Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-01-16
N EUROPE
New Phase of the Dreyfus
Case.
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
1t Is Seriously Threatened by Internal Dis
srhsions. EnEland's 1;reatest Dam
grr. Says Sir. Gladstone, is
from Labor Troubles.


| is a distinct advance. The era Of secret
court -nartals is over and a civil ana
| E'indc court VIII have to inyestigl :
ElnMie Zola'S charges of persistent dis
tortion of justice. The behavior of mil
'tary authorities in ''burking" the in
9u.ry casts the gravest reflections upon
the oft-asserteG honor of the French
army which has shown an obstinate a. :
termination to stick together, right or
wrong.
Outside Of France all Europe believes
Dreyfus is the victim Of villa in5us
conspiracy and the prosecution Of lola
EHS OroadSned the question, for the
whole French army is now virtually
placed on trial. The gravity of the Sit
uat.oh is enhanced because the Whole of
france IS in state OF growing hyster-
Rai excitement. Temporarily. the re-
public is genemliy supported through
out the country, hs1t history shows that
n.ldr hysteria has frequently led to
v'o!ert changes. When France is able
20 anllyze the situation, and should, the
suspicion spread that the honor of the
army is really affected, the conseGuen. es
to the republic might be OF the most Sc
r.ous description. The Panama scanshls
have defiled poTitical life and the law
courts have been discreditsd: therefore,
If respect for the army must also be
surrendered, the desire to change the
government may be irrepressibe. in
which case the temptation for the leaJl
ers to divert the attention 0. the coun-
Try to foreign war Will be well nigh
irresistible. Hence the deep interest OF
Frances neighbcrs.
f'or the moment, the intense excite
ment WIN probably find an, outlst in the
renewal of the spectacle presented dur
Ing the liveliest days of Roulangism
hot alterations In the streets. leading
to assaults are frequent the police are
guarding the houses Of prominent D,ey-
russians and it Is Impossible to fores=e
where the arrests will end. SANDER and
denunc,a ton are SO rampant that the
authorities are taking special pracau-
tons to prevent the illuminated from
taking the law into their own hands
Daels have already resulted A monster
man fetstatibn Is preparing in Paris for
sunday. Allegediy. it Is anti-Dfeyfus-
ian. Really it is antl-Semtlc and un-
lSss prohibited it is feared serious riots
may be the sequel.
Temporarily overshadowed, the move
ments OF the French on the upper Nile
arr again becoming unpleasant.w pnm!-
nent to those who Imagined that Great
britain had und.sputei claims upon
those regions. 1t is immaterial to dis
cuss the exact whereabouts of the
French expeditions. 1t suffices that &C
corttng to the bulk OF evidence, thry
have presented to Bahr-el-Ghazau, the
most fertile province OF the Egyptian
soudan, with the distinct mandate Of
their government. If this is true ana
the deciara tions of successive British
cabinets mean anything, NJ Hanotaux
has brought about a casuS belIi
Thus far NJ. Hanotaux seems to have
ths advantage. but the game>is danger
Gus. Fear of war with France will not
stop Great Britain from recovering the
whole OF the Egyptian Soudan and driv-
Ing CUT any French expeditions which
ha fS,t,,>
b Iatp IF affnitaa H nag afs sa''sh','" 80 ~,
In the meantime Prince Henry, OF
Orleans, is fitting out, at Marseil!rs,
ard evidently with the approval OF the
an armed expedition 20
subdue equatorial provinces. claiming
they had belonged to Abyssinia in pre-
historic times; but in reality these prov
irces are identical with those Great
Britain is seeking to restore to Egypt.
s., perhaps, there is some truth in the
story that the activity Of the British
is due to the Egyptian intelligence de
parment learning that the French Abys
sinian troops have reached Fasi.oda,
King MalcleN is preparing re-enfc'-.e-
ment with the irtention Of fol wing
this Success ard that com ma policy,
which is nl,HTl;.y supported by Russia.
unites France II Abyss,nia.
There are persistent reports ct grave
troubles threatening Persia. The shah:
soverei sT-y has always been snaky. ami
it is now affirmed to he rapidly slipping
from mis- grasp. Indeed. TIA situation
at Teheran is described as bo.:,s so pre-
carries that a coup Hetat maJ be pre-
at any moment.
The scandalous debeuchsry IN Roger:
Street and Piccadily this city. has led
to the presentation of TWO bills in par
for a man or a woman to live m the
prostitution Of women. Tn the case OF
foreigners the bill provides for the
repatriation of he guilty parties. The
other bill provides punishment Tor So
1iciting. Those responsible far .h5se
two bills point to The c,niition Of the
West End of London as bAing hnbeara~
bic. The foreign 'bul.ies" living on VIC
mems prostitution are Responsible for
hundreds of recent cases of assault, rob
berry, blackmatling and unspelkuble
alb limitations.
An eminent person, wno was lunch!ns
recently with Mr.. Gladstone. asked him
what was the greatest danger threaten
ing Great Britain-was it Frince, Ger
many. Russia or An nrica?
None of them. was the reply OF the
great English statesman: "the only
foresee is from the trades I'M
ions and their attendant strikes"
Thu health t,f ex-Empress Eugene !s
disCuiet:..g:. Her rheumatism grows
worse anl5 she Is unable to cross room
unassis,ed. However, 1t is hoped ner
stay on the Riviera will recruit her
health.
The death of.Uews Carroll" the Rev.
c. II. Doison). author OF Alice in Won
Eerand," has caused the greatest ie-
greet in all parts of Great Britain. The
papers are full of "reminiscences of mis-
many stories. showing how intense was
his love for children and how universe!
was his shyness ana dignity 70 others.
Lewis Carroll" wes very particular Q $
10 his personal appearance. His alert
figure and general vigor conveyed the
impression that he was much younger
than sixty-five. He never wore an OVER
coat in his life an,i' continued to AXE
long const.utionals to- the end. The de-
ceased was staying with his sisters at
Gu.ford. when he died.
STARBUCK THE WINNER.
(By Telegraph.l
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15.-The TWEEN
ty mile bicycle race here tonight be
tween Frank Starbuck andl Edward
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