Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-29
Four of the Wolves Who Are Howl
ing for Dreyfus' Blood.
REMIND ONE OF THE FRIENDLY BEAR
Why the Generals Seek Deliverance
From Their Friends.
7 II r E ATEN DIRE THING S

PARIS, July L. 1899.
! On the wall Of Venetian dungeon, sew
| eral hundred years ago. a prisoner en-
| graved "Dagli amici mi guard Iddior'-
God protect me from my friends: I'll pro-
| tect myself from my enemies,'' The gen.
| erals of the French army, who are trem-
| bling at the prospect of Dreyfus' acquittal,
| must feel the truth of the proverb when
| they contemplate the efforts of such friends
of theirs as Castellane and Deroulede,
| Quesnay de Beaurepare and Maurice Bar
| res. Apart from the two friends who got
them into all their trouble-Drumont of the
| .ibre Parole and Sabatier of the Eclair-
/ and the deceptive Rochefort who con-
| firmed them in the hardening Of their
! arts, these four-the young count and
the old judge. the long-Iegged poet ana the
short-legged philosophical roma ncer - are
| the loudest protectors of the honor of the
| army.
Il wish they would protect the other
! side, an officer remarked the other day,
They make me think of the friendly
What about the friendly bear"
asked.
1T is in Aesop's Fables a bear, being
grateful to a man. determined to protect
him. One day, when the man slept. a fly
lighted on his nose. The bsar said, 'Tll
swipe that fy,' and swiped it. When the
man came 10 ne DdtilPu MS DlDhtn nose
and asked the bear to go and protect some
one else
The young count, who is related to Amer
lea by marriage, had already proved him
self to come from good old fighting stock
before he wrote his celebrated letter to the
Prince of Monaco. That day, out in the
Auteui1 racetrack, he fearlessiy called the
president of the republic bad names. He
showed his sagacity we'll for when he
was taken up by the police. along with
other white pink president insulters. he
said. with simple dignity: Hands off,
Castellane the deputy" and the police were
forced to let him go. \ controversy has
grown up around this memorable defense
of the honor of the army with respect to
the part taken in ii by the comtesSe. The
daughter Of jay Could was heard by some
reporters to cry. Down with i4oubet, Hur-
rah for the army with strong American
accent. My wife has no accent" Castel-
lane replied, Indignantly.
CasteiIane's letter.
But the great act of the young patrician
Is the open letter in which he scolds the
Prince of Monaco. 1t will be remembered
that the prince wrote to Nine. Dreyfus.
asking her to bring her husband to his
autumn chateau when he should be liber-
ated. Enraged at such an insult to the
army. Boniface took up his good New
York pen and wrote-for publication:
"Monseigneur-You have just written a
letter to Nine. Dreyfus which provokes the
Indignation of good Frenchmen, not be-
cause you have addressed it to an unhappy
woman chat sentiment would be worthy of
reSpect), but because you intrude yourself
into matters which do not concern your
most serene highness.
''ff 1T is as a foreign sovereign that YOU
imagine yourself able to influence French
officers in the grave decision they are about
to take, | beg to remark that the game is
not equal, because none of us would care to
ask advice from a school-mastered prince.
Perhaps, monsegneur, you related
m
then, 1t would be premature to triumph.
IF it is, on the contrary. protector
of a of gambling establishment, permit
me, monseigueur, to tell you that Dreyfus
himself would prefer to do without your in
est
Accept, monseigueur. the assurance of
the sentiments with which have the hon
or to be your most serene highness' very
humble servant,
"CoMTE BONI DE CAsTELLANE.
Deputy"
The reference is to the Princess of Mona
CO, who was Miss Heine, daughter of the
Hebrew banker of that name, one time es-
tablshed in New Orleans, where she was
born 1t should not be forgotten. however,
that her first husband was the Due de
Richelieu. whose title is now held by her
son.
It may also be as well to state that Cas-
tellane has never been an officer in the
French army. On the other hand, the
Prince of Monaco fought with the French
in 1870. The young count just now is wear
ing white SILK neCRlleS Win MS 1rOck coat
an innovation.
Caused a Great Scandal.
One year ago Quesnay de Beaurepaire
was president of the civil chamber Of the
court of cessation. grave Judge. terrible
in his long robe of black silk slashed with
red. He chose to throw up the place and
accuse the criminal chamber of treacher-
Gus favoritism for the Dreyfusards. The
scandal was great, and the military party
had law passed for the occasion. by
which the instruction" of the Dreyfus
case should be given to the whole court re-
united. When the whole court affirmed
Dreyfus' innocence Quesnay naturally lost
prestige. Yet it did not daunt him. Writ
ing-without pay-in the Echo de Paris
daily, he declares that he will Judge the
Dreyfus case himself. "Oh. great public"
he cries, hear my voice. Oh, France, Oh,
my country He announces he will lead
100000 Parisians up to the Palais Bourbon.
ut is legalr' he exclaims.
The 100000 must be waiting stHl his sig
nal for they have not marched yet. Then
he announces that has put his hand upon
the man who can tell ALL He writes a
letter to the prosecuting officer at Rennes
demanding that he should be heard with
his witnesses. When told not to come he
says he will mail his proofs to each court
martial judge, and then disclose them to
the world. The Figaro has just played a
joke on Quesnay.
A Joke on Quesnay.
old judge telling that he had the
proofs of Dreyfus' guilt locked in his safe
a Latin Quarter Bohemian. instigated by
the Figaro. was selling the proofs to him
He went to Quesnay's house and said: II
have them!'
tSure?" asked the defender of the army.
'Surei' replied the joker. THE ammo
tated program of the third days mobiliza-
ton, an annotated bicycle map of the route
from Metz to Nancy, and a letter to a per-
sonage 1 will name later all in the hand
writing of the traitor Dreyfusr'
Where are they?''
AT Basic. You know, the center of the |
German secret service is at Basic, not Br1s-
sells. | will need 300 francs to go to BasIe."
He got them. The joker took the name |
of Monsieur Karl. Quesnay de Beaurepaire |
gave him the address of two old maids who |
keep boarding school in Paris Send me |
word there by telegraph he whispered; |
the post is not sure,''
Right whispered Monsieur Karl: ito |
morrow 1 will be at the Hotel Cigogne,
Basic; the next day at Geneva Hotel de la |
Metropole. Adieu"
Went to q Picnic.
But Karl mistook his way, and went, in |
stead, with q young woman to Robinson"