Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-03
IRONY N DISDAIN
characterized Dreyfus' Voyage on the
Sax to france.

Sfax to France.
PARIS, July Captain Cofiniere
de Nordeck, commander of the French
cruiser Sfax, which brought Captain
Dreyfus to France, says in an interview
published to-day that he was struck by
the immense power Of self-control dis
played by Captain Dreyfus during the
voyage. The prisoners attitude
throughout was "one of irony and dis
dain." He had been suffering severe
ly from sea sickness when he was
transferred to the Sfax, but he walked
with firm tread and during the entire
trip never showed a sign of weakness
or nervousness.
Captain Dreyfus was ignorant of the
fact that a new court-martial awaited
him and remained in ignorance during
the first part Of the voyage. When he
was finally informed, not a muscle of
his face moved. He merely said: Il
have no i'll will toward anybody. l
shall be glad to re-enter the army
which l have never ceased to love-"
He did not allude to the subject
again during the voyage. Most Of the
time he passed in reading.
AS the outcome of the governments
prudence, all France remains tranquil.
Maitries Demage and Labrori with
Matthew Dreyfus and his wife arrived
this evening at Rennes. The town is
quite tranquil.
Maitre Labrori, who will defend
Captain Dreyfus before the court-mar-
tial, has never yet seen him. Nine.
Dreyfus has only obtained permission
to visit her husband thrice weekly for
an hour.
His composure is the theme of all
tongues. 1t seems that in the train
n of the officers began to read a
newspaper, but although Dreyfus had
not seen a paper since he left France,
he did not display the slightest inter-
est.
He speaks very little and seems to
suffer a partial paralysis of speech,
owing to his long silence. Even on
board the Sfax he had to communicate
with the officers by writing.
He is credited on good authority with
the following:
MY condemnation and sentence
were the symbol of anti-Jewish odium.
My judges were %involuntarily deceived.
May my undeserved expiation put an
end to all racial or religious feuds in
the army and in that France which |
have ~passionately loved and served"
Tomorrow Maitre Demange will
give him a written statement of all that
has happened and fully explain the
situation.
The Prince of Monaco has written
Nine. Dreyfus a sympathetic letter, in
wiling her husband to sojourn at his
chateau after the acquittal, which, in
the judgment of the Prince, is certain
to be pronounced.
THE SCENE AT THE LANDING.
LONDON, July 3.-Mr. G. w. Stew
ems, in the Daily Mail this morning,
thus describes the scene at Rennes
when Dreyfus arrived:
Nine hours Of watching and two
minutes of seeing, but the two minutes
were worth the watching, for it was
the best conceived, neatest and quickest
bit of stage management in the his
tory of the French government. You
rubbed your eyes and wondered if it
were real. At a word you would al
most have resumed watching again.
Bravo, Messieurs, the authorities!
The correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph at Brest says:
"Dreyfus was guarded on board the
Sfax like a wild beast. He was iso-
lated like a cholera-stricken patient.
If the cruiser had ~foundered he would
have gone to his grave believing that
General De Boisdeffre was his courage
Gus friend and champion and altogether
ignorant that such a man as Col. Pic
quart exists"
ANOTHER INTERVIEW.
RENNES, July mime. Dreyfus
had a third interview with her hus-
band this afternoon. She found him
much better. He received her with
smiles instead of tears.
Over doses of quinine while on the
Devils Island left him with a serious
indigestion. He Expresses himself
convinced that he will be acquitted,
SOCIALISTS Make TROUBLE.