Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-09-12
lola ON THE VERDICT.
Iy to Take n Hand In Drey-
fus Affair.".

PARIS, Sept. 12-The Aurore publishes
this morning long letter from Emile Zola.
the novelist, which is a pendant to his
famous "J'accuse'' letter in the early
stages of the revision movement. 1t con-
cludes as follows:
The ministry which its agents have be-
trayed, the ministry which had the weak
ness to leave big children with muddled
minds to play with matches and knives.
the ministry which has forgotten that to
govern is to foresee-has only TO hasten 10
act if it does not wish TO abandon TO the
good pleasure of Germany the nth act of
the drama, the denouement before which
every Frenchman should tremble.
1T Is Tor Inc government 10 play TINS
NTH act as soon as posslpie IN oraer ~
prevent its coming to us from ABROAD.
The government can procure the uocu-
ments. Diplomacy has settled greater dlf-
nculties than this. Whenever II ventures
10 ASK for the documents enumerated in
The DOrdereau, they viii be given; ana
that viii be new Iact which viii necessl-
late a second revision before the court OF
sassation, which would be this time, L
hope, fully informed, and would quash the
verdict sans renrOi in the plenltude OF lls
sovereign majesty.
again the defenders Of justice and truth
VIII do what Is necessary Not one of US
Will desert his post. Proof, invincible proof
We shall finally end by obtaining.
"On November % we shall be at. Yer
sailes My trial will recommence, mas
much rs il is 10 recommence in all its full
ness. If, meanwhile, justice is not done,
we will again help TO do il My beloved,
my valiant Labori, whose honor has but in
creased, Will, therefore, pronounce at Yer
sailles the address which he was unable
10 pronounce at Rennes, and it is very sim
ple. Nothing will be lost.
AS for me, 1 shall not be silent. He
VIII merely have to utter the truth without
fear OF injuring me, for am ready to pay
for II with my liberty and my blood. Be
fore the Seine assiZe court l swore to the
iunocerce of Dreyfus. l swear to it before
the entire world, which now proclaims ii
march. Nothing will stop it At Rennes
IL has just made a giants stride.
Il no longer have any fear except that !
may see II arrive in thunderclap of the
avengtng Nemesis. devastating the father
land. unless we hasten ourselves to make
France"
NJ. Zola entities his article 1.-THE Fifth
Act" After describing his horror on hear
ing the verdict, which he regards as q
OF having crushed Dreyfus in order to save
themselves from prison, and makes an ap-
peal to the government which, he says
will return to France the honor she has
lost by the Rennes verdict. verdict that
he describes as a most extraordinary at
tempt against truth and justice"
He asserts that he knew positively ir
January of last year that EsterhaZy was
the real traitor, the latter having furnished
Colonel SchwartZkoppen with numerous
documents-many in his own handwriting
"a complete collection of which is now il
Berlin.
Since then he says, II have lived II
terror lest Germany should strike us witt
the proofs of her possession. thus dshonor.
ing our army in the face of Europe in or.
der TO VanQuiSh it easily afterward."