New-York tribune., 1901-01-20
DREYFUS IN PARIS.
MEETING WITH THE EX-CAPTAIN ANA
HIS WIFE.
HIS WIFE.

Paris correspondence of The London Globe
or the Cuignet case, about which there was so
much excitement last week, we hear but little at
the present moment The ant-Dreyfusard and
antl-Ciovernmental papers, of course, have prof
tied by the occasion to pour fresh torrents of
abuse on the heads of their adversaries, and
particularly on that OF General Andre WhO is re-
| sponsible for the incarceration of the Com
mandant- In Dreyfusard circles. on the other
hand, there is a tendency to look upOn the af-
Iair, at any rate at its present stage, as unim-
portant. For, as the COmmandant is to be tried
merely Tor his INSTRUMENTATION in refusing to
answer General Andres questions. and not for
the purpose of elicting the truth with regard to
the Panizzardi telegram, there seems very little
chance that any fresh proof of the innocence of
Dreyfus may come out of the affair The one
| hope was that Panizzard himself would come
forward last week but this he has not been
allowed to do.
In the mean time. the unfortunate victim of
the late terrible scandal is here in Paris. with
| his wife and children, leading, unmoleSted a
quiet anu peaceful life. He of course, sees no.
body but his most intimate friends and il was
by one of them that was taken the other day
70 cal upon him. 1t seemed strange to be sit
tins there in an ordinary drawing room talking
or ordinary subjects to the history of
whose martyrdom has thrilled the whole world
and who less than two years ago was n tort
ured prisoner. And my impression of him was
stranger still was prepared to find the chilly
hammered unsympathetc man whom all his
enemies and a great many of his friends and de-
tenders describe him being. Whether he was
all this before and whether trouble has softened
MN 90 not know, but there is nothing in the
least repelant about him now. The eyes that
Sllile blue behind his SpectacleS kind. and
ne mas a kindly indulgent smile and a soft
pleasant voice. For the rest. he is a rather
small, thin man. with a slight stOOp-the result
Doubtless. of his SuneringS and n habit shared
by many of his race-Of sitting with his hands
clasped on his knees. His features slight,
ana not at all of a pronounced Jewish type. and
he has a rather highly colored complexion. His
halr has become quite white and he has grown
"A small beard
Mime. Dreyfus told me that when she first
saw her husband after his return from the lie
du Diahlc she had found him terribly changed
but that sh" had now become accustomed to the
change. She herself is horribly malgned in the
photographs that have been published of her
Sh" is really a very good looking woman with
TAIL straight figure face Of the Oriental
type, large, clear brown eyes. white. regular
teeth. ana good skin. In manner she is very
composed. and she struck mo as being intelIi-
gent she told me good deal Of the awful
struESl" through which she had gone. Of the
first terrible time; In 1891 when she had no
one but her immediate family To help her and
believe III her husbands innocence: Of later on
when So many kind sympathizerS. moved by a
conviction of the innocence of the unfortunate
Captain. gathered round her. and then of the
terribl" strain OF the Renues trial and her final
despair when he condemned again But
tired voice of thu Captain. Il was not SURPRISED
SAID h"; II had expected il for several ,avs"
rms. OF course, led tO talk OF the future and
found that although there seems no iinme-
dlhic prospect OF such "a contamination. both
husband and wife are convinced that tho inno-
cence Of the former will he made manifest 10 all
some day or another. one can understand how
Tor their children'S sake. this must he the most
ardent desire of their lives. The little hoy a
peasant. well hammered lad. has. so his mother
told me. had the whole situation explained to
him at last.