The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-29
INSIDE HISTORY
oithe Dreyfus Afrair..Thc Money
Power
FORCED FRANCE TO ACTION
lnthc Nlnttcr-Anti.Scmitism Dealt n
Blow BY Holders Of Gold French
Credit Threatened With Dcstruc-
ton, as Was that orI,nssla Jews
United and Determined.

bioDc-DcinoCTut. Inere iS an inside
story to this great crisis In France
which has threatened and which even
now threatens the stability Of the re-
public. story which has Just come out
nuthoritatively, and from no less a
source than M.EBrunetIcre. the editor
Of the Revue des Deux Mondes, and
one of the leading men Of France. I
have. Just had the story confirmed from
other sources. and 1t shows that the
new court-martial ordered for the non: !.
inal retrlal Of Captain Alfred Dreyfus
dare not do less than declare him
guilt!ess OF the charges made against
him. The secret history. Is perhaps
more interesting than the history that
has been published from day to day, for
1t was not through mere desire to do
Justice that the court OF CESSATION was
ordered to declare Dreyftis innocent
and order the court martial at Rennes
10 retry him and lind the same verdict.
but II was through fear that II this was
not done France would be bankrupt.
and revolution would start from
without Paris which would overthrow
all who are or were In power. This In
side history reads more like q romance
than sober truth, and shows who are
the real uncrowned kings, !inonarchIcal
and republican. Of Europe. EF
When the anti-Semlte wave struck
France as 1t previously struck Russia
capt. Alfred Dreyfus became an object
OF hatred In the general staff, and this
u.IF firii1n rig 81 III, -
~ the aristocratlc bo0y of the military
establishment Of France. gDreyfus was
the only officer OF Jewish blood in that
corps elite, and every effort. was made
TO get rid of him. He was invited to
resign the post he held. which was one
OF great Importance, as II had to do
with the defenses of the republic. Had
he resigned his place there he could
easily have been ordered to u post in
French West Africa, where he would
have conveniently died of tropical
fever. But he would not resign and the
result was conspiracy to get him out
OF the army by the foulest OF means,
and the imbecillty of the, officers be-
Ing as great as their corruption, they
reSorted TO forgery, believing that they
could thus rid themselves of n Jew,
and at once load the responsibility for
their crimes upon some one whom they
CeSpised. The result of this plan was
that Dreyfus was condemned for life TO
confinement on Devils Island, off Cay
cnne, where it was hoped he would die
OF yellow fever, the sooner the better.
When Dreyfus was condemned every
Jew in continental Europe. of position
felt that the act was personal men,
ace TO him. They believed the Jew ha-
tiers. in their blind rage. had determine
ed to eliminate the Jewish race from
position and power everywhere. and
had commenced with the French army
IS an easy place to begin. In both
Austria and Russia there are many
Jews in minor but responsible posi-
tioEs under the government. These
were the first TO take alarm Finally.
when Dreyfus declaring his innocence,
was depOrted to a desolate island off
the coast Of French Guiana, his klns-
men held a meeting to consider what
should be done for him. and. further,
Tor their own salvation. Dreyfus' most
initi-r tiGl' relation was then the Lead
Ing rabbi at Strasburg. He made tour
of continental Europe In the interest OF
his kinsman. He furnished indubitablc
evidence that the "alfaire Dreyfus"
WAS but the beginning of a raid against
hii- cS"o "a l-u1obt Llsil NV ouii Dt
more far-rcaching than had ever been
known. And he pointed out the only
antidote was to meet the danger de-
family. They held the money bags Of
Europe, he said. They had only to
notify the leaders In this scheme of
persecution that II II were attempted
all the great Jewish banking houses
the Rothschilds. the Bischoffs- Cheims,
the GoldSchmidts (the most powerful
house In Europe, next to the RothS-
childs), and the Ephrussla. In Russia
would simultaneously begin TO lower
Frances credit
They had learned the poience of this
weapon when they made Russia hold
her hand in the last Jewish persecution
there-nearly two decades aGo--by re-
ducins Russian securities twcnty-fou-
points in thirteen days.
Touch another of our people, and
not another rouble shall you have to
save your empire" said Michael
Ephrussia, head OF the great house OF
Odessa, the largest grain dealers in the
world. TO NJ. DE Giers, then Russian
premier. They would take their capl-
tai TO England and America, where 1t
would be safe. they said; and NJ. De
Glers, broad liberal minded, kindly
man. was very pleased when his i'm
perlal master. Alexander II, father of
the present Car. told the Metropolitan
OF Novgorod and ST. Petersburg that
the church must let up on It's prrsecu-
ton Of the Jews as all the decisions
OF the holy synod for the governing OF
the Russian, Greek or national faith
run in the name of the emperor, there
was no occasion for protest. The order
simply had to be obeyed. and 1t was.
hr,. IL A..
thrupio world of England was getting
ready to make known It's sympathy the
persecution suddenly ended. Russia
could not afford to be put into bank
ruptCy. even to please the holy synod
and the metropolitan of Novgorod.
The death of NJ. Faure and the ac-
cession Of ". LOubet to the presidency
CT France furnished an excellent OPP
portunity for the Jews to put their
scheme touching Dreyfus into effect. 4
uay or two after lie came into office the
rcrtes fell OF. Every one supposed It
was the usual speculative fluctuations,
ard the states securities would recover
In day or two, but they did not. On
the contrary. they began TO drop n little
daily. and there was no advance at
ALL This was serious.
The national securities Of France are
III inc laHuS OF every peasant or the
country. OF the 3.080666. 900 francs
Fgench-Cierman Indemnity bonds. the
praaantry Of France took up about all
TINT wns offered them. and to-day hold
twO-illthS OF the entire sum, The
government prefers the peasant to any
other bondholder. He gives It no trou-
blc. He has but n few hundreds IN the
bonds perhaps, which ARE hidden away
and VIII not come to the notice Of the
government until they are ready for
redemption. Now the national debt OF
France Is nearly $50 per capita chat
OF tho I.MitaI Etntna - 81 2A4 so That