The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09

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RENSIs. TRlAL err Res
The City Where Dssys.. $ HI
Tried Next Wss,r 3ss.
Inasmuch as Rennee In .:s 5}sE
ital OF Brittany. Is the heaaor = So E.
old aristocraey Of the we ~ 49, = !l!
caste which is reactionarv = - 49,
ideas. btgoted on the su6Ssee ~ r !
fanatic in Its hatred Of Tho - b. lz
reconcilahle In its antaxcnisua ~ ! ss!g.s
thing that pertains to repu3 -
lions. 1t Is difficult to undernfn,4 -. ~.
French government should 49,; So!
this city Of all others in Ft,nee 49, 'S.
trial by court-martial OF Cape kiSS5
fus, brought back to Franco e, 49,
pose from the terrible nevirs le1n@S n
inevitable that the officers etnafrnsS
and forming part at the 49,
should be subject 10 the inannnors r.
local artstocracy and gentrx. r.
the military element 10 comno
for social relaxation ana tnteec
being the case. Dreyfus stAan ns %
chance OF securing a far - s7s7
hearing than II the trial were 9 i
at Paris. 4zSs lll|
Rennes, which Is q medley q
Of ancient France, hears 8 Co.,
tocratsc stamp. Its streets n IN
well as in the new. quarters af ~
are lined by stately mans.onA ~
portes cocheres and .mmonea
such as one sees In the arsntocyo1
bourg st. GeTmain at PNriA Il r X
mes. where the territorial nok1ll6
the surrounding countries eotah1
selves for the winter season, alf6p
spent the summer and aufaxn ~ 4
country seats and chateApa &
city bears an intensely digntaod =
aspect. and there Is nCtAina q
that frivosity which one q sa,ct
associate with the French chnxn6 3zs.
The mixture Of the old ara Il
Rennes Ia due to the fact that -
last century two-thsrds Of the 4cft9
stroyed by Are. The otdar port1on r.
old. the cathedral for iua9anca
been commenced as far bach q
twelfth century. King Henry r. r.
land presided over meetings a. til
parliament At Rennes. and & unos
Rennes, too, that the Fsu1cA 49,
trand du Duesclin routed tn Knsl
performed, some Of his arQa1An
valor. The celebrated Mn. e.
made It for . time her homA -
which she dated many OF her -
tiers. Up to the great revolutto0 H.
ago, Brittany. a. more or leeo ~
ent duchy. enjoyed certain 0o(l0 +
autonomy. and had ccftain 49,
own. which sat II Rennes. s.
It q In the palace formerly oeerE
the Brittany parliament that ~ r.
martial of Capt. Dreyfus Win 49, G
It 10 q rather grand an6 ponapQo -
designed In the reign Of King ho
by the architect Decreases, an1 -
its aspect recalls 70 mind the r71t3 r
at Florence. II II adorned. Italian l
with pilasters and colonnadee, - 81
with statues Of Breton lawyers al r.
while the roof - decorated withho1u
and all sorts Of fanciful gaRGoyl
waterspouts Of most fAntANt1e
Nowadays It = occupied - The po
justice. It's interior decoYa&iou = 49,
Of Jouvenet. ErArC. Coypel ana nM ~
four artists Of the reign o. XII
XIV. The principal gate b supeenl4
and above 4 b BArre6 statue eoeis 1
ligion.''
The city stands on : sort q ane1e
by the confluence a. the Rivou
and lille, and especially 1t this tn
year, thanks 70 IT, eraAd Oh IT,
line It's streets II every direction
q species Of verdant settings -
rious buiIdines. looks exceedQ
turesque. A. stated above heN4
the local influences WI b excouve
tile TO Dreyfus, ana while a TIE -
i1is ac0ulttal by . cOurt-m1stM
there 10 improbable, 4 = atne
tain 70 lead % locel 1letnho &
very serious character Il decFoeo 2
Brittany, and the southeast g Heoy
well, may be regarded - tho 80
France where the French atieeoe
remained perfectly pure. . Uf
and ancestry are concerned. -
place. its members have far to- 49,
lily pride to permit them - cooeS9e
m0niai alliances with new rac1 -
families, for the sake Of mere Weo1t
fef4ing honorable poverty t. - M
obtained, and they look upon -
"A q stain upon their escutcheoD. -
they are inordsnately prOu6 TT
flnitely more exclusive than the r.
al PARIS, and inasmuch - every 60
everybody e,se's ancestry, RANK -
az financial resources, there = -
freedom from pose. aRectation. 49,
useless display which u very -
and which / have found ncwhese
In Austro- Hungary and u ceseam d
Germany. &. ~
At Rennes . poor man 01 good g Va
and umblemlshed. ancestry = z ko
important parsonage. and intlnlSoN
welcome In every salon than - "a!
OF course. there n . shadow -
ture. The Breton and southern kxs
IL exceedingly narrow-minded. g 2&!!
bi9oted IN matters OF relig:on. > .3|
years behind the IDEAS Of The
in politics. and appailingly ooesln = Y
all that. he ID very chiyalrous. - !. ~
honor and courage. and to ~ ~
finest specimen Of Frenchmeo 49,
possible to midst Louh Is
crat. s.
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