The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06
lola LAID AT REST
THE GREAT FRENCH NOVELIST
AND PATRIOT
REACHES HIS FINAL HOME.
WAS THE FUNERAL HE WOULD
HAVE WISHED.

Former Captain Dreyfus Marched in
the COrtege by Police Authority.
Obsequies Take on "A semi-OmcimI
Character, az Members of the Gov
eminent Participate-EuIogie Up
ON the IlIustriOus Dead and
Speeches as to His Noted Connec-
ton with the Dreyfus Matter.
Paris, Oct. 5.-The remains of Emile
lola were laid at rest to-day with sim
pie but impressive ceremonies. 1t was
such a funeral as lola himself would
have wished, without pomp. but with
the serried ranks OF thousands of work.
ing men. many accompanied by their
wives, sorrowfully marching behind his
coffin. Municipal guards. mounted and
on foot, lined the route but except
for company of military. which rem
dered military honors to the body as
1t was carried from the house to the
hearse. they were there as guardians
of order and not as participants in
the ceremony.
Former Capt. Dreyfus marched in the
funeral cortege, according to the au-
thority of the project of police, but he
passed completely unnoticed by the
crowd. A little distance behind him
came Nine. Dreyfus, accompanied by
her father. Dreyfus sent a handsome
wreath which was placed beside the
coffin.
The Temps to-day says Dreyfus went
TO the lola house yesterday evening
and watched beside the corpse with
the family He induced Nine. lola to
give him back his promise not to at
tend the funeral, and he walked in
the procession to-day between NJ. La
lance, former protesting deputy from
Alsace In the German Reichstag, and
M. Monod. a member Of the Institute.
The pallbearers were NJ. Chaumie and
Herman, representing the Society OF
Dramatists; Ludovic Halevy Octave
Mirabeau, the deceased's publishers.
Charpentier and Fasquelle, and NJ
BRAT in behalf OF the miners.
Among the masses of spectators
which lined the route there were many
probably who We're not admirers of
Hola, but the deep respect for the dead
which is inherent in Frenchmen pre-
vented a discordant note and every
body uncovered as the hearse 0assed.
At the cemetery a small platform had
| been erected for the funeral orators.
M. Chaumie was the first speaker. He
said the government was In honor
| bound to participate in the funeral Of
| one of the highest literary glories of
! France whose death had cast the coun-
| try into mourning.
Abiding to Zola's part in the Drey-
| fus affair, M. Chaumie said that when
ever a cause appeared to him as just
one he regarded 1t his imperious duty
to defend II, although he had to brave
unreasonable anger, suffer furious in
| suits and unjust hatred and most pain
full abandonments for so doing.
Anatole France, one of the most ar
dent champions of the revision OF the
Dreyfus case said that Zola's work
could be compared only to that of Toll
stoi, but that Tolstoi had built up
city of resignation whereas the ideal
of lola had been work. The speaker
dwelt on the democratic aim of the
dead novelist's work, and then burst
into a powerful tribute to Zola's part
In the Dreyfus affair and denuncia-
ton of his enemies. He said he would
not maintain a cowardly silence be-
fore the coffin of his friend, and spoke
of the sinister situation in the country
when the populace. misled by mon
strous lies and excited by odious dec
lamations believed IL had been be-
trayed, and felt exasperated Then
lola wrote to the President OF France
that terrible letter in which he de-
nounced forgery and felony. M.
FRANCE tneH recalled the yeilS OF rage
and shouts of Death" which had
pursued lola to the law court during
the long trial which, he said, had been
judged in voluntary ignorance of the
case, on false testimony. and amid the
rafting of swords. In those days.
continued M. France, many good citi-
zens despaired of the salvation of the
fatherland and of the moral fortune
of the country But all was saved:
c 10 \
France. The consequences of his ac-
ton were incalculable. A new order of
things had been founded; better JUS
tice and a deeper knowledge of the
rights of all men had come from this
act
Applause broke frequently from M.
Frances hearers during his speech
and the crowd at the entrance of the
cemetery heard 1t and re-echoed it,
Masses View the Body
AT the conclusion of the orations, the
relatives of the deceased novelist
grouped themselves beside the coffin
and monster procession, composed Of
many members of leading organiza-
tons entered the cemetery and filed
past the body. The majority of those
who marched wore a red flower, the
Socialist emblem, in their buttonholes,
others wore bouquets of violets. Each
delegation brought a wreath and de-
posted it beside the coffin. A depu-
tation Of miners, in their working cos
tunes carried a bunch of flowers fast
ened to a pole. The people plucked
the flowers and ferns which had been
strewn on the coffin during the cere-
mony and carried them away as SOU
venirs until none was left. After the
march the coffin was placed in tenn
poraIy vault.
The proceedings were perfectly or
derby until the delegations left the
cemetery. Then several of the leading
actors in the Dreyfus affair, such as
Col. Piquart. Maitre Labor and M.
Jaures, were recognized and loudly
cheered
A few scuffies occurred on the boule-
ward de Clichy. Groups Of Socialists
marched by singing THE Carmagnole"
and Nationalists responded with coun-
ter-eries, but the imposing force of
guards and police prevented serious
collisions. A policeman was wounded
during one row. A few arrests were
made. but the prisoners were after
wards released.
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