Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-10
RENNEs VERDICT IN PARIS.
News OF 1t Greeted With Approval
and JOY.

PARIS. September 9.-The boulevards
this evening presented an animated scene,
but on the whole the Rennes verdict was
calmly discussed. The news that Drey-
fus had been convicted was greeted with
deep hum of approval and joy.
| A number of fellows in a cafe tonight
started to sing the Marseillaise and then
formed a procession, which the police
soon dispersed, and the leaders OF which
were arrested and taken 10 the station.
| BY II o'clock the bouleyards were de-
| serted.
PROBABLY NO MORE IMPRISON-
MENT.
The representative Of the Associated
Press here learns on good authority that
one Of the members of the Cabinet to-
| day told a friend that Dreyfus probably
would not have to undergo further i'm
! prisonment, and that II he was sent 10
/ prison his place Of confinement would
/ probably be the Island of Ste. Margue-
| rite, near Cannes. where Marshal Baza!ne
was incarcerated and thence escaped.
! II is generally believed that the gov
! ernments attitude toward the court-mar-
| tal rendered the president and members
| Of that body indisposed TO accept the in
! structions and limitations given at the
| outset Of the cOurt-martiaPs proceedings,
| and that the subsequent request sent to
Major Carriere the governments COM
| missioner at the trial. 10 confine himself
TO the limits laid down by the Court OF
| Cessation, and finally the request that
| the verdict be delayed until Monday, stiff
fened the backbone Of Colonel Jouaust
| who replied that he would not receive
! orders from any one, and thereupon closed
| the case.
THE TRIAL "SCANDALOUS."
NJ CIemenceau, in the Aurora, saws
Colonel Jouaust's object was TO save the
general staff, and that between Dreyfus
and MERCER he selected MERCER The af-
fair. declares NJ. Clemenceau, was scan
dalously conducted.
81. Cornely, in the Figaro. holds that
the verdict, by reducing the original term
Of Imprisonment, shows that the cam
paign for revision was legitimate. II
Drevfus is guilty, he should receive a
penalty for aggravating, instead OF leni-
ency for extenuating circumstances.
SOCIALIST PROTEST.
The Socialist groups met this evening
and passed resolutions protesting against
the Rennes verdict, and declaring their
determination to continue the struggle
for the protection OF hcpupliSdu hpN4 -
Reports received at the Ministry OF the
Interior indicate that no disturbances
have occurred anywhere i'm the provinces.
LA DAME BLANCHE" INSULTED.
At Rennes two anti-Dreyfusards IN
suited La Dame Blanche. and Afterwards
melted a mob to march on the Dreyfus
headquarters, the Hotel Moderne, but the
police and gendarmes quickly and erect
ually squelched the movement.
The Libre Parole says; "The soldiers
at Rennes, without fear Of reproach, nave
given the world a fine spectacle, ana
have saved the honor OF the army. Tne
verdict was equal 10 a second Austerlitz.
Henry Rochefort, in the Intransigent'
SAYS that France at last has taken re-
venge on foreigner.
WARNING TO DREYFUSARDS.
The Petit Journal warns the Dreyfu-
sards TO accept the verdict quietly, "else
the nation. despite the scoundrelly gov
eminent, will find means TO make them.
The Croix. the Jesuit organ, says: The
verdict proves that in France the army
will not prosecute an innocent man. The
Judges decided, without fear or favor, as
their conscience dictated"
The Solre describes the result as "a
national victory. all the more striking
because won in spite of scandalous gov
eminent pressure. the expenditure Of
fabulous sums by a syndicate, and the
cynical Intervention or Germany