The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-23
HE WILL SOON Be FREE.
Favorable Action Taken in the
Dreyfus Case.
APPEAL WITHDRAW N.
"Extenuating Circumstances" Oper'
ated as a Basis for Exercis-
ing Cleniency.

Paris, Sept. 19.-The council of minis
ters decided today to pardon Dreyfus IN
principle The pardon will take effect
in few days. Dreyfus has relnquished
his appeal for a reversal of the judgment
of the corrtmartial.
1t is said that Dreyfus will be sent
abroad before the PRONUNCIATION of his
pardon, in order to avoid demonstrations.
The announcement that Dreyfus was
to be parloned had already been dis
counted by predictions and there was alb
solutcly no excitement displayed alc2c%
the bouleyards when the newsboys ran
along at about $50 p. IN. with the first
editions containing the statement that
the cabinet had decided to pardon Drey-
fus. The newspapers sold quickly but
there was no rush for them upon the part
of the bouevardiers.
Those who bought the papers sat down
in front of the cafes and read the an
nouncement without comment. Every
one expected it and the decision met with
no opposition.
The Droits del 'Homme, the Socialist
organ, said:
Our task remains the same after as
before the liberation of Dreyfus, to con-
tinue the campaign against all those who
are responsible for the lamentable af-
fair
IN principle" is an idiom sometimes
used III semiolficial announcements of
forthcoming actions. 1t seems to have
but slight bearing on the matter except,
perhaps, that it implies the fulfllment of
various formalities before the pardon is
actually issued, thereby qualifying the
announcement of the pardon with slight
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er the pardon includes amnesty.
The journal des Debats, however,
says:
We are assured that the family will
receive an order for DreyfuS to leave
Renncs unperceived, very shortly, durin &
the night time. The government does
not know. or in any case, does not say,
where Drcyfus is going
lrcyfus to Leave Rennes.
The Journal des Debats, however, fol
lows the foregoing with the report that
Nine. Dreyfus has taken villa at F'olke-
stone. near Dover, England. This re-
port has been denied. but many believe
Dreyfus will go to England on his re-
lease. which may take place tonight.
The result of telephone inquiry al
Rennes this afternoon shows Drcyfus
has not vet left his prison.
Up to o'clock this evening the utmost
calm prevailed throughout Paris The
decision to pardon Dreyfus passed almost
unnoticed. The only remark heard was:
We expect it."
The official announcement was made
i'll Il form cabled to the Associated press
in order to avoid demonstrations OF any
kind at Renncs and in Paris. But the
pardon of DreyfuS is not merely immi-
nent but was actually signed this morn
ing. Measures have been taken in Rennes
In CONNECTION with this and it will have a
svuu effect generally. Ine HcNsIgap,t-
now publish the first semi-official an
nouncemcnt of the cabinets decision
without comment.
There is much remark on the strange
coincidence of the death of NJ. Scheurer-
keStner, the first champion of Dreyfus
and to whom Dreyfus will virtually owe
his freedom, on the very day the cabinet
decided to pardon the prisoner.
NJ. Scheurer-Kestner's death was sud
der He had been i'll during the last
.cW days, but it was not thought that
his illness would prove fatal.
fcnnes, Sept. 19.-The news that the
council of ministers had decided to par
don Dreyfus was received here with in
tense excitement. Dreyfus is still a
prisoner.