The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-09
THE END is nor YET.

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the finding of the present tcourt-martial
will be accepted by all Frenckmen as
an expression of hope, rather than an
| expression of fact. The president of
the French republic, as we'll as M. de
Freycinet, evidently deems it neses-
sary to say something of this sort to
quiet the public mind and eucourag @
order 1t is generally known. how
ever, that the decision of the court
martial will not satisfy all Frenchmen
that many are sure 20 be disgusted
| and infiamed over the decision, what
ever the result may be. If Dreyfus
should be acquitted some of the gener.
ais who are bounding him would
probably commit suicide. Others of
them would certainly feel inclined to
lead an anti Juif movemment promo
tive of grave disorders and involving
even the life of the government. The
acquittal of the accused would certainly
not be accepted as an end of the war
on the Jews by all Frenchmen. On
the other hand, the conviction of
Dreytus is sure to be followed by a
further loss of confidence in the nation
and its institutions. Dreyfus may be
guilty, but the evidence produced
against him is not sufficient to justify
his conviction or to satisfy all the
people of France. If accused is ac-
Quilted he will have to be retired, and
will doubtless find it necessary to leave
the country to save his life. In case
of conviction his friends will strive
in every possible manner to
secure a revision of the second sentence.
On what ground would attorneys base
their application? This would not be
a difficult question in trials before
American or English courts; provided
counsel for the prisoner had saved ex-
ceptions to the remarkable rulings OF
the court martial both as to the ad-
instability of testimony and the
latitudinous scope of the investigation.
No effort seems to have been made to
confine the military tribunal to the
line marked out by the court of cassa-
tion. The New York Sun mentions
one ground on which revision might
be secured. 1t is the ground on which
the first sentence was annuiled. Ac-
cused must depend upon the discovery
of new factS or documents tending to
establish his innocence, but unknown
to the military tribunal by which
sentence was passed. Such facts
and documents are believed to
be in the possession of the German
as Kaiser William seems |
just now to Offend the military party |
in France, he will scarcely be able TO
resist the appeals that will be address
ed to him from all parts of the civilized
world to save an innocent man from
second unjust conviction. According
to a telegram from Rome, the Italian
government has expressed willing.
ness to furnish the defenders of Drey fus
with exculpatory evidence at the
present trial, but has been held back
oy Kaiser William, who considers that
he public announcement made by the
German government, that it never had
my relations, direct on indirect,
With the accused officer ought to suf.
Ice. The ''atfaire" will not end with
he Judgment of the court martial. 1t
3 so helpless entangled with the
equation of the French army and
'rench politics and religion that
PRESIDENT Louoet and other patriotic
'renchmen, as we'll as Intelligent ont I
iders, must see that whatever the {
ssult may be at Rennes the trouble q
lust be carried back to Paris.