, 1899-09-14
DREYFUS CONDEMNED
INJUSTICE OF cowARDLY
JUDGES.
Say He Is Guilty and Sentence Him to Ten
Year, In Prison-Almost Universal Con-
demnation of the Verdict.

domination of the Verdict.
Rennes, Sept. 10.-The expected has
happened. Dreyfus has been condemn
ed, put n majority of those in the
court room yesterday afternoon fully
expected the verdict. They were com
pletely stupefied when II was given,
and the silence which prevailed in the
room and the way men turned pale
and caught their breaths was more i'm
pressive than any other manifestation
could have been.
Maitre Demange sank back In his
chair and tears trickled down his
cheeks and Maitre Labor turned white
as d sheet, while all around the court
men looked nj each other in silence.
Positively the only sound to be heard
was the rustling of papers from the re-
porters' benches as each press repre-
sentative tried to be first to send the
Jews.
As the audience left the court room
fully ten or fifteen We're crying openly
and the majority of those present
walked quietly down the street for
more han a block without speaking n
word. II was like n funeral process
sion.
Meanwhile n tragedy was being en-
acted in the little room of the court
room, where Dreyfus listened to the
reading of the verdict. He had been
told the result by his lawyers, II had
wept bitterly, but when in the pres
ence of the officials of the court mar
tial he listened impassively to the sen
tencc.
His wife, who was waiting in torture
and suspense Mt her house, bore the
news bravely and when visiting her
/ lHtgiNuH nd 1,nNsa f1n nnlnnLnTsS NHhn
were in the streets no sign of her SUI
fering as she walked from her car
rage to the prison.
The general belief is that Dreyfus
will be pardoned; but this will not sat
isfy his friends who ~yehemently de-
clare that they will refuse to accept
the verdict and will continue the bat
tie until the judgment is reversed. The
verdict, they say, is directed more
against the Jews than against Drey-
fus n If allowed to stand will make
their existence in France impossible.
Labor will sign an application for n
revision of the case. although there is
no hope that the verdict will be re-
yersed. Both are much upset, though
it can hardly be said that they We're
surprised.
To-day Dreyfus said: II am not un-
easy regarding myself, as | shall soon
be free, but | think of you and my
poor children. They will he branded
ms the children of n traitor"
He is convinced that the ten years
Imprisonment to which he has been
sentenced will be wiped out by the five
years of solitary secluSion he has I'M
dcrgone on Devils Island and he cx-
poets to be released by October II.
which will be five years from the date
nf his Tnrnnr condemnation nthnrS
do not accept this view, but believe
that Dreyfus will have to serve n ten
years sentence unless the government
intcrfereS.
London. Sept. lit would he diff
ficult to describe adequately the indig-
nation the verdict of the Dreyfus
court martial has evoked everywhere
in England. The excitement in the
Jewish quarters in London is only nat
ural. Special prayers We're offered
throughout London Saturday in all
tho synagogues on behalf of Dreyfus,
and as soon as the verdict was known
Jews n .ICwcsseS We're seen on ev-
cry street corner expressing eXecra-
ton and many sobbing bitterly.
AT the music halls and especially the
Palace theatcr. where the cinemato-
graph pictures of the Incidents and
leading actors of the Dreyfus affair
were exhibited. the news was greeted
with groans and Kisses. In the French
quarter of London there was much eX-
element. accompanied by street fight
ing.
In almost all the places of public
worship pulpit references We're made
to the verdict. Canon Scott-IIolland,
nj st. Paul's Cathedral. said:
"A nation is on trial. France stands
at the Judgment bar. All civilization
Is waiting to know whether to-mor-
rows news may add anything TO quail
ify the naked cruelty of n bare tele-
gram, anything to relieve the stag
Gcred consciencCS."
Berlin. Sept. 11.-Thc Dreyfus yer.
diet causeS n feeling of almost stupe-
faction ut Berlin. 1t had been hoped
that the statement of the Reichanzei-
ger, ms cmanating directly from En-
pcr0r William. would nave rendered
impossible the repetition of what is
described as ''one of the greatest ju-
dicial and Political crimes Of any
age"
II is universally agreed that the sec
ond verdict is n grave political blum.
der. Il violation Of the laws OF civiliZa-
ton Inc an act of moral cowardicp
which the world will find Il difficult
to pardon. The German press unani-
mously describes the verdict ms cow
ardly and lmpolitic, not to say Grim
inal.
Paris. Sept. 10. 900 y. m.-The day
has been one of absolute quiet. with
no public excitement, even In the Rue
de Chabrol. There was n rainfall this
afternoon and the streets were practi-
cally deserted.
Slight disturbances occurred yestcr-
day nj Marscilles ana Rclfort after the
verdict Of the Drcvfus court-martinl
was published. The demonstrators
stone the residence Of Jacques Drev-
fus, brother Of the condemned. nj Rel
fort. breaking the windows aud other
wise damaging tie structure. MANY
persons were arrested in both places.
The premier. NJ. Waldock- Rousseau.
was visited this morning by most of
his colleagues. The date of the next
Cabinet council has not vet been fixed.
President I.oubrt will probably not re-
turn TO Rambouillct for several doys.
HlENDG ED~n -.