The age-herald., 1899-02-11
STORMY SCENE
 IN THE CHAMBER The Dreyfus Case Again EXct- ing Interest PROPOSED REVISION BILL Was the Subject of Exciting De-
 bate Among the Deputies. DE BEAUREPAIRE MAKES SPEECH Sax : ne DreYfus Agitation Must Be se Settled at Once. |sS
 S HER CIVIL OR FOREIGN WAR 
 @fill Follow Unless the Case is Def- nitely Settled-Strong Police Forces Are Posted Everywhere to Keep Down Any Trouble.
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7 HER CIVIL OR FOREIGN WAR

Paris, February 10.-There was much ex- citement in the chamber of deputies today in anticipation of the debate on the gov- ernment's revision bill, for which the pre- mier, M. Dupuy, has asked urgency.
 Immediately after the opening of the ses- sion, M. Renault-Morlier the reporter of the committee having the revision bill in charge, said the committee had rejected the measure because when one arrived at the creation of courts of expediency there was no further security for any one."
 Such proposals, the reporter added, al- ways aroused indignation, and he asked what could be the motive of the bill, since the accusations brought by M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire, the former president of the civil section of the court of cessation, against the criminal section of that body had been acknowledged to be erroneous. M. Renault-Morlier concluded by asserting that the adoption of the bill would be use- less and dangerous sign of weakness, also remarking that ito honor the army It is not necessary to dishonor the magistrature."
 M. Millerand, radical socialist. made lively speech opposing the measure on the ground set forth in the letter to the govern ment signed by a few deputies and a num- Der of former cabinet ministers, who de- clared their intention to uphold the supreme principle of justice as above all attack.
 Made Lively Speech
 M. Mllerand aroused an immense uproar by saying that the republicans only had to note who were backing the bill and the present agitation to know where their duty lay.
 The premier said the government was prepared to take the whole responsibility for the measure.
 The republicans, the premier added, could therefore vote for the measure with per- feet security. The government, he pointed -out, was neither the accomplice nor the dupe of the adversaries of a revision of the Dreyfus trial, but doubts had arisen, caus- ing fears as to whether the sentence of a section of the court of cessation was au- thoritative enough to satisfy and calm the nation. The bill, he insisted was neither an emergency measure, revolutionary nor dlctatorial.
 Lacerating French Hearts
 It would end an affair which was lacer- ating French hearts.
 Late this evening there was considerable ferment in the streets caused by the shout ings of the rival parties. A crowd of anti reyisionists, on finding themselves unable to gain admission to a meeting that was being addressed by M. Quesnay De Beaure- paire, moved off and demonstrated at the office of the ministry of war, the Palais Bourbour and the offices of the Libcre Parole, where the demopstration became rather threatening and ended in a scuffle with the police, who made numerous ar- rests. Strong police forces are posted ev- anywhere and these have prevented serious developments.
 In his speech at the meeting MT. De Beaurepaire declared that unless the Drey- fus scandal was brought to and end it would entail either a civil war or a foreign war. Very few, however, will share this opinion
 Nevertheless, the chamber of deputies is evidently in no mood for another ministe- rial crisis, and 1t is even said that the open letter to the government by M Brisson and other prominent deputies yesterday served to increase todcys majority in favor of the revision bill, several of those who signed it being suspected of aiming at os- ficers.
 Stormy But Uninteresting
 The debate in the chamber proved stormy but uninteresting. The members who had signed the open letter lost courage in face of the premier's threat to bring about a crisis and remained silent. M. Millerand's spirited denunciation of the government produced the noisiest protests and during his speech there was so much disorder that the bell of the president of the chamber was ringing almost continuousuy. M. Du- poys speech appealing to the patriotism of the deputies gave him an easy victory over weak chamber. He himself had only expected a majority of about 1fty M Dupuy holds optimistic opinions and thinks that before April the whole Dreyfus question will be decided and settled for ever.