The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-14
DUEL FOLLOWS DREYFUS LAW Under Secretary Sarrant Seriously Wounded. PANDEM0NIUM IN CHAMBER Dreyfus Made Major ani Picquart
 a Brigadier.
 - When Vote is Announced. Government Repr ssentativc Strikes M. PuRliesi- Conti--isloody Meeting Follows in Which Former suffers.
 
PANDEMoNIUM IN CHAMBER

Paris. July Is.-The scene of tu- multucus disorder which marked the enactment today of the law restoring Alfred Dreyfus to the army was fol- lowed by a bloody duel tonight in which Under secretary ot State sar- raut was dangerously wounded by the sword of M Pugliesi-Conti. The duel assumed the aspect of vsritable com bat between the Government and the opposition, as M. Sarrauts seconds were Ministers Clemenceau and Thom- son, wnile M. Pugiiesi-Conti's were M. Milleycye and General Jacquet, who were drawn from elements which oit- teriy resent the Governments rehabil- itation of Dreyfus.
 The meeting followed a light on the floor or the Chamber of equities, in which M Sarraut sprang from beside Minister of the Interior Ciemenceau, sitting on the ministerial benches on NJ. lsusliesi-Conti, who had been heap ing denunciation on the GoyerDmentS members as scoundrels. sarraut struck Pugliesi- i-Conti stunning blow in the face. A scene of the widest nproar ensue.i, compelling the suspension of the session.
 After the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies and while the members were still in the lobDies. M. Pdgliesi-Contt sent his seconds to Under Secretary Sarraut It was decided to fight with swords and principals and second pro ceeded by automobiles to the Vflie d 'Auray, where the combat occurred on the property of Deputy Cast.
 saFrnut wounded.
 The fight was short hut desperate lasting only thirty second. Sarraut made quick onslaught. and blood soon flowed. At first 1t was thought Pu- RIiesti-C onti was wounded, but Ser raut criead, T am hit and then faint ed. Expectorating blood he was con veyed to M Gusts residence. The doctors who examined nim found a deep wound in the right breast, pene- trating the lung.
 Despite this sauguinary conflict, laws were finally enacted today by the Chamber of Deputies feinstattng Dreyfus, who obtains the rank of q Chief of Squadron Of Artillery and M. picuuart, who Is made a Brigadier General. Both houses overwhelming ly favorable to Dreyfus and Picquart. Throughout the day feeling was stirred intensely between the Dreyfus snnd anti-Dreyfus elements. This was heightened by fierce artacks by Drey- fuEists against General Mercier and other prominent officers, who were re- sponsible for Dreyfus's condemnation. Early in the day Minister of War Et- ierne presented the government biiis restoring Dreyfus and Picquart to the army. Minister Etienne's explanatory preamble to the Dreyfus oiIl said'
 Innocence Established.
 "A decision has judicially and defin- itely established the innocence of tho accused, involving ipso facto his reln- statement in the army and expurgtng his condemnation. The government, powerless to repair the immense ma terial and moral injury sustained by the victim of a deplorable Judicial CT TOT. desires to place Dreyfus In the sit- nation he would have occupied if his normal career had not been interrupt ed"
 The preamble 10 the Picquart bill said:
 ''Proclamation of the innocence or Dreyfus demonstrates the legitimacy of Picquart's loyalty and ms enorts for the triumph of truth at the risk or definitely breaking his career. we demand that parliament expunge the effects of his action by the conferment of the rank of brigaider with priority over other brigaiders"
 The army committee quickly ana unanimously reported the bill and the vote in inc Chamber of Deputies was decisive, Dreyfus securing 473 votes against 42 and Picquart 467 votes
 
 against 27.
 strong. The storm broke when M Pressense, socialist. urged a supple mentary proposition for the punish ment of oflcers who had accused Drey- fus and Picquart and whom he desig- mated as a gang of malefactors and forRers who deserved branding with red hot irons.
 PandcmOnium on Floor.
 It was at this moment that the sar- raut -Pugliesi- Cont encounter occurr- ed. M. Pugliesi-Conti aroused by M Pressense's denunciation, shouted at the ministerial benches:
 You are scoundrels for permitting these insults to ofhcers.
 Immediately Brom the ministerial benches there sprang the 1.-the, Wlry figure of Under Secretary Sarraut He made straight for Pugliesi-Conti, seiz- ed him by the throat and planted his right fist squarely in his face. Pugliesi-C Cont reeled. dazed by the blow and was caught by his friends, while Ministers Clemenceau and Thomson grabbed Sarraut's coat tails and dragged him back to his seat.
 Pandemonium immediately broke loose Deputies gathered in groups in the centre of the house. fighting. their blows raining indiscriminately
 President BrGson Intellectually en- deavored to quell the tumult, but finding his efforts in vain, he left the chair and suspended the sitting for quarter of an hour. The public gal= Ieries were cleared. During the inter i'm the excitement continued but at the resumption of the sitting the mem- bers were somewhat more calm.
 PuEliesi-Conti and Sarrant were both present surrounded hy friends. Sev- aral spaakers on the government and oposition sides exchanged threats. Eventually after Premier Sarrien had promised that the government would take the necessary measures to deal with the officers who mad been witness es against Dreyfus and requested that the house terminate the conflict that had been dividing Franco, a motion was Lassed expressing confidence in the government.
 The Chahmber also voted to transfer the body of Emile Zola to the Panthe- non.
 FalliereA SiEns Law.
 The Senate had an excited session in ccnectic with the Dreyfus rehabilita- flo bill. which was passed by lsS votes to 20.
 The result was greeted with en- thusiastic applause. The Picquart bill