The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-31
MARCHAND
RETURNS.
African Explorer is the Hero of
the Hour
Among Enemies of the Republic
of France.
a SECOND ROULANGER.
Emily Crawford Writes Of His
Probable Future.
She Regards Release of Dreyfus
as Almost Certain.
A SECOND BOULANGER
copyright. 1899. The Paris.1

copyright, 1899, The Parish
Paris, May 31.-Three events have ta-
ken place, each of which, without the
others would have suff1ced to electrify
France. All coming together, interest
was diffused and no CONFUSION thus far
is apprehended.
One was the landing of Major Marc
hand at Toulon- The second was the
speech of Gen. Herv and the proceed
ings generally in the Paris court of
assizes where the De Roulede- -Habert
trial is going on. The third was the
conclusion of Judge Ballot De Beau
pres report on the Dreyfus case, read
by him before the court of cessation.
Major Marchand is hailed as a hero
by all the enemies of the republic. He
is contrasted by them with the foreign
minister, NJ Delcasse whose good sense
in the FaShOda matter is Stigmatized
as cowardice. To pay ovationS to
Marchand is at once to let loose Anglo
phobe feeling and to bottle the repub-
lie.
He was educated by religious orders
and has been patronized by the Catho-
lie missions in Paris,s which are only
second in Importance to the propagan-
da in Rome. 1t may Ebe that being
man of humble birth and uncultured
he will lose his head and let himself be
hoisted into Gen. Boulanger's saddle.
Yet L think, for one reason that he will
never asks advice, but after mature
thought he acts on the notion he has
been rejecting upon. He must think
himself unfortunate, though to be
ranked so high in the army and the
Legion of Honor and to be the recipi-
ent of the exploration prize of the
academy, 900 francs, to say nothing
of the swords of honor, the gold med
ais, and the Ovations.
He is expected here tomorrow. The
call made by NJ. Drumont to Parisians
to hang out flags in honor of Marchand
has not yet been widely responded to,
but the flags are perhaps reserved un-
til the hero arrives. I expect that
Marchand will marry an heiress, leave
the marines and be entrusted with the
grand command in the French Soudan
with mission to watch Lord Kitch-
ener. The Egyptian question being still
open, the Soudan would afford a fine
field for his energies.
NJ. Ballot De Beaupre's summing up
before the court of cessation in favor
of Dreyfus has not disturbed the town
1t was a foregone conclusion, but as the
judgment is to be revised and not
quashed there will be a new trial be-
fore a court martial, with every proba-
biIity of a fair trial, and, it is hard to
doubt that the result will be acquittal,
there being no proof against Dreyfus.
M. DrumOnt expressed himself as de-
lighted with the outcome, .'inasmuch us
the whole affair shows that Jews, all
the world over, will act as one man
whenever Jewish interests conflict with
Christian"
If he looks upon Henry and Ester
hazy as Christians 1 fear I must go
over to the Jews. Besides there is not
a single eminent Dreyfusite who is a
Jew. Still the ignorant masses will not
see, and this hatred bred by the Drey-
fus affair is not likely to die.
The main feature of the De Roulede
trial is the attempts being made to use
it to bIacken President Loubet as "a
Panamaist'
Nothing could be more disingenious.
NJ. Loubet was never implicated in
Panama affairs. He, with the cogniz-
ance of President Carnot and with his
approval, tried to prevent the exposure
of 124 Republican deputies, in 1892, as
E'Panamaists. He was minister of the
interior and able to prevent. On the
day following the suicide of Baron
Reinach, the police were about to
search his papers, which contained
proofs of Parliamentary corruption.
I4oubet and Carnot as well, feared that
the republic would founder if 124 depu-
ties were prosecuted. The minister in
terfered and the search was not made
That was all. But today NJ. Quesnay
De Beaurepair, who was attorney gen.
eral in 1893, spoke in court of the presi-
dent in the most despairing terms.
His drift was to impress the jury
with the idea that De Roulede was JUS
titled in calling on Gen. Roget to march
funeral because Loubet had been elect
ed president. (Signed
EMILY CRAWFORD.