The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-14
MAX O'RELuS APPEAL
RUMOR THAT DREYFUS HAD
BEEN PARDONED FALSE.
REPORT OF THE RENNES COURT MARTIAL
Council Of Revision May Pass on it MONDAY
and Next Day the Cabinet Will Decide
Whether Measures of Glenn
ency are Advisable.


London Sept 13-While the papers
are FUN of letters from individuals and
several firms announcing their withdraw
al from the Paris Exposition and urging
the Government to do likewise, there
is no intention upon the part of the Brit
ish Government Of taking any such step.
lit seems also unlikely that the present
agitation will result in any general with
drawal Of British exhibits.
Max O'Ren paul BloueD has written
letter to the Daily Chronicle saying
that u public expression of sympathy will
go against Dreyfus, adding:
''FOr Gods sake use your influence to
stop it. But, for the universal sympathy
shown for Dreyfus, whom / personally
believe to be innocent, IN England and
Germany he would have been acquitted.
1t is terrible thing to say, but | say
| it and am not afraid Of contradiction.
The evening News is urging the form
! alton of a British legion of honor con
sisting of persons and firms who WI
| have nothing to do with the Paris Expo
| sition, and publishes a list Of over 10
! firms and others, headed by Sir William
| Blake Richmond II. ~, who will not
exmDit.
| The rllnlor which was current this
afternoon that the Roschilds had receiv-
ed word from Paris that Dreyfus had
been pardoned, was absolutely denied by
them. Such action, they said would be
absolutely impossible until the Council
of Revision passes on the appeal.
Queen Victoria, who is at Ballator,
Scotland, is said to be receiving Il great
number Of telegranls and letters from
her subjects at home and abroad begging
her to plead with President LouBet for
Dreyfus' pardon.
lit is known that the news of the
Rennes verdict. which reached the court
at Balmoral Saturday might, greatly af-
fected the Queen. who had followed
the proceedings with attentive interest.
REPORT OF THE DREYFUS CASE
Paris, Sept. 13.-The Government
commissioner attached 10 the Council
Of Revision may possibly finish the re-
port ON the Dreyfus case before Mon
day. In that event the Council Of Re
vision will give a decision regarding
the merits of the appeal that day. and
the following day the Cabinet will de-
eide whether measures of clemeney
| are advisable.
| The Iiberte announces on good au-
thority that the Government will not
convoke the Chambers until December
on the ground that the Deputies could
not sit legally while the Senate is act
ing as a high court.
The Republique Franchise says Nj.
Meline, the former Premier, has sent
to a number of his political friends Il
confidential letter asking their opinion
regarding the immediate convocation OF
the Chambers.
Rennes, Sept. 13.-Captain Dreyfus
continues in good spirits and his health
is fairly satisfactory, although the stom-
ach trouble still clings to him. Mime.
Dreyfus visited her husband today and
came away looking cheerful. She spent
about an hour with -him. NJ. Labori's
assistant sees him twice day.
Most of his waking hours are passed
i'm reading correspondence and Paris
literary reviews He is under the same
discipline as prior to the trial and is
allowed exercise daily In the prison
yard. A canvas screen is now hung
across the court yard to prevent him
being seen from the windows of houses
adjacent and to prevent photographers
getting snap shots of him.
A guard of forty soldiers Is posted i'll
the prison yard beneath his window
and n sentry with loaded rifle and fixed
bayonet is stationed ON the wall over
looking the second court yard where he
takes his exercises.