Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29
FRANCE
DEFENDER OF DREYFIS

ure. compare and examine. as was don,
| for Paul Jones body later on.
When they opened Volta Tres tomb there
could not be shadow of a douat. The
very face was perfect N resemblance -
the death mask OF the great philosopher
Dreaming Jean Jacques had not lasted
go we'll but the skull being measured. In,
teeth counted. rings Identified. and SO OF.
Berthelot took Up the skull, saying revsr-
emily:
In this brain case there worked mighty
schemes for the regeneration of humanity
Messieurs behold the head OF Rouss Az.
AS short time ago 1889 parliament
decreed that the remains of four more
revolutionary or Napoleonic heroes he
! transported to the Pantheon. They wer,
Lazare Carnot. grandfather Of the mar
tyred president: Marceau. colonel al six
teen and general at twenty two: Raudin,
the republican revolutionary congressma1
OF lSiS who. on the barbados cried.
This is how die for 81 a day" and
de La Tour d'Aurergne the premier
grenader Of France.
Great stories could be told OF each ~
| these four worthless, and I cannot pass
La Tour d'Auvergne. His heart is in
! silver case al the Invalides He was a
! French captain strangely beloved by his
men before. during and after the revolt
/ ton. Once. in the valley OF Roncpvaux
! the Spanish fed at the mere knowledge
| that he had Joined the French forces,
Late in life. in the Napoleonic era he
| lived. Old and full of honors. with his
| friend lie Brigant.
Three of LIE Brigants sons had been
! killed in the armies of Napoleon. When
/ the fourth was drafted La Tour
| d Auvergne said:
He stays with his father; Tn GO in his
/ place" He was accepted. named the
/
! killed shortly afterward in Germany.
! Napoleon decreed that at the roll call
each morning. his name never be omitted
de La Tour d'Auvergne."
Dead on the field of honor" answers
! back the senior sergeant.
President Carnot's body was put in the
Pantheon crypt with procession second
/ only to that honoring Victor Hugo. A
year ago it was Berthelot. Now II Is
lola To give you an idea OF the grand
lose ceremony. the whole garrison Of
! Paris. .e.WO men. will pass before tho
body of the French novelist who risked
his popularity In taking up the cause OF
Capt. Dreyfus.
! At p. m. of the day previous lola 8
body will be taken from the Montmartre
! cemetery to the Pantheon by the famous
mounted republican guard. II will be "A
silent. solemn transport. all the eclat being
reserved for the great day of April >.
At the Pantheon, to receive the body,
there will be the minister OF public IN.
struction with the family and a few
friends only.
Amid magnificent funeral decorations
that are coming up already from all
parts of France. the coffin will lie in the
center of the nave. watched all night by
the army.
AT 10 o'clock of April @ to the solemn
crashing of all the military music OF the
capital and the booming of cannon from
all the forts. the president of the repub-
lie. with the other dignitaries and m !,
army will arrive at the doors of the
| Pantheon.
Inside. great choirs from the Conserva-
toire discourse in the presence of the
privileged. Outside. the "Marseilaise -
2G.ooo soldiers, and mutitudes beyond
counting.
They do these things we'll in France: :
and any American visitor who shall have
the luck to be inside the Pantheon on
this occasion will he struck by mingling
OF admiration and solemn feelings as
he glances from the coffin Of Emile
Zola to the frescoes round the Pantheon
! walls
In picture or in their remains down in
the crypt great citizens of France of most
diverse opinions here are honored. Joan
or Arc the Warrior-girl. and Genevieve.
/ who abhored strife. might have a word
| of argument together. There is Denis
having his head meekly cut off for his
falkland Clovis. Just converted to IT,
moving down with norr1d slaughter those
| who had not his opinions: yet both were
great patriotic Frenchmen.
In the crypt Noltaire will wake at mid
night to tease Jean-Jacques with his bit
ing wit. Yet both would join with Victor
Hugo TO show Marshall Lannes and Mar
ceau that their politics were depIorab.e.
The Napoleonic statesmen differ with
those of the restoration. Be sure that
Sadi Carnot is in disagreement on a
lot of subjects with Lazare Carnot his
vivid grandfather. Berthelot the gentle
thinker-who was even against vivisec-
tion-'as not much in common with de
La Tour d'Auvergne, who worshpped
Glory
Orh thing holds them all together. It Is
carved upon the portico:
To great men. the grateful Father
land!' And Emile Zola. the great writer
who by his defense Of an unfairly tried
French captain risked his all to raise
France up to the respect of nations has
his place we'll earned among them-hon-
ored in their secret hearts by every grade
of Frenchmen! STERLING HELLO.