The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-16
POLITICAL ASPECT
OF HUMBERT CASE,
Government Party Tries to Dis
comfit the Opposition, and
Vice Versa.
TRIAL is A DISAPPOINTMENT.
Nine. Humbert Declines to Speak,
but Hints at Deep and Dark
Mystery-Her Husband
Shows Abilities.
BY ]. coRNELY.


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Paris. Aug. 15.-tCopyright, 19O3)-ThIs
week the curtain has been raised on the
Humbert drama, which has been awaited
with curiosity that is not sufficiently ex-
pleined by passionate sentiment for JUS
tice The political parties had seized on this
affair to throw 1t at each others heads. so
that the question was no longer to know
whether or not Nine. Humbert and her
family had '.perpetrated the greatest
scandal of the century, according to the
expression of NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau, but
whether the majority Of those who visited
the Humbert residence in the Avenue de la
Grande ArInee belonged to the Government
party or the opposition
1t should be stated that this question was
first raised by the opposition. 1t would
have been unbecoming to complain that one
CT Its members was the first to suffer 1t
is more than probable that this member.
Paris Deputy and a former Minister.
thought that in his business affairs with
the Humberts he was dealing with perfect
ly honest people. He has only his political
friends to blame for the chagrin brought
upon him by the publication of his corre-
spondence with Nine. Humbert.
HUMBERT NO MARTINEZ.
This discussion Of the trials that have
taken place so far have caused great dis
appointment. Nine. Humbert speaks to say
that she will not speak, and to say that she
will speak later. Nevertheless. She has al
ready conceded that the Crawfords do not
exist; at least, under the name of Craw-
ford, and that the Chateau de Marcott did
not exist, either. But she leaves It to be
understood that there is beneath it all a
profound mystery of which she will reveal
the secret Ii the jurymen demand 1t before
they retire to their consuiting-room.
aStnf m se hands MhHm Of s thou sa
shown himself to be legal tactician Of
the first class. and he fights the case foot
ignorance when the Questions of the pre-
siding Judge embarras him.. He will como
out Of it, II not with character. as man
of integrity. at least with the reputation Of
The public, which attends the trial. is
amused and sometimes seems to think it
comedy. ~
UNDERGROUND DISASTER.
The week, however, has not been entirely
of the Metropolitan Underground Railway
has brought terror and grief to all hearts
1t was expected that the Metro" as
Parisians call It, would pay its tribute to
death. as do all means Of locomotion. put
no one thought there would be such a hec-
tacomb.
Besides that, it should be stated. people
have feeling that this accident could
been less imprudent, II the station masters
had observed the rules better and II the
company itself, knowing how uncertain cleo
trio lighting u.s. had installed In each sta.
ton another kind Of light to replace that
which failed.
The pathway Of improvement and Of
progress ts strewn with human sacrihces
Probably. that will not console the families
of the eighty-four victims to whom we also
send the expression Of our deepest sympa-
thy.
COMBES IS STUBBORN.
This catastrophe has almost caused people
to forget the speech NJ. Combes made on the
preceding evening at Marseilles and the in
cidents which accompanied it
On Sunday night rumor was circulated
in that fass had
Ministers. The revolver shot was only a
tomato. This detail of the AFFAIR amused
the Nationalist press. which said that the
1t was directed. / remember that similar
remark was once made by the same press
In reference to President Carnot. fifteen
liz before the ataa an thre n
at his carriage. Such souvenirs should stop
at the pen point certain jeering remarks
from being written.
AS to N. Combes's speech itself. It con-
tains nothing new. He says he will finish
the task he has begun, and that neither
public outrages NOR personal injuries win
all Republican France with him.
with all the frenzy that in Marseilles they
know how to put in the expression Of their
In any case will result from this speech Is
that N. Combee has no desire to get out
and that he Will be at his post when the
chambers meet again In October.
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