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DREYFuS REVISION.

Crime.
Editorial in Frankfurter Zeltung
(Abendblatt). June s. 1879: The great
work is completed. The revision Of the
Dreyfus trial Is decreed. and q new
court-martial win proclaim the limo
eenee Of the martyr Of Devils Island,
in conformity with the decision OF the
Court of Cessation.
The attacks made yesterday upon the
President of the republic demonstrate
most forcibly the blind hatred OF the
reactlonary party. which this decision
has brought to the surface,
It Is the vituperation which, accord
ing to an ancient law. Is permission for
three days to the condemned But
these dIsgraceful tactics Of the titled
mob can only have the effect Of accel-
Grating and bringing 70 an issue the
work OF the nemesis which has now be-
gun. This, Notwithstanding that Coun-
cilor Monard states that Dreyfus har-
bors no feelings Of revenge toward his
enemies. In his eyes. not q crims. but a
mistake was committed. and all he de-
sires is to have the mistake cleared up,
and that he be restored to his place Of
honor and to freedom. What high
minded and noble sentiments! But by
harborIng them the tide Of affairs can
not be stemmed. EXpiation must fol-
low crime in the natural course Of
events. ~
The direction Of the avalanche has
now been turned. and It VIII take It's
prescribed coarse, tearing along every
thing that obstructs its path. The VIC
torious Revisionlsts. without being re-
vengeful, will not rest until those terri
Bile iniquities which the court Of cassa-
ton has uncovered meet with their
Just punishment
These have been traced to the hith-
erto most influential quarters and the
perpetrators would NOT be Frenchmen
II they lost the opportunity TO make
political capital out Of their crimes.
The Revisionists have become power
by their victory and II would not be
surprising n some of those who had all
along shown the fercest enmity to the
cause. as well as some Of the luke
warm ones. were now to proclaim tho
loudest their desire for punishment Of
the mlscreants. so that their own for
mer attitude might be forgotten. His
tory repeats Itself. But how much
greater and purer must now be the JOY
OF the original RevisiOnists. They
have performed task which Is almost
without precedent in the worlds his
tory. Two years ago there were only n
handful who would confess themselves
convinced OF Dreyfuss innocence.
These proclaimed aloud the proofs Of
their convictions ana thus brought
Others who also believed in truth and
Justice to their way Of thinking
The psychology of the Dreyfus at-
fair will vet have to be written. II
encompasses more than the crimes
committed and the anti-Semitism,
which inspired them. Important
threads are deeply interviewer with the
spiritual and constitutional makeup
OF the French nation. In It's incipiency
we discern a few criminals who are
trying to shield themselves from the
suspicion Of treason by plunging an
innocent man into destruction. and the
prevailing anti-Semitlsm facilitates
their nefarious Vaccinations. They
understand well the methods Of win
ming the cooperation of the army,
which, In turn. forces the political au-
thorities to assist them, and when these
criminals find II necessary to steep
themselves deeper in crime to support
their guilty work. they have the whole
military and civil power on their side.
All commands must be construed as
rIahteous and must therefore be exc
cuted, or, In other words. they must be
carried out without reflection.
This unreasonable mIsoonception Of
the Iden OF authority unfortunately al
so obtains among the masses, and
molds public opinion accordingly II a
court-martial composed OF seven Off
GERS and five successive ministers OF
war declared DTeyfus guilty, their YER
dict was not to be questioned. It was
considered impossible that what was
acuuiesced in by the government By the
deputies, and by so many other intell'.
gent leaders OF thought could be based
ON error. No one seemed to Investigate
for himself. but all accepted blindly the
verdict OF the authorities. and this was
adhered to the more strenuously by
those unaccustomed 10 think for them
selves. Those who happened to doubt
the Justice OF It all would console
themselves by taking convenient re-
fuge in. their allegiance to the policy OF
state. which Is so frequently invoked
by those in power no other plausible
excuse can be found for cruel and un-
inst measures. This Is best eXemplitied
IN the abatement once made by the Pa
risian deputy Georges Berry: "Dreytus
must lnnguish in prison whether inno-
cent or guilty" That no stigma OF err
rnr or wrongdOlng may rest on the au-
thoritIes Is demanded by the policy OF
state. even II It requires the murder IN
cold blood Of an innocent man.
In reviewing the different tendencies
which have brought about the state OF
mind which the French people have
manifested throughout we cannot fail
to recognize n repetition Of phenomena
met with before II IL the clerical. Jes-
uitlcaI spirit which worships authority,
which suppresses Independent thought
and conscience, and reduces the sub
feet to absolute obedience.
The Dreyfus affair Is almost entirely
the work Of mIlItarism allied to Jesuit
ism, n trial Of strength OF this combi-
nation, and an attempt to bring the
whole republic under the sway OF these
two confederates.
But the enemy Is not yet conquered.
md Will continue a menace as long ms
the Jesuiticni spirit. the worship OF au-
thority, the propaganda Of blind obedl-
ence. and the repression OF independ-
emit thought operate in the army and in
the nation.
II il Of the greatest Importance that
the republic introduce reforms in the
army. in the education OF the masses,
and In the government Of municlpallt-
les. Then. and then only. will the
Dreyfus AFFAIR have proved useful for
France. and the unhappy prisoner OF
DEVILS Island will not In vain have
been one OF the greatest martyrs OF all
ages.
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