The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-10
THIS COMES FROM BERLIN
THE SENTENCE OF DREYFUS A
BRUTAL INJUSTICE.
PARIS BOULEvARDS HEARD lg WITH JOY
The Figaro Declares the Sentence Shows that
The Campaign for Revision Was
Legitimate. Various Com
mentS of Partisan Press.
ments of Partisan Press.

ments of Partisan Press.
London, Sept GA special from Ber-
lin, says:
1T is now permitted to be known that
the War Office holds documents conclu-
sively proving that Esterhazy and
Henry betrayed their trusts, and only
the permission of Emperor William is
awaited for the publication of docu-
ments showing the sentence of Dreyfus
to be a brutal act of injustice"
EXCITEMENT IN ROME.
London, Sept. "a special dispatch
from Rome says the sentence pronounced
against Dreyfus has produced enormous
excitement there, and that thousands of
kilograms of sympathy have been sent
to Dreyfus and to Maitre Demange and
Maitre Labori.
THE FEELING IN PARIS.
Paris, Sept. 9-The boulevards this
evening presented an animated scene,
but on the whole the Rennes verdict was
calmly discussed. The news that Drey-
fus had been convicted was greeted with
deep hum of approval and joy.
A number of fellows in cafe tonight
started to sing the Marseillaise and
then formed a procession which the POI
lice soon dispersed, and the leaders of
which were arrested and taken to the
station. BY IL O'Clock the boulevards
were deserted.
The representative of the Associated
Press here learns ON good authority
that one of the members of the Cabinet
today told a friend that Dreyfus proba-
bly, would not have to undergo further
Imprisonment, and that if he was sent
to prison his place of confinement would
probably be the Island of st. Marguerite,
near Canas, where Marshal Bazaine
was inearcerated and whence he es-
capped
1t is generally believed that the Gov
ernments attitude toward the court
martial rendered the President and
members of that body indisposed to ac-
cept the instructions and limitations
given at the outset of the court mar
tails proceedings, and that the sub
sequent request sent to Major Carriere
the Government commissioner at the
trial, to confne himself to the limits laid
down by the Court of Cessation, and
finally the request that the verdict be de-
layed until Monday, stiffened the back
bone of Colonel Jouanst, who replied
that he would not receive orders from
any one and thereupon closed the case
NJ Clemenceau, in the Aurore, says
Colonel Jouaust's object was to save the
general staff, and that between Dreyfus
and MERCER he selected MERCER. The
affair, declared NJ. Clemenceau, was
scandalously conducted.
NJ. Cornely in the Figaro holds that
the verdict by reducing the original term
of Imprisonment. shows chat the cam
paign for revision was legitimate. If
Dreyfus is guilty, he should have re-
ceiyed "a penalty for aggravating instead
of leniency for eNtenuating circum-
stances.
The Socialist groups met this evening,
and passed resolutions protesting against
the Rennes verdict and declaring their
determination to continue the struggle
for the protection of republican liberty.
Reports received at the Ministry of
the Interior Indicate that no distur-
Dances have occurred anywhere in the
provinces.
At Rennes two Anti Drey fusards In
suited La Dame Blanche and afterwards
melted mob to march on the Dreyfus
headquarters, the Hotel Moderne, but
the police and gendarmes quickly and
effectually squelched the movement.
The Kbre Parole, says:
''The soldiers at Rennes without fear
of reproach have given the world fine
spectacle and have saved the honor of
the army. The verdict was equal to a
second Austerlitz."
Henri Rochefort, in the Intransigeant,
says that France at last has taken re-
venge on foreigners.
The Petit Journal warns the Dreyfu-
sards to accept the verdict quietly, else
the nation, despite the scoundrelly Gov
eminent, will find means to make
them"
The Croix, the Jesuit organ, says:
1.-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 as "a ma
tional victory, all the more striking be-
cause won in spite of scandalous Gov
eminent pressure, the expenditure of
fabulous sums by syndicate and the
cynical intervention of Germany"