The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-30
FELIX ADLER ON THE DREYFUs CASH.
A Lesson to All tho World OF the Evil of
Prejudice.

BreJuulCes
Before a large audience In which the Jewish
element was strongly predominant. Dr. Felix
Adler delivered. at the Getting OF the Ethical
Society held in Carnegie Hall yesterday morn
ing, an address on the Lessons OF the Drey-
fus Case" In substance. the lecture was
sermon on the evils OF prejudice. and the
speaker reminded his hearers that the nnti-
Semitisn OF France was only OF piece with
prejudices found In this country and among
Jews. the prejudice OF jew against jew. the
prejudice OF other races against the Irish. tho
prejudice OF Americans against all Frenchmen
and against Francs itself because OF tho atti-
tude Of that nation toward Dreyfus. Terrible
as the injustice had been DIR. Alder believed
that It had served a purpose in the progress of
the world by arousing what he termed the
international conscience AT the outset no
paid tribute to Nine. Dreyfus who. he
said was a noble type OF what Goethe called
the eternal womanhood" in her night against
oppression md injustice on behalf of her hus-
band. He also said:
None can vol understand the Dreyfus case
who docs not realize what tho army means 10
France. With us the army is not frst-rate
factor Of public life. 1t is In reserve. not in
the foreground of public attention 4 military
career Ia not the avenue by which ambitious
men seek power and distinction. In France 1t
is different This army IL the high road to
lame ana honor There is the ,hlrst , lof re-,
people look TO the army. Thore is the national
vanity, looking back to the time when France
was the grand nation. and to realize that ideal
again the army 10 tho only hope. Parliamcn-
tarism is played ont because OF the corruption
In political life. Tho French see the army as
clean and strong, tho one means by which they
can build up their national self-respect. And
now comes the Dreytus case TO EXPOSE ana
shatter this ideal. as the Deputies were ex-
p.seu IN inc Pos,uen. tano'e esso 'Ie ,ut me.
ol "h'en are sun ch"k'he rance u IN 'ne
h S OF inc h,, army Tor which they stand In
Now. how about race prejudice? That Is.
cas-. If ba, hsen nrominsnt e,sment tbonsb
No, hsIi.ra 10 aontrat,ira ,a..or ~ ,ha
not. nene'e' the cohtro!Iihe factor In tne
case. Tho existence OF antl-Semitisn in
France Ia a p,in,ul surnrise Germany has A
consecutive right to her periodical outburs,s
OF nntred OF the Jew. Russia persecutes not
specially the Jews. but all those who distant
from the rigid orthodoxy OF the Greek Church.
But France was the first country to enamel
pate the Jews and to give thom, perfect civil:
France, wherever it penetrated battered down
With breyfua France was are rel sidn ' He was
fanatic on the subject. "A they stripped him
OF his shoulder straps he cried out: am inno-
cent Viye la France 1t was alway 'Vive la
Franco" With such love did the French Jews
repay their nation. DFeyius above all. It is
solnce himself with the respect and confidence
OF others in his innocence. That Is not for hi m,
But why this reversal ofthe Jews in France?
There was a reversal, too, OF cosmopolitauisi SIM
OF which there had been too much In France
to nation alism 1t was from th!s cosmopOlitan-
ism that tho lows derived hencat In France
the Jews occupied ratio OF offices in civil life
and the army quite disproportlouate to their