Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-17
OUTCOME OF fHR DREYFUS Case
Scenes in Parliament When kitch-
ener Grant Was Made.
SOME LIVELY SPEECHES

rTdHce Woulu awake from the nlSntHndre
| which has oppressed her for over five years
| and do both herself and the innocent Drey-
| fus justice. The court of cessation has now
! asserted the sense of justice of France and
indicated the honor of her army, for apart
| from some of the officers of the general
staff the French army is sound.
Everything points to the salutary convic-
| ton that pity for the fate of the prisoner
| on Devils Island will be changed to sympa-
| thy with his joy, and that the disgrace, If
not the punishment ITSELF will recoil on the
genuine wrongdoers
The great redeeming fact in the whole,
| long, miserable story is the fact of the
soundnesS of France. 1t is terrible that
Dreyfus should have suffered for five years
| as the pariah and outcast Of justice. 1t is
horrlDle That crimes such as those OF Mer-
| cier or Esterhazy should have been COM
mitted by men in high places. Nothing, it
would seem, can entirely recompense Cap
tain Dreyfus for his unmerited martyrdom,
not even his formal and ceremonious re-
instatement in the rank from which he was
degraded. And nothing except the slow
course Of oblivion can efface the stigma
from the army. But greater than the horror
and terror of it all-greater in proportion
to those featureS-is the final triumph OF
truth in France achieved by Frenchmen,
| upheld by French law and redounding to
the credit OF the French republic.
Progress of the Affair.
In the meantime there are two threads to
be distinguished in the daily narrative Of
events. The first Is the progress OF the
affair itself. While Captain Dreyfus is
preparing to bid last farewell to the scene
of his living tomb some steps have been
taken to deal with his traducers and tor
mentors. The courageous announcement
of the court of cessation on Saturday was
mo fha -yC fnr
a fresh trial. In overriding the sentence
of the former court-martal 1t brought I'M
plicit accusations against the virtual male
factors. No time has been lost in trying
to give effect to this judgment. M. krantz,
the minister of war; has ordered that pro-
ceedngs shall be instituted against Ester
hazy for having procured and made use or
documents appertaining to secret dossier
Whether not the inquiry, which is put
in the hands of General Duchene, will actu-
ally come to anything is in some ways
more than doubtful.
Esterhazy is fugitive already. The
mere fact of his continuing to reside abroad
is the most credible confession he can give.
There are other names to be considered.
NJ. lola has returned to Paris, where he
sustains in his vindication the same disin-
terested zeal for justice which distinguish
ed him in adversely and exile. While re-
nouncing for his own person any applause
or reward for action, he urges in his new
manifesto that the guilty in high places
lace with the enormity of their crimes. So
far as General MERCER is concerned there
seems some likelihood of action. The min
lister of justice will further make it his
business to demand the arraignment of
Generals de Boisdeffre and Gonse, and it
may be assumed that, among all these ex-
ercises of the prerogatives of law. justice
will be done to the heroic Col. Picquart
and to NJ. lola himself.
The Royaiist Denomination.
piled by the incidents which occurred at
the Auteuil races on Sunday. There ap-
pears to be no doubt that the police were
in possession of information pointing to the
likelihood OF a royaist demonstration.
About forty royaHsts are still detained in
custody, six of whom will be tried on a
charge of conspiracy. The case for con-
spiracy is not strong one, but it is per-
fectly clear that Sundays demons tration,
so far from being the spontaneous express
sion of popular sentiment, was an entirely
artificial affair.
The fashionable royalist is the most con-
temptibe type in Paris. Nobody expects
to find heroes of the barricadas in the feb
rile dastards of the charity bazaar. The
only engines of destruction which they are
prepared to manipulate to the great
jeopardy of the ives of the liages are
motor cars driven at heroic speed in
defiance of the bylaws. The deadly in
tention of Baron Christiani will be par
tlculdfiy nOllceU- lie Is a descendant OF
general of the first empire, and he dis
charges his hereditary duty of defending
the honor OF the army by damaging the hat
of plain NJ. Loubet. 1t is clear that the de-
sign of the great conspiracy of walking
canes was to go to the extremity of des-
pzration that, as in the case of the exploits
of the motor cars, would be covered by the
option of a fine.
TrepidatiOn in Their Ranks.
There is painful trepidation in royalist
and Bonapartist circles as to the fate Of
these wel-dressed martyrs. Baron Chris
tiani, for instance, realizes, as under the
influence of a cold douche, that by having
succeeded in hitting the presidents hat he
has made himself liable to five years i'm
prisonment. There will be many appeals
for mercy to the odious government of NJ
Charles Dupuy on the part of persons
whom nothing else would induce to enter
into relations with the unspeakable regims
of the third republic. A jury acquitted NJ
Deroulede of treason, but compared with
the mobbing of NJ. Loubet's person, M
Deroulede's attempt to inctte Gen. Roget to
march somehow upon the republic generally
was respectable and even inspiring There
never was a feebler afterclap, more Inn
potent anti-climax than this ignominious
exhibition
1t is probable that after his acouittal
Dreyfus will be promoted in the army and
allowed to retire with full honors and a
pension.
his 1amiiy nave purchased house naar
San Reno, where he will enjoy life again
after five years torture. The retirement
of Capt. Dreyfus to the Italian riviera or
elsewhere, may be,taken as a foregone CON
clusion. His career in the French sr-r,v 10
inevitably ended; and all things considered
he would be better out of France than in it.
Great Day in Parliament.
1t was a great day in parliament yester
day, in which comedy and tragedy had al
most equal share. The Sirdar-tha ton
blue-eyed Saxon, withHface burnt the color
of brick by the Sudan sun-sat in the
peers gallery of the house of commons.
By his side was Lord Roberts a trim. little
man with features like paper in contrast
and his hair CRAVING to white Down he
low In shadow was Colonel Hector Mac
durman-hard featured and square shomi-
dered, tough, sinewy Scot. talking under
his breath 10 Colonel Rhodes-sinsulariv
like his brother, Mr.. Cecil Rhodes-Who had
also done fighting IN the Soudan
The house was full, even to the sida o,,
leries. The gallery for strangers vas
wedged; even ears, marquises and -drl,eS
elbowed one another uncomfortabIy- Tn ths
diplomatic gallery sat Mrs Henry White
yoln