The age-herald., 1899-09-20
STREET CROWDS ARE QUIET
Papers Uniriendly to Prisoner Bitterly
 Attack President LOubet.
CASE NOT SETTLED FOR ALL TIME
Generals Who Perjured Themselves to Convict the Object of Their Hatred Will Be Pursued by the
 Friends of Dreyfus.

Paris, September 1s.-The council of min isters decided today to pardon Dreyfus in principle The pardon will take effect in a few days.
 Dreyfus has relinquished his appeal for a reversal of the judgment of the court martial.
 II is stated that Dreyfus will be sent abroad before the promulgation of his par don, in order to avoid demonstrations.
 The announcement that Dreyfus was to be pardoned had already been discounted by predictions, and there was absolutely no excitement displayed along the boule- wards when the newsboys ran along about 9:15 D. m with the first editions contain cided to pardon Dreyfus The newspapers sold quickly, but there was no rush for them upon the part of the boulevarders.
 Created Little Interet
 The decision of the cabinet to pardon Dreyfus created less interest in Paris than would the result of big horse race In fact, it may be said that it caused no ex- citement whatever. There was no rioting on the bouevards. In front of the offices of the Libre Parole, where a crowd usually assemblies T he evening to gaze upon the huge cololedi transparencies outside the window of the leading anti-semite organ, there was not the slightest gathering or the faintest sign of a demonstration either for or against Dreyfus.
 One would think that the fire of the Dreyfus agitation had burned itself out The anti-Dreyfusard evening papers tried to infuse interest into the governments ac- ton by rabid attack upon President Lou bet, but their efforts were futile. The peaceful crowds that filled the tables in front of the cafes, preparing their after dinner coffee, looked at the newsboys wh displayed the front pages of these sheets with their violent headlines, but utterly refused t3 get excited. The majority did not ev,n discuss the matter, or only made the passing remark that the decision was just what had been expected and predicted by every Parlsian newspaper since the Rennes courtmartial delivered it's verdict
 An Assault on Lonbet
 The newspaper Soir had the most sensa- tional caption-two lines of enormous let ters extending across the entire front page, announcing "The Traitor Dreyfus Pardoned-Outrage On the Army" Then,
  ing President Loubet, it said: "Loubet has given himself a coup grace in pardonins Dreyfus. He should be prosecuted for committing an outrage upon the army, Tor his decision amounts to this. By stroke of the pen he destroyed the effect Of the sentences of two courtmartials, and has declared that two military courts have lied"
 The Soir adds: "The affair has become grave when the chief of state assumes the leadership of the ant-military movement and pardoned a traitor Who has been con demned twice instead of once."
 Another anti-Dreyfusard organ publishes a long story asserting that President Lou bet signed the decree of pardon a week ago after an interview between Joseph Ret mach and the premier, M. Waldeck-Ross- eau, the result of which was that the latter insisted upon the president signing the de- cree, which was done, the paper in question declares at the cabinet council on Septem- Der 12
 The Story Impossible
 The story Is impossible, its object obvi- ously being to bring discredit upon the president and the premier by making it appear that they are completely under the thumb of the Jews.
 Pardoning Dreyfus does not drop the cur tain or the drama. The Dreyfusards are determined to pursue the campaign against the generals and other officers of the staff who have lied and committed gross ille- galities in order to keep the prison>doors closed on the victim.
 The Aurore, the leading organ of the DreyfuSard body, will tomorrow (Wednes- day) publish an article in this sense by Francis de Pressens, the distinguished jour nalist, who from the first was a leader in the revision movement proof slip of the article which is headed "Pardon-And What Aftorward?" was handed to the As socia ted Press this evening.
 The writer says: ''1f the president, by pardoning Dreyfus, wished to spare the in- efficabie shame of a judicial me, this exercise of his prerogative called mercy, so far from ilpairing the necessary work of justice, will only repair and facilitate it. For we must speak straight out. If it was imagined that immunity for criminals could be purchased by pardoning an inno- cent man; if 1t was thought that the friends of the law could barter amnesty to the scoundrels who perpetrated these crimes for the bruised body of the man from whom they have torn out the soul, then we throw from us this degrading and deceiting offer.
 Dreyrus Would Reject 1t
 "Dreyfus would be the first to reject as an infamy such a traffic with his honor. No, the pardoning of Dreyfus can only be the legitimate and spontaneous outcome in which the representatives of the civil pow CT refuse to associate themselves with the obstinate iniquity committed by the mili- tary judges It is the government of the republic of France repudiating with horror any part in this denial of justice. As for us we shall pursue with increased ardor the task of salvation to which we have devoted ourselves. There have been crimes and offences committed In obscuri- ty by a gang of pretorian conspirators with Mercier at its head. We are going to pur- sue more energetically than ever the work of obtaining their chastsement."
 Hardening Dreyfus therefore only closes one act of the drama, and France will