Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-14
FRENCH PREJUDICE.

To the great Drcyfua drama hos been
added another highly tragic Incident
The counsel of the accused army Ufl'
Ger has been shot and perhaps fatally
wounded. by rovarily aasaHalna. The
fact indicates the intense bitterness Of
the strife that o. raging around the
prisoner NJ icunog.
There can be- no doubt that the un-
DERIVING cause Of this feeling lH The fact
that the prisoner o. "a Jew Ignorance
and prejudice. like the storm beating
against house built upon sand, are
threatening 10 dinplacc the very founda-
tions q the republic. Since the come
inoncement Of the anti-scmltic crusade
lei by the crrntlo Drummont there
was no hope OF fair hearing Of any
Hebrew accused Of crime. To bc a
jew IN France n. In the estimation of
popular prejudice. 10 b. traitor.
Hence u was possible fer DreyfuF one
niles 10 pronounce him guilty without
producing the evidence Of his guilt II
was possible 20 say that tho evidence
was u such a nature that n could not
be made public. II was possible to con-
Wet him on admittedly forced evidence
aH a substitute FOR that which was said
TO be known only TO q select fcw.
The Hebrews In France are popular
~ considered enemies They ARE said
10 use their wealth and influence for
the control Of the government Hon.
James y. Eustls. In speaking ~ this
subject In an article IN the Conscryn.
tive Review, says he was once startled
by the following remark by prominent
retired army officer; The next time
we have "a revolution. we Will erect
gulllotno ON the Place do Ia Cpncorlr.
and we will brhoad every jew IN
France" The question had boon very
calmly discussed. and this expression
was made In All seriousness II IL
said 10 be somewhat common seuti-
ment IN France. The French people
think the Jews are responsible for an
ALLEGED corruptiona In government cir
Giles. The anti DrcyfuHitoB are In
dustriously circulating the rumor that
honesty ana official Integrity are now
unknown In the country. and that on
the Hebrews rests tho responsibility
for the downfall of public morals In
France.
The Droyfus case, then. r. an OBJ
ject lesson of 20 what length prejudice
and Ignorance can 30. when spurr.d ON
by selfish dcmagogucs without con-
science. II H. well known that. speak
ing genorallythc record " the Hebrews
In every country whore thoy live ~
one OF thrift, Industry, loyalty intrlll-
Eenoo and bonovolcncr. Wherever tho
laws have lot down the bars. their rrp-
reacntatiyos are found IN the foremost
ranks, In commerce, industry. arts,
sciences ana craftsmanship. In one
respect they are considerably behind
some other people. and that iH in the
criminal record And got. no success
ful has the hnti-semluc agitation been.
that In FREQ France enlightened. ro-
fined ana agnostic France. 10 bo "a
Hebrew iH about tho H1me ua 90 be- uu
enemy OF the country, q traitor
The fact should bo made note of
IN thia country whore. ever since the
FIRST appearance ~ "Mormoulan."
with a few intervals Of apparent root.
the enemies Of the people protesting
that i"i'h nave put Ior'h almost super
human ouoTts To array against ihrm
polh mons ana IN" government inc
enormous nave p''h charged with
almost every crime under the sum- ana
the evidence mas generally been manu-
il''uteu' Nhen pressed Tor evidence
Uhey nave lnH'hua''d lhat the PROOFS
al d.
dll exist put We're not prp'urNhl".
fhhea ana inpilr'uuhh were sometimes
A an Illustration IA, bovc l.f,r, ug
NNlphk from the huluinoI' M'lh"-