The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
DRBYFUS IS PARD0NED..
Withdraws His Appeal to the Council
Of Revision.
WILL FIGHT FOR yINDICATloN.
President Loubet Grants the French Cap
tain q Pardon-News Recelved Quietly
in Paris-one OF the First Defenders OF
Dreyfus Dead-Trial Of Conspirasors
Against tho Government.

In Farts-Ono OF the ElrSt OoAoAAS
Dreyfus Dead-rrial Of Couspirators
Against tho Government.
PARIS By Cable).-A pardon for Captain
Alfred Dreyfus, convicted by court-mar-
tial at Rennes OF treason, with extenuat-
ing circumstances" was signed by Presi-
dent Loubet. This action was decided upon
at Council Of Ministers.
The pardon has by no means given full
satisfaction either to Dreytus, his relatives
or his friends. It Is reported that were 1t
not for rhe extremely precarlous condition
Of the prisoners health he would never
have accepted It.. In accepting the pardon.
Dreyfus, OF course, abandoned his appeal
for revision Of the verdict of the military
court, but this will not tn any way prevent
him from demanding the quashing OF the
verdict by the Court OF Cessation. For
this the new fact as to the production OF
will be necessary. His lawyers are at work
and hope to bring forward new fact to
get the Rennes verdict quashed.
There Is much remark here on the strange
coincidence Of the death OF N. Scheurer-
Kestner, the first champion OF Dreyfus and
to whom Dreyfus virtually owes his free.
dom, on the day when the Cabinet decided
to pardon him. N. Scheursr-Kestner's
death was sudden He had been Ill for the
last few days, but 1t was not thought that
his illness would prove fatal.
The decision OF the Cabinet, to pardon
Dreyfus created less interest In Paris than
would the result Of a big horse race. In
fact, It may be said that 1t caused no ex-
element whatever. There was no riotlng
on the boulevards. In front OF the ofices
OF the Libre Parole, where q crowd
usually assemblies fu the evening to gaze
upon the huge colored transparencies out
side the windows OF the leading anti
Semitic organ, there was not the slightest
gathering or the faintest sign OF deuonstra-
ton either for or against Dreyfqs. oue
would think that the FIRE OF the Dreyfus
agitation had burned itself out. 80
The anti-D reyfusar1 evening papers
tried to infuse interest into the Govern
ment's action by rabld attack upon PresI-
dent Loubet, but their efforts We're futtle.
The peaceful crowds that filed the tables
In front OF the cafes, slipping their alter
dinner coffee, looked at the newshoys who
displayed the front pages OF these sheets
with their violent headlines, but retusedto
get excited. Tho majority did not even
discuss the matter or only made the pass
been expected and predicted by every
Partisan newspaper since the Rennes court.
martial delivered its verdict.
President Loubet has visited the site OF
the Exposition OF 1900, and has urged the
directors OF the works to exert themselves
to the utmost In order to show to the world
IN 1900 that France is still a '.strong, la.
borious, united nation, whose generous
soul Is llled with the sense Of her mission
OF progress and peace, andr that she has
not been affected BY fleeting quarrels."
II is expected that the work OF the High
Courts Investigating Committee. ap-
pointed to inquire into the charges Of con.
spring to change the form OF Government
brought against II. eroulede and others,
will take from four to six weeks. When
this task Is completed the High Court
(Senate) will reconyene. It is expected its
sessions will take uo O month.