The herald., 1898-01-18
made sortie and drove away the stu
AIT MARsEILLEs

dents.
AT MARSEILLEs
MARSEILLEs, Jan. ia crowd of
5000 persons made demonstration here
today against the Jews. They cheered
the Army club, whose officers appeared
on the balcony shouting viva la
France" and displaying the tri-color.
which the crowd cheered frantically.
Another crowd paraded the streets
with cries of death to the Jews" and
Shame on Zola." They gathered in
front of the synagogue until the police
dispersed them.
REASON FOR sECREsY
PARIS, Jan. ia semi-official note
relative to the demand that the alleged
confession of Alfred Dreyfus to M. Le-
brun- Renaud should be published. says:
"If the government conceded the de-
mand 1t would bring under discussion
and appear to place in doubt, the au-
thority of the Dreyfus decision. More
over, the government does not consider
that 1t has the right to make such a
communication for reasons analogous
to those which determined the court
martial to try Dreyfus behind closed
doors,
A JEWISH PANIC
PARIS, Jan. 1.-THE events of the
past few days are beginning to produce
q feeling of panic In Jewish circles. Both
the business and private houses of the
Rothschilds and other wealthy Jews
are guarded by special detectives and
gendarmes for fear lest the crusade pro-
duce sudden popular outbreak.
A heavy fog settled over the city this
afternoon and made 1t difficult to asoer-
tain until late exactly what had hap
pened. 1t seems that, fearing disorders,
a large body of police moved in the d.
rection of the Pantheon about o'clock
and barred the bridges across the Seine.
Half an hour later the students, issu-
ing from their lecture rooms, filled the
Place de Pantheon. An agitated crowd,
shouting, "Conspeuz Zola," and raising
other cries, moved in the direction of
the bridges. Several attempts to cross
the river were frustrated, but eventually
large number reached the Place de la
Republique. In one case the crowd In
front of shop that bore the name
"Levi," shouted. "Death to the Jews.
Let us pillage," The students at the rear,
ignorant of the cause of delay. pushed
on, and the mass continued it's onward
course. Attempts In various directions
were always frustrated by the police.
Many arrests were made, The students
were now Joined by the riff-raff of the
city, but finally desisted until evening.
The students having the sympathy of
the authorities, were treated with for
bearance by the police, who only kept
them within necessary bounds. Accord
ing to some accounts, twenty people
were wounded in the cavalry charge
outside the Tivolf hall, which the police
eventually cleared. The imprisoned
committee in the tribune was unable to
make itself heard, and hung out
a placard announcing that the proceed
ingS were closed. There Is no doubt
that the policy of the government is be-
ginning to be strongly assailed. Gen.
Billot, minister. of war, is especially the
object of attack, and the. smallness of
the majority in the chamber of deputies
today indicates the waning of M.
Meline's influence.
The cabinet was only saved from de-
feat by the votes of Monarchists and
Boulangists. The Libre Parole accuses
Gen. Billot of Illegally spending 100000
francs of the war office funds in bribing
the press during the present crisis.
A special service of police has been or
ganized around the residence of Matthew
Dreyfus.
LIE Soir asserts that M. Zola will call
Count Munster, the German ambas-
sador. and Count Tornelia, the italian
ambassador, as witnesses to the inno-
cence of Dreyfus.