The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03
DREYFUs LIVING IN PARIS.
A Meeting with the ex-Cnptain ana
His Wife,

tFrom the London Glcbe.)
of the Cuignet case. about which there
was so mush excitement last week we
hear but little at the present moment T'hs
dhu-DreHfusard and anti-GoyernmentaI
papers. of course. have profited by the
occasion TO pour fresh torrents Of abuse
GIr me heads of their adversaries, and
particularly on that of General Andre
VINO Is responsible for the Incarceration
OF the commandment In Dreyfusard cir
cles. on the other hand. there is a tenden.
~ 70 look upon the affair. at any rate at
IFS present stage, as unimportant For
as the commandant Is to be tried merely
Tor his INSTRUMENTATION in refusing to an
SWer General Andres questions and not
Ior tne purpose OF eiciting the truth with
regard TO the Panizzardi telegram. there
seems very little chance that any fresh
proof OF the innocence of Dreyfus NAV
come out of the affair. The one hope was
that Panizzardi himself would come for
ward last week. but this he has not been
allowed to do
In the mean time. the unfortunate VIC.
I'm OF the late terrible scandal is here in
farls, with his wife and children. leading.
unmoiested. a quiet and peaceful life He
of course. sees nobody but his most fntl-
mate friends, and 1t was by one of them
that ! was taken the other day to call
upon him IL seemed strange to be sit
ung there in an ordinary drawing room
talking of ordinary subjects to a man the
history of whose ms rtyrdom has thrilled
the whole world. ard who less than two
A
my impression of him was stranger still.
L was prepared to find the chilly Manner
ed. unsympathetic man whom all his enc
mics and great many of his friends and
defenders describe him as being Wheth-
er he was all this before and whether
trouble has softened him 7 do not know,
but there is nothing in the least repelIant
about him now. The eyes that shine blue
has kindly induIgent 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 suffer-
ingS and a habit shared by many of his
race-of sitting with his hands clasped on
his knees His features are slight. and
not at all of pronounced Jewish type,
and he has rather highly coiored COM
piexion. His hair has become quite white
and he has grown small beard.
Nine Dreyfus told me that when she
first saw her husband after his return
from the lie du Diable she had found aim
become accustomed TO the change She
herself is horribly maligned in the pis
graphs that have been published of her.
She is really very good looking woman.
with tall. straight figure, a face of the
Oriental type. large. clear brown eyes.
white. regular teeth. and good skin.
In manner she Is very composed. and she
struck ne as being Intelligent. She told
me a good deal of the awful struggle
through which she had gone; of the irst
terrible times in 1894. when she had no one
but her immediate family to help her and
believe in her husbands innocence, of
alter on when 50 many kind sympathizers.
moved by conviction OF the innocence OF
he unfortunate captain. gathered round
her. and then of the terrible strain OF
the Rennes trial and her final despair
when he was condemned again. But here
anne an interruption. made in the quiet,
ired voice of the esp ain: Il was not sur
'rised. said he; II had expected ii for
everal days" This. OF course. led TO
ak of the future. and / found that al
hough there seems no immediate pros
'ect of such contamination. both lIus-
and and wife are convinced that the in
ocence of the former will be made man.
fest to all some day or another. One can
how. for their chiidren's sake.
his must be the most ardent desire of
heir lives. The little boy. a pleasant well
lad. has. so his mother told
ne. had the whole situation explained to
ar