Washington sentinel., 1899-09-09
"GermanY should Speak, ,"

says the Mckinley Administration
organ, the Washington Post. Why
do not Mckinley and his Pest ask
France to speak, They are always
on such good terms with France,
and abuse Germany on every oc-
casion. Cannot France stop the
Dreyfus outrage? Cannot the
great French Republic prevent the
murder OF an unfortunate victim2
It is France that sent Dreytus to
Devils Island, not Germany. 1t
is French court, composed Of
French officers, with French Gen
erals as prosecutors, that is trying
to convict Dreyfus. Why not ap-
peal 70 France2
1t is unnecessary to say that,
personally, on grounds OF human
itY, we wish to help DreYius.
Otherwise we have no interest in
him. He was a German Alsatian
who spurned the idea OF belonging
to the great German Empire, and
left his native home to become
Frenchman. Though he claims to
be true Frenchman and to have
done nothing contrary to that
claim, still he is a sort OF "hyphen-
ated" Fren :hman, and not recog-
nized as full blooded. And even
should his life be spared, it is quite
certain that he will have to leave
the army, If he is not kicked out,
and in the end the Alsat'an will
have to go to the land of his birth,
where alone, under the banner Of
the German Empire, he will find
liberty and protection.
Now the Post says the German
Emperor alone can save D.eyfus.
But the reason it gives is so mean
and contemplate that we cannot
help copying a portion:
But it must be plain TO everybody that
the representatives OF Germany, Italy
and Austria have been trafiIckIng in the
shameful market Of French treason, and
II is difficult 10 see how their govern
ments can maintain silence much longer
Leaving Cernuschi and Bentheim aside
entirely, and conhning ourselves only
TO the facts in the case already devel-
oped, It seems to us that Berlin, Rome
and Vienna are called upon, in the
interests of humanity and for the sake
of their own honor, to tell the truth
That they have been eng Jagged in this
unsayoTY business IS now notorious.
Nothing, therefore, can be lost by an
incidental admission Of that fact.
It seems that, instead OF France,
Germany and the other countries
named are the real culprits, who
must now testify as to their share
IN "the uusavory business" This
is rich!
Mckinley makes it hard Tor the
few German papers that are com
PEELED to support him to retain in
fuence enough to keep the Ger
man Americans in line. What a
contemplate concern! And yet
German American voters are ad-
vised to keep such people in
power!
p. S.-Since the above was writ
ten the president OF the Dreyfus
commission has fatty refused to
admit the testimony Of the German
and Italian military witnesses, even
if confined to answering questions.
Had the foreign officers been
permitted by their Governments
to appear in person, they would
have been insulted. No German
officer would submit to be called
liar, as the French Generals have
frequently been characterized
during the trial. There would have
been trouble. Much less could the
German Emperor have testified.
Our Washington Administration
papers have therefore again COM
mitted an unwarranted attack on
the Germans, for which Mr.. Nc
Kinley will have TO suffer. For
no decent German-American can
cast his vote for the Mckinley
Know-Nothings.