The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-03
The Dreyfus Case.

the court of cessation, the supreme tri-
bunal, and three members of the min
istry of Justice, to consider the petition
of Captain Dreyfus for revision Of |
his case, did not report yesterday, and
will not do so, very properly, until |
there is a thoro examination Of the |
vincedr the minister of war that JUS
tice demanded a revision, as the
papers showed evidence of forgery and
irregularity.
The minister of war, General Andre,
has had the god sense to forbid
army officers to discuss the Dreyfus
case, and it is to be hoped that he will
be able to hold such a disciplinary
hand upon the army, that it may not
enter upon an active campaign for
the honor Of the army and stir up
all the tumultuary elements In France,
as was done four years ago to the
shame and disgrace of France, when,
after the Rennes trial, which proved
nothing aaginst Dreyfus, altho the per-
jured tools Of the war department did
their best to fasten their false testi-
mony upon the prisoner, and after
second sentence, the government
issued a pardon, leaving the stigma OF
treason upon him as the army desired.
He was pardoned for the commission
of a crime which he was not proven to
have committed.
General Andre found, after several
months examination, that all the pre-
sumptiens of guilt against Major Est
erhazy were found to be verified and
justified. Esterhazy was a dealer in
French war office secrets and sold in
formation obtained by him from high
officers of the general staff to Ger
many and other war Offices. In 1897
Esterhazy, according to the statement
of French officer, had up that year,
cleared $4,000 by his reasonable
business. To defend such scoundrels
and to conceal the rottenness of army
| administration, Dreyfus was made the
scapegoat. Esterhazy is now living in
| London.
A Paris cable says that the latest
device against Dreyfus is an attempt
| to prove that he was the accompllce
! of the real traitor, who is supposed to
! be Esterhazy.. The real traitor is
practically a fugitive from his own
country.
/ Naturally the mention of revision OF
this troublesome case has stirred up
the bitterness Of the nationalist party,
who opposed the reopening Of the case
at Rennes a few years ago, and en-
listed in their support Of "the honor
of the army the clerical reactionarles
and the antisemitic fanatics. The
French government, however, stung
by the protests of the civilized world
against the condemnation and punish
ment of Dreyfus on forged and per-
jured evidence in 1894, gave him an
7 other chance, even in the face of army
! threats of revolution and the menace
of social CONFUSION. The result of the
Rennes trial was not the vindication
of Dreyfus. 1t was practically a tri-
umph of the perjurers and forgers of
the army staff. The pardon of a man
not proven guilty was really an ele-
ment of the army triumph. 1t is
| doubtless true that the reawakening
) of the former bitterness and diablerie
: which shook France to it's center
5 would be rather bad thing. The
: tranquility Of France would be dis
: Eturbed. The mere mention Of revis.
ion has already, indeed, disturbed
| France What if France is, disturbed
: if another revision. and a straight
E honest, and perjuryless new trial shall
E remove the injustices of the past?
A perjury lid will not keep down the
t volcanic fires struggling for exit
: Pelee was silent for an age and an age
t Vegetation grew over the trail of an
] cient eruptions But one day the liz
r was thrown high in the air and con
9 cealment was no longer possible. Thu
S Dreyfus injustice will ever and amor
t return to trouble France, until it i
e disposed of in the right way, which i
: the only way Of honor for nations o
n for individuals.
. The dismissal Of the civil SUIT for dam
= ages against DR.. p. M. Hall, the cit
= health officer. gives that gentleman
complete vindication. The civil suit re
: lated to the same matter as the absurd in
. dictment brought against DR.. Hall, whic
II was nolled. At the time DR.. Hall was in
o dicted T h e J ourn a expressed its cor
IS fidence in his ability and predicted that h
n would be completely vindicated.
A Boston Globe Anniversary.
% General Charles H. Taylor has bee
, manager Of the Boston Globe fc
= thirty years, and the Globe, in recos
y milton of the anniversary, has bee
= spreading itself little. Instead
. publishing one very large number
= chose to extend it's jubilee publicatio
over a week, carrying some twenty
= four additional pages each day. TT
jubilee pages are devoted to exhau
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