Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-01


whom the third ruler Of the famlly
named upset the same kind Of fiction
ana proclaimed himself emperor OF the
French. IT, have name which does
NOT NJ seems TO suit the mcrcuriai
French temperament about NJ wei a.
10 have one that does NJ and thereby
become the source OF constant ebulli-
lions and oven upriainer. They are now
recognized a. republicans In a national
aenso while realizing that they are any
thing and almost everything else; anu
such conirarieiy. which. TO most others
nationaitles would be confusing n not
eventually destructive. seems 20 be tho
cemcnt which binds the pccpie u
France and their country together.
Some years ago a captain In the
French army was arrested and tried
on n charge Of treason. iils name was
Drtyfus and he protested his limo.
ccnce In the most vehement manner \
document which was proved to tho
satisfaction Of tribunal organized to
convict was found. the contents Of
which were an expose Of the French
military system. defenser. etc. and this
was shown" 90 have been drawn Tor
and dispatched to the German authori-
tler. This would have been a very SER
ious matter. one calling Tor the ignom-
inious death ~ the culpflt n he had
been proved such beyond pcrldvcnture.
Iiui that such was not the case. that
The French tribunal Itself had very
grave doubts regarding the matter was
shown In the comparative leniency OF
Dreyfus' sentcnce--dsgradatlo from
once and Imprisonment fog ne on the
Isle du Diabie. on the coast Of French
Guiana. South America. This place well
deserves to name. which In English 10
Dcvils Island. Tor II IL described rs one
Of the Internal spots OF the carth's SUR
face. but that would not satisfy the
French demand foi Vengeance deep
ana dre n there were not something
In the case to cause them 20 halt and
consider
The controversy regarding Dreyfus
gulit or Innocence has extended
throughout tho civilzed world. out
side OF France the consensus OF opln-
Ion IN overwhelmingly 10 his favor.
Emperor william % Germany UNDER
took 10 come 20 the rescue half year
OF such a matter aEo by pledging his
honor a. man and u necessary his
honor as an emperor that no such
document had ever been received by
himself or any Of his military family
and no information had been received
from such causes, but aid from that
source was perhaps worse than none.
At any rate u was unavalllng. jus,
previous 20 this unqucailonably honest
declaration a case was made up against
the noted French author zola. really
for, the active Interest he had taken Ia
behalf " Drcyfus but nominally fol
written attack on a French gen
crai who had been a witness againn
the unfortunate captain ana was tn
prosecuting witness against the author
The procedure In the latter case wal
20 one-slded. the evidence admitted wal
at times 20 utterly Irrelevant and ihl
details az a whole were ~ farcical tina
the civilized world read and wondered
then laughed. then became disguised
The verdict q tho Jury-gullty. o.
coursc-was announced by the Asao
ris.si prean three days before u wa
rendered. and Of such materials wa
the web which was woven about poo
DreyfuH ana his defenders made.
Now comes genuine sensation. y
sensational n It that u attracts III
earnest attention % even Ray Paris
Colonel Horny. Of she French army
was arrested because o. his author
rhip OF ne letter which formed Import
ant II not the only real lapparenil
nab evidence In the Drcyfua ease
, Furthermore. II has been shown tina
most of the documents therein wcr
forged. According TO the dispatcher
Col Henry confessed to having com
miitrd forgery lowing 10 tho abuolui
7 necessity FOR finding proofs aEalnr
Drcyfus" II f. understood that IN
document In quesiion 10 the iette
: whlgh hitherto has been alleged to hav
been written b. the German miiitar
attaohe 60 the Italian military attach
I' In october, ispG II II also said tina
. when the Interpolation In the Drryfu
n ease Was coming In the chamber q
o deputies. this letter was secretly com
a munlcatrd TO thr court-mar..al. an
. was The chief evidence upon While
. prsyfua was convicted.
n when these Developments wer
q brought before the public, Col Henry a
once proceeded 10 enter o formal pie
Of guilty In the accepted French style
. he committed suicide. We are no,
gravely Informed that all this "may
lead 10 a revision OF The easel Why,
Il were any other civilized ana ca
iightcned nation that had u 10 dss
wi,h-more particularly the Unite
7 staios-ihe conaolousncss that 20 grca
wronx had been heancd upon one o
= Ia subjects now morally ncqulttc,
= would not b. a lahJect of a 'may' bu
Q ~ an immediate order Tor the pro
2 cced,nEa upon which tho conviction va
= based 90 be at once reviewed ant
q without some powerful proof IN r.
}. butiai. reverted The man would be q
n liberty within week and the rest @
o ha he be- made 40 pleasant ana r.
n from care ns TO gradually bgdlm "a
N awfui experiences suffered In v-der tha
i the guilty might escape and the ansl
10 semitic prciuG'co be fel.
!. But France Is France,
Il HussiAs rEA,E ooNonEss.