Evening star., 1901-12-05
DREYFUS CASE REDlVIVUS
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SOME OF HIS STRONGEST SUPPORT
ERs EsTRANGED.
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His Counsel, Labori, Out in an Article
Censuring His Accepting
.f~f tt-r
Pardon.

PARIS. December Sin his second article
in the Journal, published this morning La
bori, replying to the interview IN the Echo
de Paris, denies that he wanted Dreyrus
to refuse his pardon. Labori deplores the
condition under which this pardon was
granted and accepted, and the silence which
SEEMS to have been imposed on an inno-
cent man in whose behalf he, Labori, and
others. in a passion for an ideal, had not
hesitated to stir up the country.
Replying to the charge that he wanted
to live off the affair, Labori declares that
his connection with the case had cost MIN
almost his entire practice, which only be-
gan to pick up again after the amnesty was
granted and against which contrary TO MS
own interests he had Increasingly slrus-
gled.
The recent recrudescence of interest in
the Dreyfus affair has created several & inei. tsa
uues..on Of the innocence Of Dreyfus, throw
interesting light on the subsequent re-a-
tions of Dreyfus, Reinach, Labori, Picquart
and other Dreyfusards. Reinach,S with
drawal of his brief from Maitre Labori In
the suit brought against the former by
Nine. Henry was the first development
which drew attention 70 the rupture .; pc
nuhlished an article in the Grande Revue
which he edited, on the political situation
in which he pointed out that the Dreyfus
affair was closed py the 1aet Una. LEY us ;,s
his settlement and IN accepting amnesty,
Labori considered that Dreyfus' friends
had removed the question from hign
moral plane into one of pure personality.
and that the Dreyfus question had ceased
to be human and universal
These declarations indicated a rupture
between Labori and Dreylus; me nation-
tervieW with q friend Of Reinach and OF
the Dreyfus family, who said that Reinach
withdrew the brief because his friend.
Cornely who represented his view. had
been removed from the position Of political
Ieader-Writer on Laborfs Review, notwfth-
standing Laborfs promise to retain him.
given him when Relnacn nnahclaiiy sup
The informant Of the interviewer also as
serted that Labori was furious because
Dreyfus did not remain in prison. and from
there continue to prosecute the work OF
1ae fnteryieweS remarked that Labori
had sacrificed his reputation and practice
for Dreyfus and & ms an[ormans c,d 1T repi,eo; p
ever on the Dfeyfus affair. and the family
acted very well coward him in every re-
spect." al, -u.u1t -rss..
viewer said Picdnartc was led astray by
| I,abori in withdrawilg his appeal to the
council of state and IN refusing to re-enter
the army even 10. the decision was in his
1--WE do not comprehend Picquart's at
| titude or his antt-Semitism, which is no.
| torious. Dreyfuse when he was released.
wrote to him exHressiag warm thanks for
| his devotion and asked for an interview
| to enable him to- express his thanks per-
sonalIy. Picquarf sent cool reply, say
ing that he would let him know when he
could receive him, and Dreyfus has heard
nothing from him since.
The Libre Parole then published an in
terview with an alleged friend of Labori,
declaring that when the latter was shot
| at Renrles several circumstances led him
| to believe that the outrage was instigated
by the WaIdeck- Rosseau ministry which
was pIaying for big stake with his Hfe
Another Dreyfusard. an artist named
| IbeIs. now writes to the newspapers to ex-
nress In violent terms his establishment
REGARDING the Dreyfus affair. The artist
says:
picnuart Cler1enceau and others, worked
hraveIy and Loyalty for what they thought
was noble cause, whereas they were
merely helping Reinach and his friends to
| gain power. Moreover, Dreyfus himself,
who found time to write long letters to
rich bankers had no thought of sending me
| a word of thanks. He 10 a monster. saw
Maitre Labori recently. He wept while
recounting how he had suffered from the
| treatment he had experienced from Pic
quart. and also said he was disgusted at
being sacrificed like us.
| Labori today breaks silence In an article