The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-13
GOVERNMENT AaRAlNGNED.


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Deuuty Grous4e1 sttrs Up Trouble -
the French Chamber.
Paris, December 12.--In the chamber O
| deputies, M Grouseel, radical socialist
| interpellated the government on the W.
discretions Of tho general stan In tn
| Dreyfus AFFAIR. He read extracts from
newspaper articles which are alleged U
have emanated from members Of the gen.
erai STAFF which caused violent uproar
during which the deputies roe and Pushed
at one another and engaged In series
OF nsJ nights. ss
NJ Groussel continued his remarks in
the middle of this tuinult and recalled au
| article In the Intransigeanp referring 70
| letters from Emperor William and an IN
terview between Count Won Munster. the
Gtrman ambas. ador at Paris. ana Casimir-
Perrer. the former president OF the rs'
pubic.
Count do Nun, the conservative leader
here interrupted the speaker and said ne
desired that the house be consulted as tt
whether the discussion should be allowed
TO continue.
Tho premier, NJ. Dupuy, eald he protest
"a with the utmost energy against the Lam
guage OF the speaker. VINO. ne added, had
not measured its possible effect. (Great
applause.l
NJ. DeRoulla dlvlsionist, shouted: Come
off the r.tbune.''
This caused Reimbursement Of the UP
roar.
When seml-qulet had been restored NJ.
oroussel ccnidnted. He said the center Of
resistance to The revision OF the Dreyfus
case was NO longer the ministry OF war.
1t was elsewhere. As to the secret docu-
ments In the case. he pointed out that
they Ind been ridiculsd BIZ Emperor Wiz
liam himself loud protestsJ
AZ. DesChanel. republican, invited the
sneaker not to mix foreign sovereigns in
tile debate any more than he would mix
the president of the republic In them.
M. Grouseel continuing, spoke of the ar
ucleS In the newspapers in which 1t was
limited that Russia and the czar were
mixed UP In the. Ureyfus affair, and he
also alluded 10 the recent semi-officlal
NOE relative to the minister of tore.gn ar
fairs. M. Delcasse. being obliged to ex-
MAN some statements to the German am
bassador relative TO the latter's daughter,
tUpnar and hoots.)
Austria. M. Groussel said. was next
mixed I'M with the affair The speaker
saia he pointed out these matters In order
10 snow that press campaign had been
inaugurate1 by certain interested persons
to prevent the discovery OF the truuh.
Az. 1ioussei coatinued by uema.ldlag IL
tho government was disposed to permit the
center OF resistance to the law to pass from
th's ministry of war to the general staff of
the military government of Paris. II it
would any longer tote late this attitude OF
the ringleaders and II 1T would govern for
tie republic or for the Jesults. (Applause
from the extreme leftists and violent pro-
tests esewhe LEI.
The minister OF war. M. DeFreycinet, re-
puaiated NJ. Groussel's allegations. He
SAID II there had been some inliS.Tetions
It was unjust and imprudent to attack tho
whole army; unjust BECAUSE the army was
eAcellently devoted to It's duty and incapa-
Bile OF The acts charged, imprlient because
1t Was liable to lead to Reorganization
of the military institutions.
The minister of was concluded with Wig
oiously protesting against the accuse ION
brought against the general staff OF the
military government Of Paris. of resisting
the law.
M Dupuy asked the chamber to close
The discussion and edopt the order of the
day. which was done by vote Of 463 to 73,
The house then adjourned
AS one Of the results Of the insults ex-
changed during the debate in the chamber
Today Antide Boyer. radical socialist, has
sent his seconds to NJ. De Roulede, revi-
sionist. and 10 NJ. Galthier. who character
lied M Boyer as "whitewashed Pana-
maist''