The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-05-31
SENSATIONS OF PARIS.
Three Events Which Have Aroused
the French Republic.
MARoHAND HAILED AS A HERO

Enemies OF the Republic ExaIting the
Fashoda Tnvader-AcquittaI ofDrey-
fus a Foregone Copclusion-Attem
to Besmirch President Loubet.
Paris, May s1.-Three events took
place yesterday, each of which, without
the others, would have suficed to
electrify France. All coming together,
interest was diffused, and no convul-
sion thus far is apprehended.
One was the landing of Major Mar
chand at Toulon. The second was the
speech Of General Herve and the pro-
ceedings generally In the Paris court
of assizes. whore the Deroulede- Habert
trial Is going on, they being charged
with an attempt to rouse the army to
revolt The third was the conclusion
of Judge Ballot de Beaupre's report on
the Dreyfus case, read by him before
the court of cessation.
Major Marohand is hailed as a hero
by all the enemies of the republic. He
is eontrasted by them with the foreign
minister, M. Delcasse, whose good
sense in the Fashoda matter is stig-
matlZed as cowardice. To pay ova-
tlons to Marchand is at once a way to
let off Anglophobe feeling and to be-
little the republic. He was educated
by the religious orders and has been
patronized by the Catholic missions in
Paris, which are only second in i'm
portance to the propaganda In Rome.
1t may be that, being a man of humble
birth and uncultured, he will lose his
head and let himself be hoisted into
General Boulanger's saddle, but this Is
improbable Marchand is a silent man
He never asks advice, but after ma
ture thought he acts on the notion he
has been rejecting upon. He must
think himself most fortunate, though
to be ranked so high In the army and
the Legion of Honor and to be the re-
cipient of the exploration prize of the
academy, Is 900 francs, to say nothing
of the swords of honor, the gold medals
and the ovatlons.
The call made by NJ Drummont to
Parisians to hang out flags in honor
of Marchand has not yet been widely
responded to, but the flags are per-
haps reserved until the hero arrives.
1t is predicted that Marchand will
marry an heiress. leave the marines
for the line and be entrusted with the
grand command in the French Soudan,
with a mission to watch Lord Kitch-
ener. The Egyptian question being still
| open, the Soudan would afford a fine
| field for his energies.
NJ Ballot de Beaupre's summing up
before the court of cessation in favor
| of Dreyfus has not disturbed the town.
It was foregone conclusion, but as
the Judgment is to be revised and
| ~ H., A-f,
before a court martial, with every
probability of fair trial, and 1t Is hard
to doubt that the result will be ac-
quittal, there being no proof against
Dreyfus.
M. Drummont expressed himself this
morning as delighted with the out
come, "inasmuch as the whole affair
shows that the Jews all the world over
| will act as one man whenever Jewish
interests conflict with Christian" As
O matter of fact, there is not a single
eminent Dreyfusite who is Jew. Still
the ignorant masses will not see that
this hatred, bred by the Dreyfus af-
fair, is not likely to die.
The main feature of the Deroulede
trial is the attempt being made to use
it to blacken President Loubet as q
"Panamist." Nothing could be more
disingenuous. M. Loubet was never
implicated in Panama affairs. He
with the cognizance of President Car
not, and with his approval, tried to
prevent the exposure of 124 Republi-
can deputies in 1892 as "Panamists
He was minister of the interior and
able to prevent 1t.
On the day following the suicide oi
Baron Reinach the police were about
to search his papers, which contained
proofs of parliamentary corruption
Loubet, and Carnot rs well feared
that the republic would founder If 124
deputies were prosecuted. The min.
lister interfered and the search was no.
made. That was all. But yesterday M
Quesnay de Beaurepaire, who was at
torney general in 1898, spoke In courI
OF the president In most disparaginI
terms, His drift was to impress the
jury with the idea that Deroulede was
justified in calling upon General Roge
to march on the Elysee on the day o.
M. Faure's funeral because Loubet haC
) been elected president.