Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-13
A WILD UPROAR.
French Chamber Of Deputies
Has Stormy Session
Caused By n. Grousset's Criticism Of
Staff In Dreyfus Affair.
As Result Of insults During Debate q. Boyer
Sends Seconds to Other Members.

Paris, Dec. 12.-In the Cham
Der of Deputies, today. M. Grous-
set, Radical Socialist, interpellated
the government on the indis-
cretions of the general staff in the
Dreyfus affair. He read abstracts
from newspapers articles which are al
legged to, have emanated from members
of the general staff, which caused a
violent uproar. during which the dep
utes rose ana rushed at one another
and engaged in series of fist fights.
NJ. Grousset continued his remarks IN
the midst of this tumult and recalled
and article in the Intransigant refer
ring to the letters from Emperor Viii
liam and an interview between Count
Won Munster, the German ambassador
at Paris and N. Casimer Perfer. the
former President of the republic.
Count De Nun, the Conservative lead
er, here interrupted the speaker and said
he desired that the House be consulted
as to whether the discussion should
be allowed to continue. The premier,
NJ. Dupuy, said that as the head OF
the government he protested with the
utmost energy against the language
of the speaker, who he added, had not
measured its possible effect, (Great
applause). NJ. Deroulde, Revisionist,
shouted: "Come off the tribune"
This caused a redoublement of the up
roar. When semi-quiet had been res
tored, NJ. Grousset continued speaking.
He said the center of the resistance to
the revision of the Dreyfus case was
no longer the ministry of war. 1t was
elsewhere, as to the secret documents
in the case he pointed out that they
had been ridiculed by Emperor Will
liam himself cloud protests).
NJ. Deschanel, Republican. invited
the speaker not to mix foreign sover-
eigns in the debate, any more than he
could mix the President of the Repub-
lie in them. M. Grousset continued,
spoke of the articles in the neWspapers
in which it was hinted that Russia and
the Gar was mixed up in the &Drey-s
fus affair and he also alluded f0sthe
recent semi-official note relative to
the minister of foreign affairs. M. Del
casse, being obliged to explain certain
statements to the German ambassador
(Violent interruptions) relative to the
latters daughter Uproar and hoots).
Austria, M. Grousset said, was next
mixed up in the affair. ~
} The speaker said he had pointed out
these matters in order to show that
press campaign had been inaugurated
by certain interested persons to pre-
vent the discovery of the tfuth-~sM.
Grousset concluded with demanding
to know if the government was dispOs-
ed to permit the centre of resistance
to the law pass from the ministry of
war to the general staff of the mill
tary government of Paris. il it would
any longer tolerate this attitude of the
ringleaders and if it would govern for
the republic of the Jesuits? (App1ause
from the extreme leftists and violent
protests elsewhere).
The minister of war; M. De Freyci-
net, repudiated NJ. Grousset's allega-
tions. He said that if there had been
some indiscretions it was unjust and
imprudent to attack the whole army
Unjust, because the army was excel
lent. devoted to it's duty and Incapable
of the acts charged. Imprudent be-
cause it was liable to lead to disor-
ganization of the military institutions.
The minister of war concluded with
vigorously protesting against the ac-
cusation brought against the general
staff and the military government of
Paris of resisting the law.
M. Dupuy asked the Chamber to
close the discussion and adopt the Or
der of the day, which was done by a
vote of 46S to IS. The House then ad-
journed.
AS one of the results of insults ex-
changed during the debate in the
Chamber. today, M. Antied Boyer,
Radical Socialist, has sent his seconds
to M. Deroulde, Revisionists, and to
M. Gauthier, De Clagny). Revision
ist who characterized NJ. Boyer as a
''whitewashed Panamaist."