The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-15
ANARCHY REICNS
IN GAY CAPITAL
UpshOt Of the Dreyfus Affair Is Gen
ersI DiscOrd and Strife.
OUTCOME is PRoBLEMATICAL
Writers Agree That a Great Lrong Has
Been Committed and Fear for the
Republic Of franes

New York. Feb. IA dispatch 90 the
Herald from Paris says
what Will be the upshot OF the whole
business? Is a question that may be asked
with some profit at this junctu.e OF the
Zola trial The gravest anxiety obtains
and the Gauiois goes so far MS 70 COM
plain edt0rially that anarchy prevails
IN the army. In the law and In the street"
and calls upon 81 Felix Faure to ex-
ercise his constitutional power and put
a stop a. this state of things
Following are the Views % well known
Partisan Journalists experienced in read.
ing the signs of the times:
Gastoa Calmette. Of the FigRro. said.
- fault has been committed. fault
which should be attriolted to the course
Of affairs rather than 10 :he men who
have brought about this rampaign of re-
vision. The proper podtlon 10 take Is
strictly legal one and 20 ask but one
question in the parliament which COM
bined against Dreyfus without tis know
ledge 10 the courtmartial. II he has
been convicted IN connection with a dncu-
ment Of which he knows no hing. tn,n the
law. no matter what the fault Of Drey-
fus. has been violated and Tho matter
should be revised The whole question Is
wrapped up IN that. Everyone could as
sociaie himself with :he campaign. so far
as justice is concerned. but 40 one could
do 50 properly before the revision takes
place nor with certainty have set in mo-
I tion the conviction OF Oreyfis. II the
matter has been viewed in this light
France would have avoided one OF the
most terrible crisis she has ever gone
through since 1870. I speak OF the re-
public and this Is the first dan.,er TO the
republic which can involve such incal-
eulable consequences. refer to the dan
gers Of the antagonist now sprinsllg into
existence between he judicial system and
the army. between the gown ami the
sword. the antagonism between the rolit-
teal world and our amy staI"
Henri Rochefort said:
"Zola will be convi-ted. There Is so
great pressure Of public oninion acting
on the jury that one cannot expec, hut
conviction. on the other hani. Zala does
not seem 10 me to De well uafended and
his counsel seemed to be dragging the
AFFAIR out as long as possible. do not
, think Zola will go 70 prison, nor % |
think he will be obliged to pay a fine.
After the trial Is over its conclusions will
be considered by the rourt OF sessions.
But. supposing :.ola as acquitted. he will
not be aale TO show himseis in rubiic in
Paris, nor. for that matter. anywhere in
, France without personal dangrr to him
self He could not very well i've n Paris
with body-guard daily about him
NJ. Gudet OF the Petit Journal. said:
Il consider the present situation very
grave. and the gravity is owing to the
weakness Of the government
Ferdinand Nau. OF the Gou.let, said:
"The extreme gravity Of the situation
does not lie in the question of the cul-
pabillty or the innocence Of Dreysus. but
in the passions OF the various parties.
The question tends to separate into two
! camps or better yet. into two sects. the
nation whose unity has been in force ana
which less than a century ago proclaimed
the rights OF man-that Is 10 say, liberty
or opinion as regards politics and rcligicn.
That is why there is reason 10 feel that
II some grain of common sense does not
enter our homes, II our politicians make
use OF our divisions, we will be a spring.
board during the near elections and scat
tered hatred instead Of teaching appease-
ment and conciliation or -ather recon-
| ciliation, that sowed diseord in the ccun-
try. what heart desires to be left to work
in peace and demands the tight to con-
secrate itself wholly and for its greater
glory to the success of a peaceful mani
festation."