The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-28
DREYFUS IS FREE.
Granted a Pardon BY the
French President.
Decision of the Cabinet Excites Very
Little Interest in Paris-Dreyfus'
Whereabouts Unknown,

RENNES, France. Sept. 20.-Captain
Alfred Dreyfus at O'Clock this morn
ing left the prison here in which he
had been confined since his return
from DEVILS Island, and proceeded TO
Vern, where he took a train bound for
Nantes His departure was complete
~ unnOticed.
NJ Vigule, Chief of the Secret Ser
vice, and NJ Dureault arrived at the
prison after midnight, bringing the
Minister of Wars order for the release
OF Dreyfus. The latter walked from
the prison to the Boulevard la Enne.
where he entered a waiting carriage
and was driven 20 the Vern station,
outside the town. Matthew Dreyfus
met him at the train and accompanied
him TO Nantes.
The carriage which had been wait
ing was the same vehicle which took
Dreyfus TO his prison when he return
ed from Devils Island. Dreyfus got
in opposite the house where Maitre
Labori had stayed previous to the at
800 yards from the station and walked
in regardless OF the drizzling rain.
The Nantes train came in just as he ar
rived. Alfred and Matthew Dreyfus
quickly took their seats and the train
went out of Rennes, bearing Dreyfus
away a free man.
While this dramatic turn in the
| Dreyfus drama was taking place all
Rennes slept and the departure of the
| famous prisoner of DEVILS Island was
no more noticed than that of an ordi-
nary traveller.
\ small crowd of people had waited
at the prison until midnight, expecting
the release of Dreyfus, but it then dis
Dreyfus to leave.
Nine. Dreyfus LETT Rennes at noon,
accompanied by her father and
! friends.
PARIS, Sept. 19.-Captain Dreyfus,
who for FIVE long years has been a
prisoner, will soon go free if he has
| not been released already. The Coun-
| ell of Ministers granted him a pardon
today after his appeal for revision had
| been withdrawn.
The decision OF the Cabinet to par
| don Dreyfus created less interest in
Paris than would the result of a big
| horse race. In fact, it may be said
that it caused no excitement whatev-
|
J levards. In front Of the offices of the
| Libre Parole, where a crowd usually
| assemblies in the evening to gaze upon
| the huge cOlored transparencieS out
side the windows Of the leading anti
| Semitic organ, there was not the slight
est gathering or the faintest sign of
demonstration either for or against
| Dreyfus.
One would think that the fire of the
| Dreyfus agitation had burned itself
| out. The anti-Dreyfusard evening pa
| pers tried to infuse interest into the
Governments action by rabid at
tack upon President Loubet, but their
| efforts We're futile. The peaceful
| crowds that filled the tables in front
OF the cafes, sipNng their after-dinner
| coffee. looked at the newsboys who
| displayed the front pages of these
| sheets, with their violent headlines,
| but utterly refused TO get excited. The
| majority did not even discuss the
matter or only made the passing re-
mark that the decision was just as had
been expected and predicted by every
Partisan newspaper since the Rennes
| court-martial delivered its verdict.