The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-10

Paris, Sept. 10.-The boulevards have
presented an animated scene, but on
the whole the Rennes verdict was calm
ly discussed. After dinner crowds coll
iected in front of the offices of the Libre
Parole, which were illuminated with
cheap venetian lanterns.
A number of fellows in a neighboring
cafe started to sing the Marseillaise
and then formed a procession, which
the police soon dispersed, the leaders of
which were arrested and taken to the
station. BY IL o'clock the bouevards
were deserted
The representative of the associated
press here learns on good authority
that one of the members of the cabinet
tonight told a friend that Dreyfus
would probably not have to undergo
further Imprisonment, and that if he
was sent to prison. his place of con-
tinement would probably be the island
of St. Marguerite, near Calais, where
Marshal Bazaine was incarcerated and
whence he escaped.
1t is generally believed that the gov
ernment's attitude toward the court
martial rendered the president and
members of that body indsposed to
accept the instructions and limitations
given al the outset of the court-martial
proceedings, and that the subsequent
request sent Major Carriere the gov
ernment's commissioner at the trial, to
confine himself to the limits laid down
by the court of cassat ton and finally
the request that the verdict be de-
layed until Monday stiffened the back
bone of Colonel JOuaust. who replied
that he would not receive orders from
a n a1n hp
NJ Clemenceau in the Aurore. says
Colonel Jouaust's object was to save
the general staff and that between
Dreyfus and Mercier he selected Mer-
cier The affair. declares NJ. Clemen-
Ceau, was scandalousiy conducted.
Major Carriere'S contention that the
prisoner had failed to prove his inno-
cence enabled the court to convict the
prisoner without the evidence of the
petit bleu. He also says he pities the
men who, by their sentence, inflicted
an outrage and showed the most cul-
pable weakness. Members of the tr-
bunal, NJ. Clemenceau asserts. We're
convinced that Dreyfus was innocent,
but We're anxious to extend extenuat-
ing circumstances to MERCER and to
other generals.
NJ Cornely in the Figaro, holds that
the verdict, by reducing the original
term of Imprisonment. shows that the
campaign for revision was Legitimate.
NJ. Cornely adds that he believes that
when Colonel Jouaust refused to hear
Colonel SChWartZkoppen, formerly Ger
man military attache in Paris, and
Colonel Pannizardi, the Italian military
attache the president of the court was
certain of Dreyfus' innocence. The tri-
bunal hesitated between Dreyfus and
Mercier and replied neither yes nor no.
If Dreyfus is guilty he should have re-
ceived a penalty for the aggravating
offense instead of leniency of extenu-
ating circumstances. NJ. Cornely con-
cludes by declaring that it is deplorable
to see judges make common causes with
the generals who saved EsterhaZy and
the injury which this will in the end in
fiCt on the army.
The socialist groups met this evening
and passed resolutions protesting
against the Rennes verdict and declar-
ing their determination to continue the
struggle for the protection of the repub-
lican liberty.
Reports received at the ministry OF
the interior indicate that no disturb
ances have occurred anywhere in the
provinces.
The Libre Parole says, commenting
on the Rennes verdict: The soldiers
at Rennes, without fear of reproach,
have given the world a fine spectacle
and have saved the honor of the army.
The verdict was equal to second Aus
terlitZ.'
NJ Henri Rochefort, in the Intran-
siegeant. says that France at last has
taken revenge on foreigners.
The Petit Journal warns the Drey-
fusards TO accept the verdict quietly,
else the nation, despite the scoundrei-
ly government, will find the means to
make them
The Croix. the Jesuit organ. says:
THE verdict proves that in France the
army will not prosecute an innocent
man. The judges decided, without fear
or favor. as their conscience Dictated
The Soir describes the result a
national victory, all the more striking
because won in spite of scandalous gov
ernment pressure. the expenditure of
fabulous sums by a syndicate and the
cYniCal Intervention of GERMANY