The record-union., 1899-09-10

a majority of five votes to two, Alfred
Dreyfus to the punishment of ten
years detention
The judgment then quotes the code
and the constitution under which the
sentence was delivered, with the article
of the law enjoining the Government
Commissary to have this judgment i'm
mediately read in the presence of the
prisoner before assembled under arms,
and to notify him that the law allows a
delay of twenty four hours in which
to lodge an appeal
Scenes of great excitement occurred
at Rennes tonight. The anti-Dreyfus-
ards broke loose and started a DEM
ontsration, which, but for prompt and
rigorous measures by the police, would
undoubtedly have developed into Sc
rious disorders. The first sign of
trouble manifested itself Immediately
after the verdict became known. The
streets leading to the Lycee were at
that time filled with crowds of peo-
pie awaiting news from the courtroom
The announcement of the prisoners
condemnation was agreeable to a ma
jority of these and cheers and cries of
'Vive Parmee," We're raised, the gen
darmes and troops looking on without
any attempt at interference.
The terrace in front of the Cafe de
| la PalX, the leading cafe in Rennes,
was flled with the people taking their
/! afternoon drinks and aperients. When
| the verdict of the court was announced
| the customers arose to their feet and
demanded that the string band which
| plays on the terrace should give the
! :Marseillaise" The band struck up
| the air, and crowds, both inside and
outside, joined in the national song
Colonel Jouaust passed by a little
later on foot and in full uniform, on
| his way from the Lycee to his home.
| The crowd, with barred heads, cheered
him, crying "Vive Parmee." Colonel
Jouaust in reply to their cheers, sa-
luted with his hand to his KEPT.
AS dinner time approached the streets
became empty, but about s O'Clock the
crowds again gathered at the Cafe de
| la PaiX and in the square beside it.
Just then an incident occurred at the
| Hotel Moderne which is known as the
Dreyfusard center. Two men, notorious
ntiDreyfusards, entered the winter
garden, inside the garden, and sat down
at one of the little marble tables under
! the palm trees and ordered coffee. At
an adjacent table sat La Dame Blanche
with a companion, while at other tables
were seated M. Bernard, Lazare and
Gorszinetti, with other Dreyfusards.
The two newcomers at once began to
make offensive remarks about Dreyfus
and Jews generally. One of them.
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these dirty Jews! These dirty Drey-
| fusards.'
! La Dame Blanche replied, telling him
not to address her. The men, how
ever, persisted, and added personal in
suits, whereupon La Dame Blanche be-
came greatly excited, and called one
! of them a cad to insult a woman. The
men retorted Extensively and in a mo-
ment La Dame Blanche snatched a
card in a heavy metal frame and threw
| it at the head of her insulters, mar
rowly missing him.
The other diners, seeing the trouble,
rose en- masse and threatened to throw
| the men out of the garden. In an in
slant the place became a perfect babel.
everyone shouting at the top of his
"Canaille" Those present hastily with
| drew, Nine. Lazare being carried away
in a fainting condition.
Just as the threatened free fight was
on the point of breaking out, de-
tachment of gendarmes arrived, and
after a scene Of intense excitement, put
the men who had caused the disturb
! ance into the street
This, however, was but the beginning.
The men proceeded to the terrace of
the Cafe de Ia Paix, which was now
crammed with anti-Dreyfusards, and
there gave their own version of the
row, and in a. few moments an anti
Dreyfusard demonstration was in full
swing The people sitting at the
tables rose with shouts of "Down with
the Jews" and ''Vive Iarme,' and de-
manded that the band play the Mar
seillaise.' The band was obliged to
comply with the demand, and the
crowd bawled the "Marseillaise" at the
top of their voices, altering the words
to March on, march on against the
! Jews" Sticks canes and hats were
waved, and then the crowd chanted
''vive larme, vive Parmee, Conspuez les
Juifs''
Finally one man waved his hat and
shouted: Let us march on the Hotel
Moderne' The crowd showed a strong
disposition to follow this advice, and
as the hotel is within 100 yards of
/ the cafe. the situation began to look
ugly. Two Englishmen, who were sit
ting in the cafe were recognized as
foreigners. and the crowd hustled them
out. At this moment the police arrived,
and an instant later a strong body of
gendarmes and police, headed by de-
tectives. rushed into the cafe and
cleared everyone out, demonstrators or
| not. At the same time several squad
rons of mounted gendarmes and drag
oons galloped up and threw themselves
! across the road leading to the Hotel
| Moderne. Other detachments Of cav
airy cordoned all the approaches to the
/ cafe and then gradually closed in on
| the crowd which was now larger and
| extremely threatening, and drove them
! across the bridge, over the river and
into the upper part of the town, which
/ was followed with shouts of 'Vive
| rarmee'' and Down with the Jews
| A number of the noisiest OF the dem
onstrators were arrested and the cav
| airy quickly broke up every gang that
| congregated. The demonstfatlon
dwindled from this time until 11:30
| o'clock this evening, when only few
noisy bands We're left parading the
mo ot