The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-16

London, Jan. 15.-CCopyrighted, 1898,
by the Associated Press).-The new
phase into which the Dreyfus case has
entered is a distinct advance. The era
of secret courts martial is over. and
civil and public court win have to in
vc.stieate Emile Zola's charges of per-
sistent distortion of justice. The be-
hayior of military authorities in -burk-
ing the inquiry, casts the graVest re
Elections upon the oft-asserted honor
Of the French army, which mas SHOWN
an obstinate determination TO SUCK To-
gether, right or wrong
Outside of France, all Europe believes
Dreyfus is the victim of a Vlllalnous
conspiracy ard the prosecution OF
lola has broadened the question, Tor
the whole French army IS now Vlr-
tually placed on trial. The gravity OF
the situation is enhanced because the
whole Of France is in state OF grow
ing historical excitement. Temporarily
tho republic is generally supported
throughout the country, but history
shows that similar hysteria has fire.
olentlv led to violence and chaos.
When France is able to analyZe the
situation and should the suspicious
prove that the honor of the army IS
really affected. the consequences to the
republic might be of the most serious
description. The Panama scandals
have defed political life, and the law
courts have been discredited; therefore,
II respect for the army must also be
SURE hlde-ed. the desire to change the
govefnment may be irrepressible, in
when case the temptation for the
leaders TO divert the attention Of the
country to a foreign war will be well
night Irresistible Hence the deep in
terest of Frances neighbors.
HOT ALTERATION.
For the moment the intense excite
ment viii probably ind an outlet in
the renewal of the spectacle presented
during the last days of Boulangerism.
Hot alterations in the streets, leading
to assaults, are frequent. The police
are guarding the houses of prominent
Dreyfusiaps, and il is impossible to
faresee where the arrests Will end.
SANDER and denunciatiOn are so ram
pant that the authorities are taking
special precautions to prevent the cal
unniated from taking the law into their
own hands Duels have already re-
suited. A monster manifestation is
preparing in Paris for Sunday. AL
legedly it is anti-Dreyfusian. Really
It is anti-Semitic, and, unless prohib
tied, il is feared serious riots may be
the sequel.
NILE EXPEDITION.
Temporarily overshadowed, the move
mants of the French on the upper Nile
are again becoming unpieasantly
prominent to those who imagined that
Great Britain had undisputed claims
upon those regions. 1t is immaterial to
discuss the exact whereabouts OF the
French expeditions. It sufficeS that,
according to the bulk Of evidence, they
have penetrated to Bahr-G haZal, the
most fertile province of the Egyptian
Soudan. with the distinct mandate of
their government.
If this is true and the declarations
of successive British cabinets mean
anything, NJ. Han0taux has brought
about q causus belli. Thus far NJ. Ha-
notaux seems to have the advantage.
but the game is dangerous. Fear Of
war with France will not stop Great
Britain from recovering the whole
Egyptian Soudan and driving out any
French expeditions which may be
found there. when, in the opinion of
the Marquis Of Salisbury, the proper
time has arrived.
HENRY OF ORLEANS.
In the meantime, Prince Henry of Or
leans is fitting out at Marseilles and
evidently with the approval of the gov
eminent, an armed expedition to sub
due the equatorial provinces which the
Negus presented, claiming that they
had belonged 10 Abyssinia in prehis-
toric times; but in reality these pro-
cinces are Identical with those Great
Britain is seeking to restore to Egypt.
So, perhaps there is some truth in the
story that the activity of the British is
due TO the Egyptian intelligence de-
partment learning that the French
Abyssinian troops have reached Fa-
reinforcementS with the intention Of
following UP this success, and that a
common policy, which is morally sup
ported by Russia unites France and
Apyssinia.
PERSIA.
There are persistent reports Of grave
troubles threatening Persia. The shah's
sovereignty has always been shaky.
and 1t is now affirmed to be rapidly
chipping away from his grasp.
Indeed the situation at Teheran is
described as being so precarious that a
coup d etat may be precipitated at any
moment
Probably the murder OF Greaves, the
English telegraph operator, and the
outbreak at Mekran are connected with
The tendency to revolt in Persia
1t is believed IN well informed circles
that the dispatches OF Indian troops 10
The Persian gulf is due to general un-
INDIAN CAMPAIGN.
News is received that Sir William
Tockhsrt. the commander of the Brit
ish forces on the Indian frontier, has
1,ostponed his journey homeward, in
the expectation Of q settlement with
the Afridis. who are seemingly DESTROYS
If submitting points to the early con-
,f1Ision Of the most serious of the quar-
atlFfffa VTnrSff in, xy1.fch
rSritain IS engaged, and which viii
probably absorb the whole of the bud
rnfinenza has penetrated to the sa-
cred college at Rome But few cardi-
rails are exempt, and the condition Of
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