The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-13
CRAZY ANTICS OF FRENCHMEN
STATESMEN DEBATE DREYFUS
CASE WITH THEIR FISTS.
Riotous Session of the House of Dep
uties-Foreign Rulers Dragged
Into the Dreyfus Affair.

Paris. Dec I'm the chamber of
deputies, M. Grousett, Radical Social
list, interpellated the government on
the indiscretions of the general staff
in the Dreyfus affair. He read eX-
tracts from newspaper articles, which
are alleged to have emanated from
members of the general staff, which
caused a violent uproar, during which
the deputies arose and rushed at one
another, and engaged in a series of
fist fights.
NJ. Grousett continued his remarks in
the middle of this tumult, and recalled
an article in the Intransigeant, refer
ring to letters from Emperor William
and an interview between Count Won
Munster, German ambassador at Paris.
and Casimir Perrier, the former presi-
dent Of the republic.
Count de Nun, the Conservative lead
er, here interrupted the speaker, and
said he desired that the house be con-
suited as to whether the discussion
should be allowed to continue.
The premier, NJ. Dupuy, said that as
the head of the government, he pro-
tested with the utmost energy against
the language Of the speaker, who, he
added, had not measured its possible
effect. (Great applause.)
NJ de Roulede, Revisionist. shouted,
Come off the tribune" This caused
a renewal of the uproar.
When senli-Quiet was restored, NJ.
Grousett continued speaking. He said
the center of resistance to the revision
of the Dreyfus case was not from the
ministry of war. It was elsewhere. AS
to the secret documents in the case, he
pointed out that they had been ridi-
culed by Emperor William himself
Cloud protests.)
NJ. de Schanel (Republican) invited
l-pv- tO mix ion
eigns in the debate, any more than he
would mix the president Of the repub-
lie in it.
NJ Grousett, continuing, spoke of the
articles in the newspapers, in which it
was limited that Russia and the czar
were mixed up in the Dreyfus affair."
and he also alluded to the recent semi
foreign affairs, NJ. Delcasse, being
obliged to explain certain statements
to the German ambassador relative to
the latter's daughter. Uproar and
hotts.) Austria, NJ. Grousett said, was
next mixed up in the affair The speak
er said he pointed out these matters in
order to show that a press campaign
had been inaugurated by certain in
terested persons to prevent the discov-
er yof the truth
NJ. GrOuSett concluded with demand
ing if the government was disposed to
permit the resistance TO the law to pass
from the ministry Of war to the general
staff Of the military government Of
Paris, If it would any longer tolerate
this attitude of the rioting leaders. and
II it would govern for the republic or
for lie esuits. applause from the eX-
IRENE left, and violent protests else
where.)
The minister of war, NJ. de F'reycinet
repudiated NJ. Grousett's allegations.
As one of the results of the insults
exchanged during the debate in the
chamber today, Antide Boyer (Radica1
SOcialiSt) has sent his seconds to NJ de
Roulede (Revislonist) and to NJ. Gan-
1hier de Clagay (Reyisionist. who char
acterized NJ. Boyer as q ''whitewashed
Panamist."
The city is greatly excited tonight
and the. troops are under arms.
Colonel Picquart's release is still de-
layedi owing to the judicial bubbles
between the civil and military authori-
ties.
Max Regis. the mayor of Algiers. Who
was suspended by the project for a.
month on account of rabid anti
Semitic speech he made, attacking the
governor general. has resigned.
Comte Esterhazy has written NJ. Ma
zeau, president of the court of cassa-
ton, declaring his readiness if granted
safe conduct to appear before the
court to be confronted with all the
witnesses and to defend his own honor
and that of the late Colonel Henry.
NJ. MilleVoye and the Comte de Ra-
mel, both members of the chamber. of
deputies, headed an anti-Dreyfus dem
onStration this afternoon They
marched to the Cherche Midi prison.
where Colonel Picquart is confined. hut
they were stopped by a Gordon of po-
1ina