Arizona republican., 1898-08-08
THE DREYFUS CASE.
Another View of It. This Time By
 a Duchess.

Washington, Aug. 7.-"Marquise de FontenoyH contributes the following to the Washington Post on the sub Iiect Of Captain Dreyfus' case French monarchists are just at the present moment in state of extraor- dinary perturbation and embarrass- ment over an expression of opinion by lthe Duchess of Orleans in the Dreyfus case.
 As everybody is aware, Frances arr 1 istocracy and all the smart society have considered it to be their duty to side with headquarters staff in the controversy on the subject of the un- fortunate prisoner of Devils island, and those members of the nobility who have ventured to express an opinion that after all he might be innocent are held up to obloquy as in the pay of the Jews, the popular novelist "Gyp"
 (Comtesse de MarteD losing no oppor- tunity to satiriZe in the most cruel manner every clubman or femme du monde of any prominence who ven- ! lures even to suggest that mistake may possibly have been made in con- nection with Dreyfus. Moreover, the
 recognized organs of the royalist party in France have been the most vehement in their denunciation of those who have championed the cause of the ex-captain.
 The sensation may be therefore con-
 ceived which was created the other day when not one but a number of Parisian papers gave publicity to opin-
 ions absolutely contrary to those of the royalist party, which had been ex- pressed by the duchess of Orleans in the presence and hearing of her hus-
 band at Brussels, while spending a few days in the Belgian capital on her way to Marienbad
 The remarks of the duchess were made at dinner at which several of the chief members of the royalist
 party were present, including the duo
 de Luynes, the Due Decazes, the Due de Noailles and others, and were ad- dressed to the Comte de Blois, senator for the department of the Maine-et- Loire
 The words used by the duchess were as follows: You have no idea how
 much harm this Dreyfus affair is doing to the good name of France abroad. People there are unable to understand the obstinancy of the government in
 keeping an innocent man in such ter rible captivity" And noticing an ex-
 pression of dissent on the face of some of her guests she continued: "Oh! but
 you know that everybody at the court
 of Austria, of Denmark, of St. James
 and of St. Petersburg is aware of Drey-
 fus' innocence and of the identity ol
 the real traitor'
 The duchess at any rate is in a DO
 sitior to know the views held at the
 courts in question; for she is an Aus.
 trian arch-duchess by birth, and .
 member of the most influential anG
 widely related branch of the imperia house of Hapsburg.
 The French royalists are therefore now in uuandary. They have called
 upon the duke to repudiate the re
 marks of his wife, and he has declined
 until now to respond to the demand having probably no wish to ouarre
 with consort to whom he is indebted
 for so much of his rank and prestige He shows in the affair a greater de
 gree of judgment than that with whicl l q.
 there is no doubt that whereas by : disavowal of the utterances of tn, , duchess he might have temporaril, improved his political prospects as pretender with his party in France , he would have been injured himsel
 abroad and turned against him all tha : powerful Jewish banking element i, !, Paris which constituted the principa ; support and source of strength of hi great grandfather, King Louis Phil l ippe
 : Young Prince Louis Napoleon, al : though he is general in the servic , of Russia, and a member of the Musco vite court, where sympathy is notori ously strong ill favor of Dreyfus, ha , been clever enough to avoid any eX pression of opinion about the matte } one way or another. The only indica tions that have been given of hi , views about the subject is the fact tha he never loses any occasion of utiliz ing his position as a Russian office to send messages of comradeship an,
 good will to General de Boisdeffre chief of the headquarters staff of tn French army, and the prime move and leading spirit of the entire cam paign against Dreyfus.
 That is why, if there is any revolu ton in France in the near future, an, : the people demand a monarchical rul :, CT, Prince Louis Bonaparte will stan' an infinitely better chance of winnini ,, the day than the duke of Orleans, sine the former will be able to rely on tn
 support of the army, whereas the lat
 ter may now be said to have antago l nized it's chiefs by declining to repudi ate the utterances of the duchess abou ) Dreyfus.
 It is difficult to conceive anything