The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-03
Dreyfus Affair Again Before
Public Of France.
JAPAN CONSIDERABLE OF ALL
DIR. MotOnO, MIkadO's Representa-
tive at st. Petersburg, Denies Frie-
tiOn Regarding Fisheries in Man
ehurIa-OrGanizatf of France
Net Satisfied with Legislation.

inglorious battles and petty intrigues Of
the Dreyfus affair have not yet been re-
moved, and some men who fought in the
cause OF justice and freedom-and the
memories of some men-have not yet been
paid the honor due to them by France.
In the newspapers. side by side with the
announcement that the Council Of the
Order" the committee of barristers whose
word is law in all matters Of etiquette
and professional duty at the bar, has
withdrawn its edict of 1898 against NJ.
Leblois. appears the report Of a meeting
Of the committee which is erecting a
statue of scheurer-Kestner in the Lux
embourg Gardens. Maitre Lebloi8 was
consulted by Col (now GEM Picquart.
when he was arrested on a charge Of
forgery in 1885.
1t is well known now that the case
against Col Picquart was fabricated in
order to prevent Col. Picquart from d.
vulging the truth IN the Dreyfus case.
Feeling ran high; the majority Of the bar
was anti-Dreyfusard, and on .he pretext
that he had been consulted by an official
at the war Office, although not officially
attached to the department. Maitre Le-
blois was prevented from practicing by
an order OF the Barristers' Council, which
suspended him for six months. The stig-
ma remained after the six months, and
II has only just been removed by the
Barrlsters' Council repeating their ruling
Of March e. 1898. ". Seheurer-K estner
was the first parliamentarian who openly
Judgment. He was one OF the pioneers
who prepared the way for a retrial. But
this Is not his only claim 10 honor. He
was one Of several notable Alsatians who
chose to be homeless rather than change
their nationality when Alsace and LOr-
raine were annexed in ISL. The statue,
which is in marble, after some models by
Dalou. will be unveiled in about six
weeks.
The Paris Temps publishes an account
of an interview with Or. Motono, Jap
anese Minister in St Petersburg. who is
represented 10 have said:
'The reports Of a RussO-Jspanese dis
agreement and Of arbitration being neces-
sary are unfounded II is simply a mat
ter Of Interpretation and not Of principle
In connection with the conclusion Of the
fisheries convention. So far as the
commerce and navigation treaty is con
cerned some side issues alone remain 10
be settled Japan has By no means de-
manded the opening Of the Amur 20 Jap
.anese vessels She has merely claimed
the right of navigation on the Sungari,
which waters NIanchuria, and that is in
pursuance Of the principle of the open
door IN Manchuria- All the other stories
are pure inventions. The slowness OF the
negotiations Is due TO the distance be
tween the two countries: but have never
been anxious about the outcome Of the
negotiations. Russo-Japanese relations
are al present Of the best
a quarrel is developing between the
French governments labor department,
presided over by NJ. Viyiani. one Of the
Social deputies for the department Of the
Seine. and certain labor organizations OF
the capital. particularly the Bakery En-
ployes Union, which consider that the
governments labor legislation, though
framed on broadly SociaIstic lines, does
not yield sufficiently far-reaching results.
Especially do they demand the authorize
ton for their appointed delegates 20 ac-
company police inspectors who are de
tailed 70 supervise and visit workshops,
bakeries. &c. for the purpose Of cnforc-
ing the weekly day OF rest regulations.
Even the Socialist minister cannot see
his way 10 requiring shOpowners 70 turn
their work places into permanent private
views for walking delegates. and NJ. Vi
viani has informed the memorialists that
the law cannot be twisted into compliance
with their demands. The malCOntent Ia
Dor organizations evidently consider that
the government policy may be twisted
into rendering the law more plastic, and
much agitation is promised in labor Social
list circles.
The following official statement, the
second Of its kind IN weeks. has been is
sued in Belgrade:
All sorts of misleading fabrications
have lately been issued to the world by