The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10
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PARIS OPINION.
What Both Sides Are Saying of the
Verdict.


Verdict.
PARIS, Sept 9-The representative of
the Associated Press here learns on good
authority that one of the members of the
cabinet told friend that Dreyfus would
not probably have to undergo further i'm
prisonment, and that if he was sent to
prison the place would probably be the
Isle of st. Marguerite, near Cannes,
where Marshal BaZaine was incarcerated,
and whence he escaped. The great So
licitude given by the government to the
court-martial rendered the president and
members of that body unwilling to &C
cept the instructions given them at the
outset of the trial, and the instructions
given to Maj Carriere to confine himself
to the objects of the trial, and, finally,
the request to hold the verdict until Mon
day, sti1fened the backbone of Col. Jou-
GUST to hasten the proceedings to the
close.
M. Clemenceau said Col Jouaust's OBJ
ject was to save the general staff. Mai.
Carrieres contention that the prisoner
had failed to prove his innocence enabled
the court to convict the prisoner without
the evidence of the petit bleu. He also
says he pities the men who condemned
Dreyfus. M. Clemenceau says the judges
were convinced of the innocence of Drey-
fus, but convicted him with eXtenuating
circumstances on account of MERCER and
other generals.
M. Cornely. in the Figaro, holds that the
verdict, by reducing the original term Of
imprisonment, shows that the campaign
for revision was legitimate M Cornely
adds that he believes that when Col Jou-
aust refused to hear Col. Schwarzkoppen.
former German military atttache in Par
Is, and Col. PaniZZardi, the Italian mill
tary attache, the president of the court
was certain of Dreyfus' innocence. The
tribunal hesitated between Dreyfus and
MERCER, and replied neither yes nor no.
II Dreyfus is guilty he should have re-
ceived the penalty for the aggravated Of
| Tense, not leniency for extenuating cir
cumStanceS.
| M. Cornely concludes by declaring that
it is deplorable to see judges make COM
mon cause with the generals who saved
| EsterhaZy, and the injury which this
will in the end iEflict on the army.
| Teh Socialist groups met this evening
and passed resolutions protesting against
! the Rennes verdict, and declaring their
| determination to continue the struggle
| for the protection of republican liberty.
Reports received at the ministry of the
| interior indicate that no disturbances
| have occurred anywhereain the provinces.
/ The Libre Parole says, commenting on
| the Rennes verdict: ~ 5ET
1.-THE soldiers at Rennes, without fear
| or reproach, have given the world fine
spectacle and have saved the honor of
| the army. The verdict was equal to
| a second Austerlitz."
| Henri Rochesfort, in the Intrasigeant,
says that France at last has taken re-
venge on foreigners.
The Petit Journal warns the Drey-
fusards to accept the verdict quietly, "or
else the nation, despite the sconudrelly
! government, will find the means to
j make them
The Croix, the Jesuit organ, says:
1.-The verdict proves that in France the
army will not prosecute an innocent man.
| The judges decided without fear, or fa'
vor, as their conscience dictated"
The Soir describes the result as ma
tional victory, all the more striking be-
cause won in spite of scandalous gov
| eminent pressure, the expenditure of
fabulous sums by a syndicate and cyni-
cal cooperation of Germany"