The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-15


| the Herald from ST. Petersburg says:
The Niedoniosti comments as fol-
lows on the Dreyfus verdict:
1.-The policy of this journal in regard to
the Dreyfus case has been absolutely i'm
| partial, If not Indifferent. We regard
this struggle of hate, this nightmare, as
a great calamity for France. Many de-
| tails of the Rennes trial have evoked
| doubts here as to the liberty of the YER
! dict, the exalted stations Of certain wit
| nesses influencing the judges. The un-
loosening of brutal lnarchistic passions
against the Jews under the pretext of de-
O9g t and ne Of 5o1OF Of the army
| causes a profound loarhing among those
who aspire to see the dawn of the
| triumph of humanitarian ideas and a
| higher order of things, and to
transform the social and political world
| of old Europe"
The NOvoSti says:
''Dreyfus has been condemned on the
question of the bordereau, which the
court of cessation attributes to Ester
hazy. This conflict of judgment will be
appreciated on its merits by the whole
universe. Against Dreyfus there was ad-
duced no fact, no compromising allusion.
| Generals MERCER and Roget. The court
having admitted the foreign adventurer
Cernuschi, refused the testimony of
Colonies Schwartzkoppen and Pantzzardi
who have irrefutaole proofs as to the
real traitor: Germany's official eXplana-
ton taken in connection with the Vapor-
ings of Gen. MERCER and Gen. Roget eff
fectually disposes of them to the i'm.
partial-minded who are seeking only
light. truth and justice in the name of hu-
mainly. The Rennes verdict is not the
closing scene of the tragedy Dreyfus
innocence is demonstrated by, the. proceed
ings. No verdict will alter this fact. We
are persuaded that Dreyfus' innocence
will be proclaimed in France one day Of
ficially."
New York, Sept. IA dispatch to
the Herald from Berlin says:
1t has attracted considerable re-
mark that the governmental organ.
the NOrddeutsche Allemeine Zeitung,
has not uttered a word OF comment on
the judgment of the Dire yfus court
martial. The same observation holds
good with regard to tie conservative
kreuZ Zeitung and the Taglische
Rundschau.
Of the conservative iOurnales, the
only one that has expressed an opinion
is the Berlin Neueste Natchrichten.
which says:
Judgment has been given, and the
world is face to face with a fresh enigma.
70 give the grounds for their judgments.
How bad a thing it is in certain cases
that they should be thus freed from Civ
ing public accounts of their acts is clear
~ SHOWN by the result Of this trial-a re-
suit which must deeply wound many
without prejudice against the prisoner.
DreyfuS, who is repreS anted even by Jour
nalist who believe in his innocence, as 4
most unsympathetic figure, is personally
to us. as to every other German, perfect
~ indifferent, but justice must fulfill its
high mission without respect to persons.
Whenever it abandons the ground of alb
SOlute lmpdruSlty and deScendS to the
level of party passion, j. loses the right
to demand that everybody should bow to
its decisions Whoever does not take up
fol h9 ~hD t0y int hot
DreyfuS is guilty because he is a Jew. can
not escape from the force of conscience
which makes him examine the question
whether there Is any material evidence
brought forward against Dreyfus which
sufticies to condemn him to a disgraceful
and ScandulOuS punishment
The clerical Germania takes a les
uitical attitude and writes:
We believe it our duty to refrain from
critfcising the Judgment. A French court
martial has given it's verdict and is re
sponsible for it before God and men
The Liberal press without a single
exception condemns the Judgment.
The NOssische Zeitnug writes:
BY this stain France throws the state
that was so proud of its freedom and
civilization back into barbarity and dis
honOrS the country which has passed the
sentence on an innocent man as justice
Moral satisfaction of the nameIesS cruel
ties to which he was subjected would
nave wiped out much of the disgrace
Hnlcn the judicial error OF 1894 brought
upon France. But what must the people
of Russia think to-day Of 4 country which
has sunk in moral corruption as hardly
STATE ever did Is this the cherished alley
is this the nation which marches at the
head of civilization? Next year France
will open her exhibition and will welcome
people form every country as her guests
1t is to be the festival Of freedom of la
Dor, and brilliant triumph.
would it astonish France if thousands
of exhibitors from every country should
renounce their PARTICIPATION; if govern
ments in defense of their dignity refuse
to take part in it so long as yesterdays
Judgment is not recalled. Or do people in
France regard it as a matter of course
that the whole world should compete for
the hospitality of nation, which, out of
mere hatred to the foreigner and a false
sense of honor, permits and approves
murder by courts of law
The National Zeitung declares:
at is the greatest crime against man
kind which has been committed since the
days of the inquisittOn and of the burn
ing rs o. "IIGntS ~ Is n2M accomplished
PLY can boast that they have carried out
the will of the greater part of French ma
ton, have managed to do what no one
expected. They have added cowardice to
unworthiness. While they were deter
mined to make the sacrifice 10 the imbeciles
ana scoundrels of the general staff, which
the latter demanded, these judges were
haunted by the fear of the cry of indigna-
the whole civilized world if they sent
Dreyfus back for life to DEVILS Island"
The Borsen Courier says:
This is a crushing judgment on the
condition of things in France. 1t is the
moral capitulatiOn of The French army
with additional circumstances of shame
which did not accompany the catastrophe
of Sedan: The coalition of Europe could
not have caused such deep wounds
to frances reputation as five ar
tillery officerso ( the general staff and
others in leading positions during the
four weeks of the trial at Rennes have
done"
The Klein Journal SAYS:
THE last cry of the unfortunate man,
I am innocent was not addressed to men,
but to reasonlesS beings. So might Murat