Rising Tide of AgitatIon-The Ne
cessity, ON Political Grounds. of Revi-
sion-Foreign War Preferable to Civil
Strife.

Paris, Sept. s.-The report put in cir
vision of the Dreyfus case had been
decided upon appears to be premature.
1t is now pointed out that revision
must be sanctioned by cabinet coun-
Gil under the presidency of NJ. Faure.
No such council has been had as yet,
but NJ. Cavaignac, the minister of war,
conferred at great length yesterday
with Nj. Sarrien, the minister of JUS
tice, and NJ. Brisson, president of the
council and minister of the interior.
The presumption is that these confer
ences had to do with the proposal of
revision, but the results have not been
made public.
Two Great Wars Imminent.
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 scandal will involve France in
war with Germany.
Trying to Stem the Rising Tide.
The government is doing it's best to
stem the rising tide of agitation by
studied quiescene which scandalizes
the Journal des Debats and other pa
pers, but it may succeed in getting
over the crisis. NJ. Faure ignores the
reproaches of the press and remains at
Havre.
M. Bourgeois, minister of education,
is in Switzerland His address is not
known here. NJ. Peytral, minister of
finance, is at Marseilles, and M. Lock
roy minister of marine, is at Cher.
bourg.
The Necessity, ON Political Grounds, OF
In the meantime, NJ. Cavaignac,
minister of war. and M. Sarrien, min
lister of justice, are busy enough. NJ.
Sarrien had two prolonged conferences
with M. Brisson yesterday afternoon,
and after NJ. Cavaignac's long inter
view with NJ. Sarrien, both ministers
looked ruffied. These and other i'm
promptu ministerial conferences were
devoted to an endeavor to convince the
minister of war of the necessity, on
political grounds,of revision of the
Dreyfus case, which the whole country,
including the army, now demands.
VIII Probably Result In War.
High officers confess that the dis.
cussions that will follow revision will
probably result in war, but they say
that would be preferable to having
the army under cloud, with the posi-
bilities of agitation leading to civil
strife.
Cayaignac Still Convinced of the Prisoners
Guilt.
Paris. Sept. 3.-M. Lasies, a member
of the chamber of deputies, had an
interview this morning with the min
lister for war, M. Cavaignac, on the re-
cent developments in the Dreyfus case.
The minister reiterated that he was
convinced of the guilt of the prisoner,
but added, that, at the same time, he
was determined to punish all who had
been derelict in their duty.
The deputy afterwards declared that
SO long as NJ. Cavaignac was minister
for war, there would be no revision OF
the Dreyfus case, adding that as in the
event of revision the trial could not
again be held behind closed doors, and
it would be impossible to produce pub
licly some of the documents, the &C
quittal of Dreyfus must certainly re-
suit from a reopening of the case.