The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-09-14

sible. He said THU flcould not see any
length Of life for To FfJach republic.
THE republic to my mind Is doomed. It
French chamber ana seqate can overthrow
the ministry. Th9 prt }ldent's position is
nil. He is mere hgYfehead. He receives
the representativesOpf foreign courts, pre-
sides at state occasions, and acts the presi-
dent. but he has little power. 1t is re-
public only in name. 2he people, from all
Tor Rns for Sa for the e's snn lSnf
gay season such Al London has every year,
where royalty makes merry, and there are
pageants and pomp. This is in the French
blood. In the words of q Frenchman Of
the lower class to whxhI talked: What
we want is king dand - court again. They
will bring us good ,3imas =
DR.. Hirsch ascribed this intensity Of
feeling to the Dreyfus, trial and what has led
up to 1t. The army scandal, brewing for
over five years, he thinks, has thrown
France into a state bordering on bedlam
almost unparalleled in history. He says the
feeling against the Jew throughout France
is most threatening-that in this lies the
danger of revolution, not matter what may
be the decision of the court at Rennes.
PARIS ACTS BEYOND REASON.
Paris acts as II she had lost all her rea
son and senses. The people show every sign
of unnatural excitement The press is in
citing all on to new and unheard of Deeds
If it were not that the situation is SO decid-
edly serious. one could not suppress a
smile, there is SO much opera bouffe in it.
But the crisis is too grave to- give smile.
TWO words are banded about in Paris Shops
cafes, restaurants hotels and boulevards-
Jews and 'Dreyfus.' As.Against these there
are the army and the generals Because
the generals say Dreyfus is guilty found
out the people believe it. They pass by any
questioning on this point by answering:
The generals have said So
II had an interview with my cab driver,
who seemed to have studied the matter in a
sions. He did not recognize in me one who
might take exception to q bitter denuncia-
tion OF the Jew, but must have regarded me
as merely stranger in Paris who sought
information. Our dialogue was something
like this:
g DO you think Drsyfus is guilty?'
Yes, Of course, he is guilty. No one
doubts that
:" But how do YOU know he Is guilty
What proof has been brought out to show
his guilt?'
"'Ah. we know he Is guilty here. The
generals have told us So
" What have you against the Jews?'
We don't like them. They have all the
money and are not of U.S. The Jews have
neither God nor country. We don't want
them.
CHARGED WITH FAURE's DEATH.
DIR. Hirsch said the "cabby'' explained to
him that the Jews had poisoned Faure. It
the republic and expressed the hope for a
monarchy because then 1--WE will have good
times again."
THE ARMY ON TRIAL.
Il am fearful of Dreyfus fate con-
opinion of the judges and not the evidence
will throw the balance. In France the
accused is considered guilty until proved
innocent. 1t should be remembered that
this trial Is felt to be the arbiter of the
French army's fate. The army-that mys-
ferrous term which today has cast spell
over France and Frenchmen-is being tried
and not Dreyfus Remember that the
seven judges have been brought up in the
army. Try as they may, their hearts turn
to the generals and the officers. The army
must not be overwhelmed AS between
Dreyfus and the So called honor of the
army, it looks badly for Dreyfus, always
leaving out of consideration evidence and
innocence entering into the trial.
Out of the II papers in Paris only four
are taking the part Of the prisoner. The
Figaro for four years has maintained a
splendid fight. The other papers are most
ly of the anarehistic or socialistic sort.
the case. They have no love for the Jews,
whom they regard as representing the mon
ey power, but they love the government
even less. Therefore, they favor Dreyfus.
This is a serious complication-one that
must be considered in looking forward to
the dark days ahead. But concerning the
newspapers there, four are for Dreyfus,
few are neutral, and the rest are vio-
lently and hastily against him. The FL
caro- reflected my statement as to the out
come of the trial not long ago when it
commented rather. sadly on the inherent
sentiment dominant in the presiding judges.
One could not read its opinions, which are
generally cheerful, and not feel that there
is little hope.
VIOLENT ANTI-DREYFUS CARTOONS.
THE worst anti-Dreyfus papers are full
of vulgar pictures. l saw one with pic
lures of Dreyfus and His Twelve Disci-
ples' These pictures included the prisoner
Maitre Labor, Picquart and others, each
showing an abnormally hooked nose such as
some of our comic papers occasionally dis
close in a jocular way l went out on
the street one day and heard an awful din.
Down the boulevard came thousand peo-
pie screaming Down With the Jews and
fourishing clubs and exhibiting the most
violent excitement and prejudice. People in
the houses above the mob threw papers
and other articles down on their heads
and pandemonium reigned until 10 police
ucu IOOc OOWA- upoh -eAC SAO"O' '~AN eASy
all ran away. Handbills are scattered all
over Paris cursing the Jew. I read one
on the house where Guerin holds forth.
1t asked people not to- buy anything of
Jew.
""There is big mob in front of Guerin's
place all of the time. I walked down
that way There we're all sorts of peo-
pie in front of the house. 1t struck me as
almost comical. Guerin or some other
occupant of his fortified home appears at
a window, the crowd cheers, and the per-
son within bows grandly and disappears.
think that Guerin is let alone because
the government understands that to dis
turb him. cause one shot to be fired, and
behold, France may be in civil or sectarian
war.
If religious war breaks out, thou
sands of Jews, who are the poorest of
the poor, and tenants of the sweat
shops, will pay the penalty for the
Rothschilds' enormous wealth, in which
they have no share.
The pot is boiling, and threatens to
boil over.
All the elements seem combined to
wreck unhappy France. I. D.
HERE'S GEM.