The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09
TRIALS CLOSING HOURS
Maitre Demange Makes Mastery Speech
For Defense = Labor Declines to
Speak For Fear of Offending
Judges Elaborate Military
Precautions Taken.

Rennes, Sept. s.--That Capt. Dreyfus
will be condemned is the almost uni
versal opinion heard in Rennes tonight.
Hitherto there had always been a
divergence, but now both camps, the
Dreyfusards and the -Dreyfusards,
seem unanimous in the conviction that
the verdict will 90 against him. Upon
just what this is based, and the precise
reason for the conclusion is a mystery,
but there is no Disgusting the fact that,
from sMaitre Labor down to the nu-
merous Dreyfusards who crowd the no.
tells and cafes, and who last night were
still hopeful that Dreyfus would be
saved, all seem now to agree that his
last chance is gone.
The one source of hope is Maitre La
bori himself, who said this evening to
the correspondent of the Associated
Press: I'VE fear that Capt Dreyfus
will be condemned, bat We do not in
| tend to throw up the sponge. We shall
go on fighting for him., .as.p 81
| M. Jaures, the socialist leader and
! other prominent Dreyfusards. expressed
| fever heat, and nothing is discussed
but the verdict of the morrow.
The military precautions are of the
| most elaborate character, and no at
| tempt at disordeTls likely to have the
| slightest success. Orders have been is
sued to repress the first symptom of
trouble whitman iron hand.
A small anti-Semite meeting was held
here this evening, and the complete
=; oI, To-,
of quiet day tomorrow. A strong
force of gendarnes guarded the APP
proaches to the building where the
meeting was held, and the orders were
to arrest the first man who-raised a Sc
ditious cry. Nothing. however, oc-
Cured
Indeed the inhabitants of the town
seem perfectly calm.
The news Of the publication of Count
Won Buelow's speech In the reich
sanzeiger, reached RsnneS tonight, and is
considered very significant on the eve
of a verdict, which will be taken as
slight to Germany, If it be verdict of
condemnation, as being tantamount to
a public refusal to take the word of
Emperor William, as his minister is
merely his mouthpiece.
According to the latest report the
verdict may be delivered between 8
anu tomorrow AFTERNOON the court
ad1ourning after Maitre Demange's
speech until o'clock. There is some
criticism Of Maitre Laboris decision
not to speak, the friends of Maitre De-
mango thinking it his object to shirk
his share of the responsibility in the
event of a verdict of condemnation.
Maitre Demange having once seen
Dreyfus condemned under his advo-
cacy, would naturally like Maitre La
bori to share the criticism this lime,
especially as Maitre Labor has as
sumed such a prominent part in the
proceedings.
Great interest has been aroused here
by the arrival at Rennes of Max Regis,
the former mayor Of Algiers and a no
torious Jew batter. He was attended
by couple of Aigerians in native cos
tune and a crowd of people followed
him about. He stopped to take some
refreshment at the principal cafe here
and the place was Immediately invad-
ed by a gaping crowd. M. Regis was
present in the courtyard of the Lycee
this morning and discussed the situa-
tt6n with the leading Dreyfusards,
His presence IS not a good omen for the
peace of the town.