The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-09-11
DIVIDED OPINION
People of France do Not Know
whether Dreyfus is Guilty.

Paris. Sept, s.--The boulevards tAs e"-
ening presented an animated scene but
on the whole the Rennes verdict was calm
ly discussed. After dinner crowds gather
cd in from OF the offices of the Ldbre Pa
role which were illuminated with cheap
venitian lanterns
A number OF fellows in neighbor'ng
cafe started to sing the Marsellaise and
then formed procession which the po-
ice soon dlsperssi and he leaders we're
arrested and taken to the station.
BY eleven o'clock the boueyards were
deserted.
The representative Of the Associated
Press here learns on good authority That
one OF the members OF the cabinet tonight
told a friend that Dreyfus would probably
not have TO undergo further imprisonment
and that n he was sent to prison his
place OF confinement would probably be
theisland OF st Marguerite near Cannes.
where Marshal Bazlne was inoarceratd
and whence he escaped.
1t is generally bellved that the Cove n
ments commissioner at the trial, -rofl-de
| ments attitude toward the court marital
renered the president and members OF that
body indlsposed to accept the instructions
and limitations given at the outset OF the
court marial's proceedlngs and hat tie
| subsequent request sent to Mai. Carriere,
the governments commissioner at the trial
TO conflne himself to the limits laid down
/ by the court OF cassation. and finally the
request that the verdict be delayed un-
tn Monday. stirened the backbone OF Col
Jouaust. who replied that he would not
| receive orders from anyone and thercupon
] closed the case.
| NJ. Clemenceau, in the Audore Gays Col.
Jouausts object was to save the general
staff and that between Dreytus and McT-
cler he selected MERCER The affair. de-
clares NJ. Clemenceau was scandaiousy
conducted. Maj. Carrieres contention that
the prison had failed TO prove his
innoce enabled the court 20 convict the
prisoner without the evidence OF the petit
bleu. lie also says he pltes the men who
by their sentence inflicted an outrage and
showed the most culpable weakness. Mem
bers OF the tribunal. NJ Clemenceau as
serts. were convinced that Dreyfus was IN
nocent but were anxious TO extend ex-
tenuating circumstances to MERCER and 70
other generals.
NJ. Cornely. In the Figaro holds that
the verdict by reducing the original term
OF imprisonment. shows that the campaign
for revision was legitimate NJ. Cornsiy
adds that he believes that when col Jou-
aust refused 10 hear Col schwart slgup ,,sn
foreign German military attache in Pa ris.
and Col Panlzzardi. the Italian military
attache, the president OF the court was
certain OF Dreyfus and Mercier. and re
piled neither yes nor no. II Dreyfus ls
gtHty he should have received a penalty
for the aggravating orrense. instead OF Ie
niency for exteuuating circumstances NJ
Cornely concludes by declaring that It =
deplorable 60 see Judges make common
cause with the generals who saved Este-
hazy and the injury which this win In he
hazy and the injury which this win In
fiict on tho army
The socialist groups met this evening and
passed resolutions protesting against Tn,
hennes verdict and declaring their deter
mlnation to continue the struggle for tn
= protection OF the republican liberty.
D Reports received al the ministry OF IN
! interor Indicate that no disturbances hav
occurred anywhere in the provinces.
The blbre Parole. says. commenting o.
; The Rennes verdict:
, The soldiers NJ Ra,no. ,,.,,t,
OUT rear or reproach haV
given the world fine spectacle and
have saved the honor OF the army Tn,
verdict was equal TO a second Gusterlit +,
The Petit Journal warns the Drew g.
ards to accept the verdict quietly. "els,
. the nation. despite the scoundreiiy gov
enment, will ind the means 10 MAX
them"
The Croix, the Jesuit organ. says.
''The verdict proves that IN Franc
. the army will not prosecute an Inn
cent man. The judges decided withou
Ia fear or favor ,as their conscience Glc
tated."
"a The soir describe the result as "
o. national victory all the more strikn
hebcause won in spite OF scandulous gov
II ernment pressure. the expenditure OF fat
rs ulous sums by a syndicate and the cyrr
IS ieal Intervention OF Germany"
% Reunes, Sept. s.-The text Of the juds
as ment is as follows:
~ Today. the ninth Of September. ls8
Of the court martial OF the tonth repiC
dA army ccfps, celebrating behind clos
-o doors. the president put the folowir
-. question; rs Alfred Dreyfus, brevet ca
- tain, fourteenth regiment or artiller
probationer on the general stan, gull
OF having In 1894. entered into nachin
lions or held relations with foreil
90 power or one or its agents 70 induce
10 20 commit hostility or undertake WI
go against France, OF procure II the meal
On thercssr by delivering the notes M
OBJ documents mentioned in the documen
ION called the bordereau, according 10 n
an decision OF the court OF cessation Of Ju
g. 1893.
ted The votes wore talsen separately. b