The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

fus, there would. he no exposition, and
there would have been no money 20 spetu
in France from Foreigners In 1900, IN IN
short, Dreyfus had to be convicted 10
save France and her army.
Sanford Sachs, merchant, 2li Pine street;
+,Dreyfus had to be convicted TO saw ,E
France from a revolution. I nat Is al
there Is TO that. 1t was much easier 70
convict one man than put down a rebel
non: Inc military arm OF the ',ar GpE cost
1t might be to Dreyfus, Justice ana tne
people who sympathized with nm ana IN. 5ne
cause Of innocence and talr play. PuI M
there VIII be a reckoning in the sweet py =
and-oy. | expected no other verdlct from from
the court unoer the prevailing eXcltcmeut
and the manner in which the evidence
was presented to the court. Had the triai
been held in either England or the United
States he most assuredly would NOT nave
been convicted. a military court tiaiI
IN which the honor of the militarS wds a. a.
stake against one man was too nuch 10
be overcome. Poor Dreyfus mad 10 De
crushed TO save the army
Rev. Jacob Nieto, rabbi OF the ConSresa-
ton sheriff. Israel: Il have the utmost
confidence IN the sense of justice foI
which the French people are noted.
don't believe that this attempt 10 throw
the stain of dishonor upon this poor, un'
fortunate man by the generals OF the
army in order 20 shield their guilty selves
from detection will meet with that degree
outrage anticipated for their dlabollcal
scheme. The opera bouffe and its hna!e
has been most ludicrCus. It is more the
humbled to the dust, and the honor of the
French people that has been stained
Who ever heard Of man guilty or treason
with eXtenuating circumstances that was
neither insane nor i'll fear or ms ne az
the time he committed what he supposed
to be the reasonable act? | feel conn
dcnt that the wrong Will be righIea Ts, f',r for
the honor of France and that Dreyfus
Will yet receive justice at the hands Oh
his people"
Isaias w. Hellman, president of the
Nevada National Bank of san francisco: o.
THE wrongful conviction OF Dreyfus Is
the result of the hopeless corruption ex-
listing in the French army. Had the man
who had been tried for betraying the
exposure of army methods would nave
been the next great sensation in France
Realizing this the officials banked all fu-
ture scandal by sending an innocent man
70 prison and prevented an investigation
into their own acts. The rlSht-nlnued
people of France know what mas hap
pened. but all the expressions OF the nom
est and the just will not right the inJus-
tice which has been done. do not appre
hend any revolution in consequence or the
result of the trial
Attorney General TREY L. Ford: Il am
not sufficiently acquainted with the. judi,
cial procedure in France, nor have l read
the evidence with that care that would
entitle me to express any opinion that
would carry with ii much weight or value.
However, from what knowledge have OF
the case L am quite certain tnat the eEl-
dence against Dreyfus at his recent trial
was not sufficient to convict him in an
American court. AS to the laws of France
l know but little except as to those laws
which have been transplanted in Amer
lea but particularly in the State or Lou
isiana; and what l say therefore. is based
upon American laws and American proce-
dure and the sufficiency of evidence in an
American court. Guided by these stand
ards the conviction of Dreyfus was alb
solutely unwarranted by the evidence
Rabbi NJ S. Levy, Congregation Beth
Israel: The result of the trial is blot
on the Jurisprudence of the present age.
1t certainly demonstrates that the army
at all hazards is to be sustained at the
expense of justice. The boasted equality,
fraternity and liberty of Frenchmen is
henceforth a hollow mockery and sham.
The French people. unstable as water, in
their wild delirium of ''Vive farmee' have
demonstrated their inability for self
government. While it has taken 400 years
to teach Spain that vengeance belongs to
the Lord. ii will take less time to prove 1t
to France. The end is not yet.
Rabbi Isidore Meyers, Bush-street syna-
gogue: II consider this trial has termin-
ated unfortunately for France. The case
was tried before much higher tribunal
than the court at Rennes. The higher tri-