Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-09-10
EAGER INTEREST IN PARIS.
Scarcely n Friendly Word for
Him Is Heard.

PARIS, Sept. 9.-From an early hour the
boulevards presented a scene of unwonted
animation. The crowds eagerly seized up
on the successive editions of the various
papers giving hourly accounts of the prog
ress of the trial at Rennes. The police, al
though considerably REINFORCED, were lost
among the swaying masses parading the
streets. Large bodies of police were kept
in readiness at various points in the vicin-
ity of the boulevards. both mounted and
foot, and municipal guards patrolled the
main thoroughfares.
At o'clock this evening every available
cafe seat in the boulevards was occupied
and minor scuffies were frequent.
At about o'clock the Gaulois exhibited
to an enormous crowd a placard on which
were the words, ''Vive rArmee,' which in
dicated that the verdict was anti-Dreyfus.
The announcement was greeted with deep
hum of approval and joy.
The Libre Parole announced that Drey-
fus had been condemned to Imprisonment
for life. The editions were absolutely torn
from the hands of the vendors. It was al
most impossible to hear opinions friendly
to the prisoner. The masses were hostile
to Dreyfus. But in private circles the YER
dict was criticised in strong terms.
issue editions, suppressing the fact that
Dreyfus was condemned to only ten years
detention.
In the presence of the extraordinary SEN
tence it is believed the tribunal recognized
the prisoners innocence, but was afraid of
the generals and public opinion, and that,
as Dreyfus has suffered five years cellular
Imprisonment, which in France counts for
double he Will be Immediately released.
AS this dispatch is sent, the excitement
was wearing away and the people were
| leaving the boulevards
The boulevards this evening presented an
| animated scene, but, on the whole, the
| Rennes verdict was camly discussed. After
dinner crowds collected in front of the of
| fees of the Libre Parole, which were il
Illuminated with cheap Venetian lanterns.
A number of fellows in a neighboring
cafe started to sing the "Marseillaise" and
then formed procession which the police
soon dispersed, and the leaders of which
were arrested and taken to the station
l,By II o'clock the boulevards We're de.
| serted.
| Press here learns on good authority that
| one of the members of the cabinet tonight
| told a friend that Dreyfus would probably
not have to undergo further Imprisonment
| and that If he was sent to prison his place
of confinement would probably be the ISL
and of st. Marguerite, near Canas, where
Marshal Bazaine was incarcerated and
whence he escaped
Ii is generally believed that the govern.
| mentS attitude toward the court-martia
| rendered the president and members OF
| that body indisposed to accept the instruc.
| tions and limitations given at the outset
| of the court-martfals proceedings. anC
that the subsequent request sent to Majo!
| Carriere, the governments commissioner
| at the trial, to confine himself to the linn
its laid down by the court of cessation
| and finally the request that the verdict bt
| delayed until Monday, Stiffened the back
/ bone of Colonel JouauSt, who replied thai
| he would not receive orders from anyone
and thereupon closed the case.
NJ. Clemenceau, in the Aurore, says Col
/ eral staff and that, between Dreyfus ant
| Mercier, he selected Mercier. The affair
| declares NJ. Clemenceau, was scandalously
conducted. Major Carrere's contention tina
the prisoner had failed to prove his in
| nocence enabled the court to convict tn,
prisoner without the evidence of the peti
bleu. He also says he pities the men who
| by their sentence, inflicted an outrage anC
showed the most culpable weakness
Il Members of the tribunal, NJ Clemencea,
asserts, We're convinced that DreyfuS wa
innocent, but were anxious to extend ex
tenuating circumstances TO Mercier and L
other generals.
NJ. Cornely. in the Figaro. holds that tn
verdict, by reducing the original term o