The record-union., 1899-09-11
INDIGNATION AT LONDON.
Prominent Divines A1Iude to- the
1nfamy Of France.

LONDON, Sept. lot would be diff
cult to describe adequately the indigna-
ton the verdict of the Dreyfus court
martial has evoked everywhere in Eng
land. The excitement in the Jewish
quarters OF London is only natural.
Special prayers were offered through
out Saturday in all the synagogues
on behalf of Dreyfus, and as soon as
the verdict was known Jews and Jew
esses were seen at every street corner,
expressing execration and many swear
ing bitterly. In the French quarter Of
London there was much excitement, ac-
companied by street fighting. In almost
all the places Of public worship pulpit
references We're made to the verdict
Canon Scott-Holland, at st. PauPs Ca
thedral, said:
"A nation is on trial France stands
at the judgment bar. All civilization
is waiting to know whether to-mor
rows news may add anything to quail
ify the naked cruelty of a bare tele-
gram, anything to relieve the staggered
consciences."
Rev. Hugh Price, the well-known
Wesleyan divine, preached at st.
James Hall and said:
Five unhappy Judges have already
taken their places in the judgment Of
the human race beside Judas, Plate,
Judge Jeffries and other creatures.
They have sentenced their victim to a
decade of imprisonment, but they have
decreed themselves forever to the
scorn, derision and execration of the
human race. Unless France shakes off
this infamy, she will be left without an
ally or friend
Rev. Arthur Robbins, Chaplain in Or
dinary to the Queen, preaching at Holy
Trinity, Windsor, said:
THE civilized world is aghast at this
crime Of five abject Judges
PRESS COMMENT
The Daily MALI says: Rennes is
Frances moral Sedan
The Daily Graphic says: The Rem
mes verdict will live forever as the SUI
preme effort of human wrong headed
ness.
The Daily Chronicle" says that Gen.
eral Mercier issues from the case one
Of the blackest scoundrels in history.
The Daily News remarks: 1t is no
longer Dreyfus, but France herself, that
is on trial.
The Morning Post" declares that
''the mitigation of the sentence will be
interpreted all over the world as evil
dence that the Judges who have con-
demned Dreyfus really believed him in
nocent."
The Daily Telegraph says: This in
famous judgment disgraces France, dis
honors her army, insults the Kaiser and
n 80
There seems nothing left for France
but a revolution and war will reduce
her TO tsse level of Spain.
The STANDARD says: We are watch
ing by the sick bed of a great nation,
none knowing what new and deadly
form the malady may asSume.
The Times observes: We do not
hesitate to pronounce it the greatest
and most appalling prostitution Of JUS
tice the world has witnessed in mod
ern times. All the outrageous scan
dals which marked the course of the
trial pale into insignificance beside the
crowning scandal of the verdict.
With the exception of the Jesuit or
gan in Rome and the Anti-Semite pa
pers, the press of the whole world is
ringing with execrations. Even the
Russian press joins in the chorus al
though perhaps the Jews are nowhere
more hated than in Russia.
The Judges are everywhere described
as criminals and gloomy speculations
are indulged in as to what future is in
store for France.
The German press is especially indig-
nant, the National Zeitung" remark
ing that "even the worst enemy of
France could not have wished what has
happened"
Papers of all nationalities fall in with
the idea of boycotting the exhibition.