Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-11
REVISION ELL PASSED.
FRI nch Chambe Of Der titles Utholds Govern.
ment Measure. 322 to ZIG.

! Paris. Feb. 10.-The trial revision bill
was eventually adopted. III the CnamDcr
Of Deputies. by n vote Of 3a2 TO 2IG
| There was much excitement in the
| Chamber in anticipation Of the debate
for which Premier Dupuy had asked ur-
| gency.
NJ. Renault- Morliere, the reporter OF the
committee having the revision bill in
charge. said the committee had rejected
| the measure because when one arrived
at the creation of courts of expediencv
there was no further security for any
one. Such proposals. the reporter added
always aroused indignation. and he asked
what could be the motive of the bill.
since the accusations brought By NJ
Beaurepaire, the former president Of the
civil section of the court of cessation.
against the criminal section of that body
had been acknowledged to be erroneous
NJ. Renault- Morliere concluded with as
sorting that the adoption of the bill
would be useless and dangerous sign
OF weakness. also remarking that Ito
honor the army it is not necessary to dis
honor the magistrature.
After Minister of Justice Lebret had
briefly defended the bill NJ Millerand.
Radical Socialist representing the first
district of the Seine, opposed the measure
on the ground sent forth in the open let
ter to the government signed by score
Of deputies and a number of former cab
met ministers. who declared their inten-
ton to uphold the supreme principles of
justice as above all attacks. The letter
dSStfttu tildt there ~dS ITO Necessity 10
deprive the criminal section of the court
of cessation of the right of rendering
Judgment in the Dreyfus case. NJ. Mil
ierand aroused an immense uproar by
saying that the Republicans only had to
note who were backing the bill and the
present agitauon to know where their
duty lay.
The premier then mounted the tribune
and said the government was prepared
to take the whole responsibility for the
measure. The Republicans he added,
could therefore vote for the measure with
perfect security. The government, he
pointed out. was neither the accomplice
nor the dupe of the adversaries of a re-
vision of the Dreyfus trial; but doubts
had arisen. causing fears as to whether
the sentence OF "A section Of the court oil
cessation was authoritative enough to
satisfy and calm the nation. The bill. he
insisted was neither an emergency meas
ure. revolutionary nor dictatorial 1t
would end an affair which was provoking
throughout the world polemics which
were decorating French hearts.
Late this evening, there was consider
able ferment in the streets caused by the
shoutings of the rival parties. A crowd
of anti-Revisionists on finding themselves
unable to gain admission to a meeting
that was being addressed by Nj. Beaure-
paire. moved off and demonstrated at the
office of the ministry of war. the PalaiS
Bourbon and the offices of the Libre Pa
role. where the demonstration became
rather threatening and ended in scume
with the police. who made numerous ar
rests. Strong police forces are posted
everywhere and these have prevented
serious developments.
In his speech at the meeting. NJ. De
Beaurepaire declared that unless the
Dreyfus scandal should be brought to an
end it would entail either civil or 4
foreign war. Very few, however, VIII
share this opinion. Nevertheless, the
Chamber of Deputies is evidently in no
mood for another ministerial crisis.
Tine debate the Chamber pfONtu
stormy but uninteresting. NJ. Dupuy's
speech, appealing to the patriotism OF the
deputies, gave him an easy victory over
a weak Chamber. He himself had oniS
expected Il majority of about 80. NJ Du-
puy holds optimistic opinions and thinks
that before April the whole Dreyfus
question will be decided and settled for
ever