The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-08-19
.DREYFJS COURT MARTIAL.
The Case Involving More Than the
Fate of a Mere Captain
of Artillery,
THAT ONLY AN INCIDENT 10 THE TRIAL
The ReaI Contest netween nrnIus,
Fighting Tor Humanity, Justice
aud fruth.Rnd Military Caste Con
tending forsupremHcS-HeV of
the Case by Emily Crawford.

inst Dreyfus' Lawyer shot.
kennes, Aug. 1.-Two men an
pushed Maitre Lahori, counsel fo
- preyfns, and one shot was fired, hi
ting Labor in the back. NJ. Labor fel
IA Ia the roadway, lie is still alive.
lld- hennes, Aug. 1.-THE battle has he
: in gun IN earnest, les political bearing
da, are shown in the arrest of Paul de Rou
In, iede' the deputy, and poet, and y q
,ed his numerous royolist aud Bonapartsr
nm aiIles' who have pooled with him
~ against the republic, As in the liou-
" iangist conspiracy, the pool would he
- OF little consequence but for the mill
IN talA caste, which has found represent
III atAe men in Gen. De Negrcr and some
n other generals having preatcommauds.
ms strange Spectacle.
a II Is a strange thing how the fcht
O. ihlchened around the shadowy AID
s. emaeiated re-haircd Jew. whose uni.
&c form of an artillery captain so ill-fts
and BELTS his figure and physiognomy.
= Fight tn the Death.
Last Mondays sitting of the court
= martial and the subsequent non-nub.
ne slttlngs were the first skirmishing
> operations, but Saturday was a field
> daN IN which the two hostile forces |
INTO which France is divided and has
been since the revolution. set them.
selves in array OF battle and drew the
! hrst blood. Each side stands commit
tea to certain course and has bmDa.l
us SHIPS The actual Dreyfus trial is
a trial of strength. l can not see F.,
possibility of its ending in drawn
game. 1t is now neck or NOTHING"
combat, desperate fight in which
neither side will give in unless utterly .,
routed =
The Forces Engaged.
The moral situation of the forces en- n
gagged reminds one of the armies of a
the French revolution and those tb,y p
mad to fight. The Dreyfusites have the
brains, the forward impulse. the lash tt
and the feNibility. At the same time GO
lhey are raw recruits. gathered spon- ~
'aheously from the four points of the y
compass, Hatred of the military caste
and, II may be, the secret hone of re- 10
wards have made them homogeneous. Gl
Inc nationalities have social and 9th ST
er prestige. numbers and organilo- tn
non. Their center is composed of the tn
majority of Frenchmen and French sol
Their left wing is formed of W..
$4,000 officers and theirright wing CON Wv ~,
'ists of the church.
Both Sides without ScrupIes. of
All profess respect for legality hut an,
'nly from the lips out. One sida is bee
ust as INSCRIPTIONS as the other. but get
ne most active and less numerous sido der
oes really night for the cause of Ell. DIES
lahlty, justice and truth The Drcv- str,
lsltes have, at any rate, won bellioer- was
NJ rights, and they are sure of tba II
1ehdiy neutrality of the government Jail
helr adVersaries can no longer make der,
Sc or the rope that hung Pfckard or saw
re razor that cut Henry's throat m, day
mister Of war could not, if he wanted nan
y read "A forged document in parfa- was
ent. 1t is impossible now to stuT he c
e doSsier with fables fit for Mother A
bose tales. But organization, uuro- deaC
rs, prestige and wealth means sf,,. III
g power he |
DreEt"sitS' Financial Backlog. have
Doubtless the Dreyfusites are srn- Arx,
ed with Jewish funds without oc- a 4Nl
2tlhg NJ, DE Freycinet's estimate If Erol
oooooO francs. The sums subscribed
EngIlsh and German Jews must be
ofmous, but, like wealthy geptles
Il Jews are fond of the pomp ana Wa
ntIes of life, the titles of aristocratio the
-"""S oi them are frightened indus
a. 'lie onward pace of the effort
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''erciers Deposition. positi
=" icleI deposition was inaudi- a9ricl
- 'le Judges and shorthand plspa
orters. 1t fell fat his voice and be
very beng bad. But we have Il count
ia PRINT 1t has qualities for which to the
'ld not give it credit during deliv- arran!
lhey are easy, flowing state resent
us, FEASIBILITY and the art of h,ll- served
suspicion, As the deposition nm. especi
: IN fun in the reports if win .y- tain. ,
where be read with delight nv tboso exposi
ady persuaded that Drevfns l. - yarieti
lucy VIII not see what was 70 a
-. what was the feline per- sary II
guratlvely speaking the de- of the
Iloh' which was really a speech winter
ne prosecution, shows MERCER TO cranbe
cas'lst OF the highest order. He the DR.,
loses his way in the most intr;. openip
variations and keeps in view that specim;
Jus IS cool, calculating, we'll availab
'i"i'or' 1t is
'hf beginning of the Struggle. import,
immediate issue of the fight is the Uni
ON OF Dreyfus, bar SATURDAY.. IN in this
IS and episodes are the beglnpin,, ton of
struggle of far-reaching conse. terestet
e. exhibit
'reseen by the Nationalist. tributor
iust give the nationalsts credit Tor wha
aHhg' from the very BEGINNING slderati'
EN- what revision would Iaad =, that he
IN many things showed blind. were al
IheN accepted the madpan by sta
nay de Baurepaire. as tbsi, boards G
''nan' But they had a keen in railroad
Ior the ultimate trend of E.e same co
mist movement. dividual,
Drcyfus and His Ego.
. of unfortunate in Londol
li'ies and can not disassociate -.
from his ego to enter into tho -
a,.,,;..- 'ne sees this ed resur
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