Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-26
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ssnce of pose, which have character
lied him since.
He then saw active service, especial
~ in Algiers and Tonkin, where he So
distinguished himself that, when only
80 he had already earned the ''Etoile
de Braves'-the star for bravery COW
eted by all French soldiers. He had
risen to a captaincy and a maj Orship;
now he was made chief of battalion,
and when be returned to France, q
professor in the military college Then
! he became under-chief of q bureau in
the war department, and finally, ex-
actly four years ago, the new Com
mandant Picquart was appointed TO
succeed Colonel Sa1dherr as chief OF
| the bureau des renseignem or the
intelligence bureau of the general
staff He was now advanced to a col
Onelcy in the corps ed chasseurs. He
was the youngest colonel in the army.
| (The author here tells how Picquart
discovered that Dreyfus was suffering
for the crimes of another; how he en-
deavored to interest the chief Of the
general staff in Dreyfus's behalf; how
his strenuous efforts to secure justice
for Dreyfus frightened his superiors
into prosecuting him upon trumped up
charges, viz, the Communication to
his lawyer of information drawn from
Esterhazy's memorandum. the COM
munication CT information taken from
Dreyfus's memorandum, forgery CT the
petit bleu, and using forgery; how Pic
quart was dismissed from the army
after a secret trial of these charges.
and of his rearrest and Imprisonment
until June Of this year.) Mr.. Baldwin
lccncludes:
No undignifed complaint proceeded
from him His homer is as soldier
like as any mans If it were neces-
sary fer the good of the army that he
be sacrificed, he would not hesitate, if
only he were sure that by this means
some steps might be taken toward re-
pairing a criminal error. Nor did Pic
quart have the grim satisfaction OF
knowing that the people outside were
| beginning to understand him. Out OF
the large number of newspapers in
Paris-and no city has a larger-there
were but half dozen which agrees
sively espCused his cause. True, most
Protestants were for him. but what
were they among 50 many Catholics?
The clericals were as solidiy against
him as against Dreyfus. Through all
changes, however, the lefty loyalty of
his friend. Senator Trarieux. once
minister of justice, never wavered.
The two men represent the uplandS
not only OF political liberalism but
also of austere devotion.
Finally. at the beginning of last
month. the united courts of cessation
declared that the bcrdereau was not
written by Dreyfus, but by ESterhazy.
On that day Picquart had been i1npris-
oned nc less than $50 days because he
had said the same thing He was re-
leased from bondage. Well, $50 days
is less than what PicqUart himself
thought he might suffer. A year ago
he said: In these times one can't
count on the impartiality of justice. L
shall probably have four or five years
of prison" Later still, the chamber
of indictments decided that there was
no case against Picquart or Leblcis.
1t declared the charges entirely in
compatible with the judgment recent
ly rendered by the court CT cessation,
and that, therefore, there was no case
against them.
No one has been prosecuted as Pic
quart has been for defending Dreyfus
foul work of Esterhazy and Others
Zola, Clemenceau, and Ru.nach are
among those who have been before the
courts because of their outspOkenness
II this mater, but no one of these
was imprisoned for near.y a year on
trumpery charges. During all this
time Picquart had the manliness to
Withstand every pressure toward cov-
ering up the truth. His honesty and
bravery have been amply proven. His
was an intelligent honesty am mis- an
intelligent bravery His eyes were
wide open, not only TO the truth.
which has new happily become evil
dent to most people in France. but
also to the certain risks he was run
ming. Let us hope that his country
men will remember that ne has been
no ordinary hero and martyr. and. in
= Characteristic generosity in acknowl-
edging injustice. demand for him an
exaite'9 rank in the army he has
served SO we'll
As lola said in his prophetic letter
to President Faure, Truth is march
ing On" in a world TOO full CT inhu-
manities, it is a satisfaction TO record
any triumph of right over wrong. To
the righting of one of the greatest
wrongs of this end of the century. as
wen as to its most absorbing romance.
Georges. Picquart has contributed the
lions share.-From Public Opinion.
METALLIC LAUGHS, so TO SPEAK.