The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-12
BRANDED AS A POLITICIAN WHO
FOUND THE BENCH TOO PRO-
SAIC TO ENDURE
EXCITEMENT IN PARIS
IS AT FEVER HEAT
Dreyfus Agitation Has Reached a
stage Where the Republic Is
Threatened-M. Beaurepaire Is
sues a Proclamation That Is Re-
garded as an Appeal for Support
by the Army.

by the Army.
PARIS. Jan. I'm. Quesnay de
Beaurepaire, whose resigna ton of the
presidency of the civil section of the
court of cessation is regarded by i'm
perial observers as the most danger
Gus development of the Dreyfus affair
thus far. today furnished for the news
papers the most inflammatory pro-
nounciaGnento he has yet made 1t is
In the nature Of proclamation, and 1t
is entitled: IAN Appeal to the Depu-
ties" whom he calls upon vehementIy
to remove the Dreyfus case from the
hands of the criminal chamber of the
court. The proclamation says:
"Order real and solemn inquiry, which
shall penetrate right into the viscera Of this
tortuous examination. If there are guilty
men in the bosom of the criminal chamber,
authorize the executive power to remove
them, SO that our magistracy may regain its
ancient prestige.
Remove the case from the criminal cham
Der tomorrow. Order an immediate judicial
inquiry. You can surely take other meas
ures if you want your decisions received with
the confidence due those who safeguard tha
French cauee.
sentres who in olden days signaled from
the hettlemerts the approach Of the enemy,
and after sounding alarm left it for the
chiefs OF the city 20 arm themselves in be-
| half OF the commonwealth. City fathers
forgive the abruptness OF my appeal 1t is
due 20 the emotion which agitatez me- If
You do Lot cut the Gordian knot at once
tremble fer my country.
my grief is great to see the magistracs
to which have so long belonged com
promised. but I console myself with the
thought that 1t will emerge purified from
the crisis. Ny grief is great at seeing FIVE
or six magistrates SO forgetful OF our tradl-
tions as TO declare themselves the adversar-
| les Of the army. OF course, the Dreyfusites
| maintain that they are not attacking the
army while they attack its chiefs. These
madRlap think when they tell the soldiers
4 today that Lhsir chiefs are unwortny 70
| command them tha- the spirit of discipline
ard confidence wa5ei constitutes the great
source OF military strength is .aot being
undermined.
you viii reply that what they call the
| enemy Is the sword of France-the poor Of
| fesrs, whose uniform IS the garb Of sacri-
| fee, who work devotedIy for the ioftiest aim
which exists-prePar.ng to die-who tonlOr-
row, if the cannon roar, will shed their
blood for these who slander. ! saluss them
with admiration.
| Il say to the soldiers that the national
| army is worthy OF respect from the highest
to the lowest ranks. II I have bsen able to
! aid in averaging the insult to which it has
| been subject l shall not regret having laid
SO dearly for my independence
Deputies, listen to the voice of a good
citizen. -"Quesnay de BeaureDaire"
HERO OF A COUP.
This appeal is palpable appeal for
| the support Of the army. But NJ. De
! Beaurepaire, who shot up like a sky
| rocket. as the most tremendous sensa-
| ton of the whole Dreyfus controversy.
now seems falling like rocket from
| his pre-eminence as a leader of the
| nti-Dreyfusards and the possible hero
| of a coup. The best observers of pub
| lie opinion declare that the impression
created by his first remarkable denun-
| citation of the court OF cessation has
| been succeeded by skepticism regard
! ing his motives and the value of his
! revelations.
Many if not most Frenchmen esti-
mate him as a politician who had
| found the bench too prosaic for man
long accustomed to the excitement of
party strife, and who thought he had
found an opportunity to make himself
! the leader OF a popular movement The
charges he brings today against the
| court of cessation add nothing Of con-
sequence to yesterdays Indictment. ex-
! cept accusations that NJ. Loewe had
| conferences outside the court room
with Col. Picquart's advocate and
| friend, Maitre Leblois, and that Coun-
! sellor Dumas conferred outside the
| court room with friends and relatives
| of Dreyfus.
| NJ. Mazeau. first president of the
| court, expressed the opinion that it
would be unfair to the criminal cham
Der to withdraw the case. and recon-
mends that the criminal chamber
| should act as judge of instruction,
drawing a report upon the case to be
/ submitted to the full tribunal over
which NJ Mazeau would preside.
! The criminal chamber is continuing
! the investigation. NJ. Patelogue, wit
ness from the foreign office, who has
been several days under examination,
says the judges appeared greatly ex-
cited on the day of NJ Beaurepaire's
resignation:
NO REST. FOR FRANCE.
| Two fresh chapters of the affair will
be opened in a few days, SO that the
country is to have no rest from agita-
| ton. The first is the trial OF Ubain
Gohior, for his alleged insults to the
| French army in his book, The Army
Against the Nation" A.. Gohoir will
call 400 witnesses and insist upon
| threshing out again the whole NADIA
| gascar campaign. The second chapter
| will be the libel suit against Joseph
| Reinach, editor Of La Republique Fran
caise, and Conservative deputy for the
district of Deignan. who is charged by
| the widow of the late Lieut.. Col Hem
ry with having insulted his memory
! by suggesting in La Republique Fran
| caise that Henry was the real traitor.
The Reinach prosecution, for which a
great popular subscription has been
made, seems to be the last card of the
| arti-Dreyfusards If this and the scan
| dal of De Beaurepaire's resignation
1 fail to stop revision, then nothing will
be left them except to appeal to force.