The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-12
AROUSIyC THE ARMY.
Beaurepaire's Incendiary Address
on the Dreyfus Case.
HIS INFLUENCE ON THE wANE
Trenchmen Generally Believe the Fx'
Judge Is Merely Taking Advantage
ofPopular Excitement to Make Him
self a Leader.

:. Judge Is Merely Taking Advantage
ofPopular Excitement to Make Him
self Leader.
Paris, Jan. I'm. Quesnay de
Beaurepaire, whose resignation OF the
presidency of the civil section OF the
court of cessation Is regarded by i'm.
partial observers as the most danger.
ous development Of the Dreyfus affaii
thus far, yesterday furnished to the
newspapers the most inammatory pro-
Douncement he has yet made. 1t is in
the nature OF proclamation, and IL
entitled "An Appeal to the Deputies"
whom he calls upon vehemently to re-
move the Dreyfus case from the hands
of the criminal chamber of the court
The proclamation concludes as fol.
lows:
Order real and solemn inquiry.
1hich shall penetrate right into the
viscera Of this tortuous examination
II there are guilty men in the bosom
of the criminal chamber authorize the
executive power to remove them, SC
that our magistracy may regain Its
ancient prestige. Order an immediate
judicial inquiry.
II hope to play tho modest role OF
those sentries who in olden days sig.
nailed from the battlements the ap-
proach of the enemy, and after sound.
ing an alarm left it for the. chiefs OF
the cities to arm themselves in behalf
of the commonwealth. City fathers,
forgive the abruptness Of my appeal
1t is due to the emotion which .agitates
me. II you do not cut the gordian
knot at once ! tremblc for my country.
my grief is great to see the magis.
tracy to which have so long belonged
compromised. but console myself with
the thought that 1t will emerge ruri-
fed from the crisis. My grief is great
nj seeing five or six magistrates so for.
getful of our traditions as to declare
themselves advcrsarics Of the army
OF course the Dreyfusites maintain
that they are not attacking the army
while they attack It's chiefs.
Il say to the soldiers that the na-
tional army is worthy Of respect from
the highest to the lowest rank, and il
I have aided in avenging the insult to
which it has been subjected l shall not
regret having paid SO dearly for my
independence
This appeal is palpable bid for the
support of the army. But NJ. DE
Beaurepaire, who shot up like a sky.
rocket as the most tremendous sensa
tion of the whole Dreyfus controversy
nov seems falling like rocket fror,
his pre-eminence as leader of the
anti -Dreyfusards and the possible hero
of coup The best observers Of pub
lie opinion declare that the impression
created by the first remarkable de-
nunciatiOn of the court of cessation
has been succeeded by skepticism re-
garding his motives and the value OF
his revelations.
Many, II not most, Frenchmen esti-
mate him as a politician wha had found
the bench too prossaic for man lone
accustomed to the excitement Of party
strife and who thought he had founl
an opportunity to make himself the
leader of popular movement. The
latest charges he brings againat the
court of cessation add nothing OF con
sequence to Tuesdays indictment, eX
cept accusations that M. Loew had con
.ferences outside the court room witt
Colonel PicquartS advocate and friend
Mnitre I.eblois, and that Counsellor
Dumas conferred outside the cour
room with friends and relatives o
Dreyfus.
N. Maizeau, first president of thu
court, expresses the opinion that 1
would be unfair to the criminal cham
beT to withdraw the case and recon-
n,euds that the criminal chambe
should act as judge d'instruction, draw
Ing a report upon the case to be sub
mttted to the full tribunal, over whicl
II. Mazeau would preside.
The criminal chamber is continuing
the investigation. M. Paleologue,
witness from the foreign Office, who ha
been several days under examination
says tile Judges appeared greatly ex
cited OH the day of N. De Beaurapaire'
resignation.
N. Mazeau, first president of tn
court of cessation, has been appointc
to investigate the latest charges of N
De Beaurepare. In view of the gov
ernment's attitude it is possible tina
the numerous interpretations anncunC
ed for today's session will be Above
to rest until. NJ. Mazeau's inquiry
concluded, although NJ. Dupuy, tn
prcr6ia. will announce his READINGS
to answer all questions Immediately.
Two fresh chapters in the affair wi
be opened in few days, so that tn
countly Is to have no rest from agitt
ton The first is the trial of Urbai
Gehier for his alleged insults to til
French army in his book, "L'Arme
Contra lie Nacion' Ohe Army Again
the Nation) M. Gehier will call Al
witnesses and insist upon the threshir
out again of the whole Madagascs
campaign. The second chapter will
the libel suit against Joseph Reinac
editor of La Repubicque Francai'
and Conservative deputy for the di
trict of Digne, who is charged by Il
widow Of the late Lieutenant Colon
Henry with having insulted his mer
Ory by suggesting in La Republicq'
Franchise that Henry was the re
traitor. The Reinach prosecution, I
which a great popular subscription h
been made, seems to be the last ca
of the anti-Dreyfusards. II this al
the scandal of DE Beaurepaire's resi-
nation fail to stop revision then not
ing will be left them except an o