The Penn's Grove record., 1899-09-22

President Ioubet Grants the French Cap
+ai,, p.rdon-New Received Quietly
in Paris-one of the First Defenders OF
Dreyfu. Dead-rriai of Conspirat'rs
Against the Government.
PARIS (By Cable).-A pardon for Captain
Alfred Dreyfus, convicted by court-ihar'
tiaI at Rennes OF treason, with eXtehuht-
ing circumstances" was signei by Presi-
dent Loubet. This action was decided upon
at a Council of Ministers.
The pardon has by no means given full
satisfaction either to Dreyfus, his relatives
or his frlends. 1t is reported that were it
not for the extremely precarious condition
of tho prisoners health he would never
have accepted it.. In accepting the pardon.
Dreyfus. Of course, abandoned his appeal
for n revision of the verdict of the military
court, but this will not in any way prevent
him from demanding the quashlng OF the
verdict by the Court OF Chssatloh' TOT
this the new fact as to the production OF
the document enumerated In the porterean
will be necessary. His lawyers are at WORK
and hope to bring forward II new TACT 10
get the Rennes verdict quashei.
There Is much remark here on the strange
coincidence of the death OF NJ. Seheurer-
Kestner. the first champion of Dreytus and
to whom Dreyfus virtually owes his free
dom, on the day when the Cabinet decided
TO pardon him. NJ. Observation-Disclosures
death was sudden. He had boon i'll for the
last few days, but 1t was not thought that
his illness would prove fatal.
The decision OF the Cabinet to pardon
Drevfus created less interest in Paris than
would the result of n big horse race. In
fact, 1t may be said that it caused no e1-
element whatever. There was no rlotIng
on the boulevards. In front OF the offices
OF the LIbre Parole, where n crowd
usually assemblies in the evening to gaze
upon the huge colored transparencles mt
side the windows of the lea ling anti
Semitic organ, there was not the slightest
gathering or the ~faintest sign ofdemoastra-
tion either for or against Dreyfus. Oae
would think that the fire OF the DreyIu3
agitation had burned itself out.
The anti-D reyfusari evening papers
tried to infuse interest into the Govern
ment's action by Il rabid attack upon Prest-
dent Loubet, but their efforts were futile.
The peaceful crowds that filled the tables
In front of the cafes, slipping their after
dinner coffee, looked at the newsboys who
displayed the front pages OF these sheets
with their violent headlines, but refused to
get excited. Tho majority did not even
discuss the matter or only made the pass.
ing remark that the decision was what had
been expected and predicted by every
Partisan newspapersi since the Ronnes court
martial delivered its verdict.
President Loube has visited the site of
the Exposition of 1900, and has urged the
directors of the works to exert themselves
to the utmost In orderto show to the world
in 1900 that France is still a 'strong, la
borious, united nation, whose generous
soul is 1lled with the sense of her mission
OF progress aud peace, and that she has
not been affected by fleeting quarrels."
1t Is expected that the work OF the High
Courts Investigating COMMITTEES, ap-
pointed to inquire into the charges of con-
spring .tsvsg ange the form OF Government
EleugH az n1ss Bvseulede and others,
Will tRky-ffom four to. six weeks. When
this task is completed the High Court
(Senate) will ~reeonvene. It is expected its
sessions will take up a month.