The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-28

| country. Writer'S friendly 70 me turned
from me IN horror ard left me to ths enor-
nifty of my crime. Articles were written
which win hang heavy On the eonseiencss
| OF those who wrote and signed them
Never, according to them, had q more bru-
| tai. insane writer addressed q grosser.
more lying, more criminal document to the
Chief of a State.
| Now let them read my poor letter again
| I am ashamed Of II yet a little own
am ashamed Of its moderation. IT'S oppor-
| tunism-I might almost say OF sts coward
Ice. For, as 1 am now making fun con-
/ fession, must say that modtfied things
very much. that was silent about things
| which have been proved today. but which
| then doubted. because they appeared %
me to be too monstrous and too unreason-
| able to be true. Yes. suspected Henry
already, but as I was without absolute
proof held It wise not to draw him In.
suspected many things; confessions had
reached me OF such shocking nature that
believed I ought not to make them pub
| lie. Today they are revealed and have be-
come commonplace facts. Ny poor letter
Is no longer appropriate to the times; II
appears childish, like the conception Of a
| dull writer compared 20 the majestic
| truth.
1 repeat, have neither the desire nor
| the 1eed to celebrate my triumph; yet
must affirm that events have furnished
proof for all my charges. None OF the
men whom accused can deny his gull;
any longer In the gltttering light of the
investigation. What / predicted Il now
clear. feel modest pride that my let
ter was not violent and rabid, but worthy
OF me; one can find in II no offense, no
going beyond the bouds. but only the
proper sorrow of q citizen who demands
justice from the head Of the state. That
was the history of my work; could
write on no side without being over
wdlelmed witr lies and abuse, for which
they win soon have to do me justice.
1 am now at peace and bear neither
hate nor malice. II / were only 10 listen
to the weakness OF my heart in harmony
with the scorn Of my mind ] should favor
general forgiveness and leave the evil
doors to the lash Of perpetual and uni
versa scorn. But believe there are cer-
tain necessary punishments land the de-
Gliding argument Is that If justice does
no try the understanding culprits the hum
bile citizen wall not believe in the mon
strosity of the crime. The erection of Q
pillory is necessary in order that the
masses may at last know what has hap
pened I leave 10 Nemesis the work Il
vengeance, but do no; wish to aid q:
In my review of this case, which 3
otherwise fully satisfied by the triumph
of the ideal, there remains only one mat
ter for regret, and that is the terrible fact
that Colonel Picquart is still In prison.
That Picquart should have been kept II
prison like a common criminal for more
than a year, that they should haze pro-
longed his torture by a judicial comedy,
is a dreaedful thing for which some men
will be brought TO shame. Disgrace will
inevitably fall on those who have had aay
hand in this crying injustice. II tomorrow
Picquart Is not free, France viii never
be able TO wash herself free from the
folly of having left her noblest and most
heroic son in the criminal hands OF exc
cutioners, liars and traitors
Then, with the release of Picquart. will
the work be completed. We have sown
the seed, not of hate. but Of goodness,
justice and endless hope. 1t must grow
up. Today we cannot see the harvest. but
only imagine t. AL political parties have
fallen 10 the ground; the country has been
split into two camps: On one side the re-
dictionary forces Of the past. on the other
the spirits of free trial, Of truth and JUS
tice looking to the future. These battle
grounds are the only logical ones, and
we look to them for the conquest Of the
future.
To the work then. with pen. with word
and with deed! To the work OF progress
and freedom! That will be the continual
full revolution of inteligences and hearts,
the consolidated democracy. which, freed
from the powers OF evi, will at last be
founded on the law of work, which re-
quires the Just distribution OF wealth
Then will free France. the herald Of the
justly constituted society of the next CEN
fury. again take her place among the
nations. The empire with the greatest de-
fences Of steel will fall to pieces when
AS~aiSS SA'SS J1ASSS~S " sh0 "OIFu' aS Sic
has already given Il freedom. see for
France no less a historical role than this. !
and there is none so splendid.
I am at home. The state prosecutor can |
notify me Of the judgment OF the court az |
Versailles by which I vas condemned n 1
TO a years imprisonment 4
ard fine OF 5000 francs. We shall again |
express ourselves before the consplrators. !
In order to be prosecuted had only /
worked for truth and justice. Today / 1
have won the fight Ny trial has no fun |
Their purpose and It interests me no more. 1
Justice has only 20 declare whether or
not 1t Is a crime TO speak the truth
EMILE lola
Paris. June Is