The Monticellonian., 1899-09-15
FRENCH EARS NUSI BURN.
German and Russian Press Merci. less in Condemnation of the
 Dreyfus Verdict.
FACE 10 FACE WITH A FRESH ENIGMA.
FrTncc Need Not he Astonished il Thousands of Intending Exhibit. OTIS at the Exposition of 1900 Re- nounee Participution-Grea Crime since Inauisition Days.
Russian Comments.

Russian Comments.
 New York, Sept. 12.-A dispatch to the Herald from st. Petersburg says.
 The Niedoniosti comments as fol- lows on the DreYfus verdict:
 The policy of this journal in regard to the Dreyfus ease has been absolutely im- partial. if not indifferent. Ne regard this struggle of hate, this nightmare as great calamity for France. Many de- tails of the Rennes trial have evoked doubts here as to the liberty of the yer dict the exalted stations Cf certain wit nesses influencing the judges. The un- looSening of brutal 1narchstic passions against the Jews under the pretext of de ;. lending the ideas of justice, true pa causes a profound loaIhng among those who aspire to see the fawn of the triumph Of humanitarian ideas and a higher order of things, and to transform the social and political world ot old Europe"
 The NoSoSti says.
 'Dreyfus has been condemned on the court of cessation attributes to Ester hazy. This conflict of judgment will be appreciated on it's merits by the whole universe. Against Drey4us tnere was ad- duced no fact. no compromising allusion The proceedings have been conducted by Generals Mercier and Roget. The court haNlng admitted the foreign adVenturer r @Gernuschi refused the testimony Of Colonels SehwartzkoDpen and Panizzardi who have irrefutaDle Jroofs as to the real traitor Germany,s official explana- tion taken in connection with the Vapor- ings of Gen. Mercier and Gen. Roget ef- fectually diSposes of them to the im- partlal-minded who are seeking only light. truth and justice in the name of hu- manitX. The Rennes verdict is not the closing scene of the tragedy Dreyfus' innocence is demonstrated bV the proceed ings. No verdict will alter this fact. We are persuaded that Dreyfus' innocence hg4 fEIFf T. teially.a
 New York, Sept 12.-A dispatch to tie Herald from Berlin says:
 It has attracted considerable re- mark that the governmental organ. the Norddeutsche Alcmcine Zeitung. has not uttered word of comment on the judgment of the Dr yfus court martial. The same observation holds good with regard to tl;c conservative kreuz Ieitung and the Taglische Rundsehau.
 Of the conservative iournales, the only one that has expressed an opinion is the Berlin Neueste Natehrichten. which says:
 "Judement has been gwen. and tho world Is face to face with a fresh enigma Courts martial in France are not forced to give the grounds for their Judgments How bad q thing il is in certain case. that they should be thus freed from giv- ing public accounts of their acts is clear ly shown by the result of this trial-a re- suit which must deeply wound many without prejudice against the prisoner. Dr9yfus, who Is represented even by jour nalist who believe In his innocence. as most unsympathetic figure, is personally to us as to every other German, perfect ly indifferent, but justice must fulfill it's fn Whenever it abandons the ground of ab- solute tmpartiality and descends to the level Of party passion. it loses the right to demand that everybody should bow to it's decisions. Whoever 6o~e not take up the absolutely barbarous standpoint that Dreyfus Is guilty because he Is d Jew can not escape from the force of conscience which makes him examIne the question whether there is any material evidence brought forward against nreyfus which sufticies to condemn him to a disgraceful and scandulouS punishment"
 The clerical Germania takes a ;es- uitical attitude and writes:
 We believe it our duty to refrain from criticising the Judgment. X French court. martial has given its verdict and Is re- sponsible for 1t before God and men"
 The Liberal press without a single exception condemns the judgment. The Nossschc Zeitnug writes:
 By this stain France throws the state that was so proud of its freedom and civilization back into barbarity, and dis honors the country which has passed the sentence on an innocent man as justice Moral satisfaction of the nameless cruel ties to which he was subjected would have wiped out much of the disgrace which the judicial error of 1894 brought { upon France. But what must the people Of Russia think to-day of ! country which has sunk in moral corruption hardly state ever did. Is this the cherished alley is this the nation which marches at the head of civilization? Next year France hnT V md rxTf1I people form every country as her guests It is to be the festival of freedom. of la Dor, and brilliant triumph
 Would it astonish France if thousands or exhibitors from every country should renounce their parttcioation; if govern ments in defense of their dignity refuse to take part in il so long as yesterdays x judgment is not recalled, Or do people in France regard it as a matter of course the hospitality of nation, which. out of mere hatred to the foreigner and a ia 'Se sense of honor. permits and approves murder by courts of law.
 The National Zeitmg declares:
 Tt is the greatest crime against man kind which has been committed since the days of the, inquisition and of the burn ing of witches. Ii is now accomplished, and five criminals in uniform. who unhap- pily can boast that they have carried out l the will of the greater part of French na- tion, have managed to do what no one expected. They have added coWardice to unworthineSS. While they were deter mined t0 make the SaCrlICe o the lmbeCtleS ana scoundrels of the general staff, which the latter demanded, these judges were haunted by the fear of the cry of indigna- tior which they knew must go through the whole civilized world if they sent Dreyfus back for fife to Devils Island"
 The Borsen Courier says:
 This is crushing j4dgment on the condition of things in France. It is the moral equalization of the French army with additional circums tances of shame which did not accompany the catastrophe of Sedan The coalition of Europe could not have caused such deep wounds to Frances reputation as five ar tilery officerso the general staff and others in leading positions during tho four weeks of the ,ral at Rsnnes have done"
 The Klein Journal says:
 The last cry of the unfortunate man. I am innocent was not addressed to men but to reasonless beings. So might Murat and Robespierre have sat in judgment on a legion of innocent people who were dragged in the eNecutioner's cart to the sulllotine:'
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 Suicides Clothing Identified.
 New York Sept. 12.-The clothing