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New Dreyfus crisis.
Revision Is progressing splendidly; and,
II only It can be saved from its friends,
Il will certainly swin.-New Orleans
Times-D Democrat.
So, Dreyfus n 10 be tried again. there
by "keeping the story alive" as the news
papers say, for another year, at least
GAINESVILLE Gazette.
Dreyfus IL to be retired. But ustice
demands the trial and conviction OF the
forgers and perjurers who tried him the
first time.-Atlanta Constitution.
There IL little or no question that Drey-
fus will be brought home for a new trial.
It will have to be fairly and openly con-
Quoted, and then great load OF shame,
fear and conscious evil-doing will be lift
ed of the French nation.-Cleveland
Leader. -s
The interest In the courts judgment II
great. That In the general stan Offset to
& 10 greater. But greater than all Is that
IN the finally underlying motive for this
vast villainy. Mere anti-Semitism, the
motive assigned by Dreyfus himself,
seems hardly definite enough to warrant
persecution.-New York Press.
Dreyfus may be innocent, but II he Is,
II will not be the first time that a man
has had the misfortune to be punished
for something he was not guilty Of, and
It must be admitted that most Of the per-
sons who have interested themselves In
the work of procuring justice for Drey-
fus have been far more deeply concern
ed with the political aspects Of the case
than with the moral aspects.-Detroit
Tribune.
The army is to be given a chance to re-
deem itself. 1t must try Dreyfus again.
The officers dare not resort to the tactics
which have been so thoroughly exposed,
and there is reason to believe that there
will be no case at all. In the eyes of an
American the army will still be long
way from having proved its worthiness,
but 1t is likely that the French people
will accept this action Of undoing
wrong as a sacrifice which atones for all
the wrong-doing Of the past.-Denver Re
publican.
The Alaskan Boundary.
In the matter Of the Alaskan boundary
dispute, England seems to be one OF Can.
ada's colonies.-Indianapolis News.
That Alaskan boundary question may
be settled by the time all the gold is TAX
en- out of the country.-Cleveland Leader.
Canada, 1t seems, clings tightly to her
old role of mischief maker between the
United States and England.-Bostoa
Journal.
The Dominion's idea of arbitration IL
akin to the form of compromise that OBJ
tanned in the home Of the meek-natured
husband, who explained that when he
wanted a green carpet put down in the
parlor and his wife wanted a red carpet,
they always compromised on red.-De-
troit Free Press.
There is but one course for the United
States to pursue, and that is to stand
firmly on its rights. We once compro-
missed away several degrees of Pacific sea
coast, and we have no more to squander.
1t is within the power Of this country to
soon bring Canada to terms, and that
without war.-Denver News.
The difficulty unquestionably exists In
the greed of the Canadian Government,
which Is inordinate and unreasonable,
and the best that we may hope is that the
British foreign Office at London and Am
bassador Choate may take the matter
out Of the hands Of the commission and
settle it reasonably.-Boston Post.
1t Is extremely difficult to reconcile
Great Britain's stubborn attitude in the
Alaskan boundary dispute to any theory
of a strong desire for the maintenance
Of uninterrupted pleasant relations with
the United States Government. The rec
ords in the case attest the reasonable
ness Of our position, and the frequent
concessions this Government has made
must impress embattled Europe with an
idea of national tolerance new to the
code Of international comity.-Washing-
ton Times.
PICKLE France.
A French crisis would seem to be q
more serious thing if it were not so fire.
quent.-Evening Wisconsin.
The ease with which French cabinet
can be upset is the admiration and de-
spair of the American people.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The French ministry whisks in ala out
with all the pensive grace and celebrity Of
a cows tail in fly time, and with little
more significance as q rule.-Buffalo Cou-
rier.
Somebody ought to take Ratchet and
a gourd full Of nails and make q cabinet
for the French republic that will hold
the cigars and decanters.-MemphisC Com
mercial-Appeal.
In France, now it is different There
alleged police outrages cause q cabinet
to resign. Here they merely result in
Mazet committees and a whole lot of
amusement to the public.-Albany Argus.
President Loubet may belong to the
bourgeois, but it is quite evident that he
has a two-line plea cinch. Even il a
bourgeois Loubet looms up like 72-point
letter among the agate aristocracy of
France.-Omaha World-Herald.
The rumor that the French Govern
ment will in paying Dreyfus his arrears
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