The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-15

TO a reckoning day of glory. France desires
70 cs ,r,gs, Its It's ceeRhtgfy OF labor; OF s SCIENCE g;
justice. No century that has passed has
teen marked by more superb effort: this
together In her capital all the peoples OF the
earth 10 glorify her victory. liberty won.
truth and Justice promised TO earth.
Thus. a few months hence the peoples viii
come; and what they will find will be the
upon. justice as~sassinated. We have fallen
beneath their contempt: and they viii come
and laugh at US I'm our very faces: They
will drink our wines, they will kiss our
maid servants, as people do in the low class
which Is not above that sort of thing.
DESPISED OF NATIONS.
Is all this possible? Are we going 10 allow
our exhibition TO be the foul. despised place
where the whole world is willing TO seek its
pleasures only? MOI a thousand times no,
We must have. and that at once. the fifth
act or the monstrous tragedy, even il We
have TO lose our flesh and blood i'm the effort.
We must have our honor restored before We
salute the visiting peoples IN a France
healed and regenerated. This nth act
haunts me, and / am ever recurring TO Il.
1 am working on 1t; i build IL up In my
imagination.
Had it been noticed that this Dreyfus
anair. this gigantic drama which moves the
lime dramatist DESTROYS OF making II an in
comparable masterpiece? / will not recall
the extraordinary incidents that have stirred
our souls. At every fresh act passion has
swollen, horror has grown more intense. In
this living piece IL is Fate that has genius.
Destiny Is there setuating the players, de-
IL unchains; and assuredly IL wants the mas
terpiece to be complete and is preparing for
will make France glorious once again and
replace her in the forefront of the nations.
For you may be sure of this-it was fate
that decreed the supreme crime-the second
condemnation of the innocent. The crime,
had TO be committed for the sake of the
tragic grandeur. the sovereign beauty. the
expiation. perhaps. which will allow Of the
apotheosis. the final transformation scene.
And now that We have sounded the utter
most depths of horror / await the nth act,
which will end the drama by delivering US.
by restoring US to health and fresh youth.
/ will now speak plainly of my fear. 1t
has always been, as 1 have allowed 1t TO be
understood on several occasions, that the
truth, the decisive. overwhelming PROOF
should come to us from Germany. We must
look to the possibility Of Germany bringins
clap squarely and courageously i'm the face.
ZOLA'S CONFESSION.
Here Is nv confession. Previous to my
trial. in January. 1895. 1 learned with Ger
tainty that Esterhazy was the traitor: that
he had supplied NJ. De Schwartzkoppen with
a large number of documents; that many OF
these documents were in his handwriting
and that a complete collection of them was
to be found i'm the War Office at Berlin.
From that time on i have, as a good
F~renchman. bsen in constant dread. I
thought with terror that Germany. our
enemy of tomorrow. would perhaps slap US
Accordingly, with Labori, decided TO cite
as witnesses the foreign military attaches.
We were we'll aware We were not likely TO
bring them TO the bar, but We desired 10 let
the government know we knew the truth, In
the hope that it would take action.
No heed was taken. Mock was made or
US. The weapon Germany has in her hands
was left there, and matters remained un-
changed up 10 the time of the Rennes trial.
On my return 70 France ! hurried 20 see S
spair, on steps being taken TO bring the
ma tier before the Cabinet. to demonstrate
the dreadful character of the situation, ana
TO ask If the government would not inter-
vene, so as 10 obtain the documents for Us.
That was certainly a most delicate matte.
Then there was that unfortunate Dreyrus
10 be saved. so that we were prepared TO
make every concession for fear of irritating
public opinion, already at a hig pitch OF
excitement. III the court-martial acquitted
Dreyfus il thereby deprived the
of their nocuous virus; IL shattered IN tne
hands Of Germany the weapon she might
have used. The acquittal Of Dreyfus meant
the recognition of am error and its repara-
ton.
My patriotic torment grew more intoler-
able when / felt that a court-martial was
about TO a~ggravate the danger by again
condemning the innocent-the man. whose
innocence would one es day sycn Se cr,eo ia aif Berii ny
That is why l have never ceased 10 act,
begging Labori TO demand the documents.
to cite NJ. De SchwartZkoppen, VINO aione
can throw full light on the matter; and the
day that Labor took advantage or the OPP
portunity given him by the acctssers bring.
day he arose and demanded that the court
martial hear the man from whom a single
word would close the AFFAIR, ne ala ms duty.
MORE WORK FOR LABOR.
His was the heroic voice that nothing can
reduce to silence. His demand has survived
the trial and must inevitably reopen IL ana
end f. once for all by the only possible solu-
tion-the acquittal of the innocent.
The demand for the has been
made. Their ultimate production is a GER
tainty. You see the awful. intolerable dan
ger i'm which the president of the Rennes
court-martia has put US by refusing TO use
his discretionary power to prevent the pub
LEGATION of the documents. Never was any
thing more brutal. Never was the door SO
willfully shut upon the truth. And a third
court-martia was added TO the two others.
i'm which the error was so blinding that the
denial from Berlin would now CONDEMN
three iniQuitous sentences.
The Ministry forgot that government Is
foresight. III IL does not wish TO leave 10
the good pleasure OF Je rd ~h,cb bn eve ~ good
Frenchman should tremble, II Is the govern
ment's duty TO play this NTH act without
delay IN Oruer 10 prevent ~ ScnhA4ae
from Germany. The government can pro,
cure the documents. Diplomacy mas setued
greater difficulties than this. Whenever IL
Ventures 10 ask for the enum-
Grated in the bordereau they will be given,
and that will be the '.fait nouveau. which
will necessitate a second revision before the
Court of Cessation, which will be this time.
i hope. fully informed and would quash the
verdict sans renvoi' in the plenitude OF ITS
sovereign majesty.
But III the government still hesitates the
defenders of truth and justice Will DO what
is necessary. Not one OF US VIII desert MS
post. Invincibie proof we shall nnaliy emo
by obtaining. On Nov. u we shan De AZ
Versailles. My trial Will recommends,
inasmuch as IL Is to recommends In all It's
fullness. If, meanwhile, justice Is not done
we will again nave to do IL. My beloved.
my valiant Labor. whose honor mas put IN
creased, will pronounce at Nersaiiles tno
address which he was unable 10 pronounce
at Rennes. And thus, as you see, nothing
will he lost. He will merely have TO tell
the truth without fear Of injuring me, Tor
/ am ready TO pay for il with my liberty and
INV blood Before the Seine Assize Court
I svore 10 the innocence or Dreylus. L
swear 10 IL before. the entire world, which
now proclaims IL with me; and 4 repeat,
truth is on the march. Nothing Will stop IL
At Rennes IL has Just made a giants stride:
7 no longer have any fear except tnat L
may see IL arrive in a thunderclap OF the
avenging Nemesis. EMILE HoLA-
BISHOP GOODsELL.
The Dignitary Presiding at