The state herald., 1899-09-15
DREYFUs CONDEMNED
INJUSTICE OF CowARDLY
JUDGES.
Say He Il Guilty and Sentence Him to Ten
Years In Prison-Al Universal Con-
dcmnation Of the Verdict.

Rennes, Sept. 1O.-The expected has
happened. Dreyfus has been condemn
cd, but a majority of those In the
court room yesterday afternoon fully
expected the verdict. They were COM
pletely stupetied when 1t was given,
and the silence which prevailed in the
room and the way men turned pale
and caught their brcaths was more I'M
presslve than any other manifestation
could have been.
Maitre Demange sank back IN his
chair and tears trickled down his
cheeks and Maitre Laborl turned white
as a sheet, while all around the court
men looked at each other in silence.
Positively the only sound to be heard
was the rustlIng of papers from the re-
porters' benches ms each press repre-
sentative tried to be first to send the
news
As the audience left the court room
fully ten or fifteen We're crying openly
and the majority of those present
walked quietly down the street for
more than block without speaking
word. 1t was like a funeral process
sion.
Meanwhile Il tragedy was being en-
ncted in the little room of the court
room, where Drcyfus listened to the
reading of the verdict. He had been
told the result,by his lawyers. and had
wept bitterly, but when In the pres
ence of the officials of the court mar
tial he listened impassively TO the sen
tcnce.
His wife, who was waiting in torture
and suspense ut her house, bore the
news bravely and when visiting her
husband showed the onlookers who
were In the streets no sign of her suf-
fering as she walked from her ear
r!age to the prison.
The general belief Is that Dreyfus
will be par,loned; but this will moi sat
isfy his friends. who vehemently de-
clare that they will refuse to accept
the verdict and will continue the bat
tie until the Judgment is reversed. The
verdict, they say. is directed more
against the Jews than against Drey-
fus and II allowed to stand will make
their existence In France impossible.
Labori will sign an application for
revision Of the case, although there Is
no hope that the verdict will he re-
versed. Both are much upset, though
1t can hardly he said that they We're
surprised.
To-day Dreyfus said: 81 am not un-
easy regarding myself, as ! shall soon
be free, but | think OF you and my
poor children. They will be branded
as the children of II traitor"
He is convinced that the ten years
Imprisonment to which he has been
sentenced will be wiped out by the five
years Of solitary seclusion he has un-
dergone on Devils Island and he ex-
poets TO be released by October IL,
which will be five years from the date
OF his former condemnation. Others
do not accept this view. but believe
that Dreyfus will have to serve ten
years sentence unless the government
interferes.
London. Sept. 11.-It would he diff
iicult to describe adequately the indig-
nation the verdict of the Dreyfus
court martial has evoked everywhere
In England. The excitement In the
Jewish quarters In London Is only nat
ural. Special prayers were offered
throughout London Saturday In all
the synagogues ON behalf OF Dreyfus,
and as soon as the verdict was known
Jews and Jewesses We're seen ON ev-
cry street cornor expressing exccra-
tion and many sobbing bitterly.
At the music halls and especially The
Palace theater. where the clnemato-
graph pictures Of the incidents and
leading actors of the Dreyfus affair
were exhibited. the news was greeted
with groans and hisscs. In the French
quarter Of London there was much cN-
cltement, accompanied by street fight
Ing.
In almost NIL the places Of public
worship pulpit references We're made
to the verdict. Canon Scoil-IIolland.
nt ST. Paul's Cathedral. said:
"a nation Is on trial. France stands
at the Judgment har. Al civilization
IL waiting TO know whether to-mor-
rows news may add anything TO quail
lfy the naked cruelty OF bare tcle.
gram. anything to relieve the stag.
gered conscience"
Berlin. Sept. 1.-The Dreyfus yer.
diet causes feeling of almost stupc.
faction at Berlin. II had been hoped
that the statement Of the Rrichanzei-
ger, MS emanntlng directly from EN-
perOr william, would have rendered
impossible the repetition Of what Is
described MS zone Of the greatest Iu-
dlclal and political crimes of any
age"
II is universally agreed that the see.
ond verdict is a grave political blum.
der. n violation Of the laws OF clvillzn,
tion and an act of moral cowardico
which the world VIII find II difficult
Ia pardon. The German press unani.
mously describes the verdict as COW.
nrdly and Impoliilc. not To say erin.
innl
Paris. Sept. 10 300 u. m.-Thc day
hns been one " absolute Quiet, with
no public excitement. even IN the Rue
lie Clinbrol. There was rainfall this
afternoon md the streets were practi.
cally deserted.
Slight disturbances occurred ycsier.
day NJ Marscillcs nni Bclfori after tho
verdict OF the Drcyfus couri.nnrtInI
was published. The demonstrators
stoned the residence of Jacques Dr.y-
fus. brother Of the condemned. nj Rel.
fort. breaking the windows aud other.
wise damaging ia" structure. Many
persons were arrested In both places,
The premier. NJ. wnldcck. I,oussenu.
was visited this morning by most Of
his colleagues The date of the next
Cabinet council hns not yet been fixed.
President l.oubri win probably not re-.
turn 10 l,ambouilici FOR several DAYS.