The Detroit times., 1908-06-05
GREG0R| MAY Have
BEEN ROYAL|STS'
PAWN
FRENCH NEWSPAPERS COMMENT
ON FACT THAT PHILIPPE or
ORLEANS ARRIVAL HAS FOL
LOWED DREYFus INCIDENT.

PARIS, June 5.-That Editor
Gregorl, who shot and wounded
Maj. Dreyfus. yesterday, at tho
Of royalist clique that wants TO
make Philippe Of Orleans king Of
France Is suspected by many.
L'Actlon Franchise, the royaIist
paper, has an article today by
Charles Maureas, In which he
says: There may be a rumbling
before the revolution" Leon
Daudet, son Of the poet. also
writes in the same paper:
"The real hero will be Dreyfus,
and Dreyfus may ask himself
whether this nocturnal giorifica-
ton Of modern crime will not con-
lure up a terrible dawn. He has
already heard the stroke Of mid
night"
The soIeiI, another royallst pa
per. today prints picture Of
Philippe Of Orleans and a full page
article extolIlng him. Henri
Rochefort, editor Of the Patrie, re-
marks caustlcaiiy: at would have
been a glorious death for Drey-
fus. II would have been hls first
and only time under fire."
PARIS, June 6.--Four hundred ar.
rests have been made In connection
with the attempt on the life OF MAJ.
Alfred Dreyfus, In the pantheon dur.
ing the services In honor OF Emilio
lola. whose body was being placed
there. Louis Anthehne Gregori. a
writer OF note. who fired on
Dreyfus, is the principal prisoner.
The city is decidedly uneasy today
and its atmosphere Is charged with
threats OF a volcanic political outburst.
Crowds march and sing in the streets.
and there are rumors OF royalist and
other plots with the lola canonization
rs the match TO start the flame OF
The affair has created tremendous
sensation here, and the motive of the
would-be assassin is the cause OF
much mystifcauon, for Gregori. In
stead OF being an ordinary fanatic.
such as is carried away by the politi'
cal passions Of the moment. is a man
Of mature age and was highly es-
teemed In the circles where he was
known.
Dreyfus' Condition Favorable.
Maj. Dreyfus' injuries are not seri
Gus. A bullet entered his forearm
but did not injure the bone. His con
tons are feared.
With regard to tho reasons for Gre
gori's act, the opinion prevails In
Paris that there Is much truth In his
avowal that he was driven TO the act
by the appeals TO hatred with which
the anti-Semiuc papers have been
filed since the government resolved
to place the body OF lola In the pan.
theon.
II was definitely established at the
judicial reconstruction OF the scene In
the pantheon, that Gregori fred the
first shot from behind Dreyfus. the
ball penetrating the sleeve of his coat
and burying itself In a fiowerpot at the
base OF the catafalque.
When Dreyfls wheeled at the sound
OF the defamation, he threw up his left
arm over his heart. The second shot
was fred point blank ut the breast
the bullet entering the wrist and rang
ing upward. II was located by means
Of a kaleidoscope. but was not extracted
Didn't Wish to XIII.
Gregori has made a statement 70
the police and during a second interro.
gatory ne said:
Il did not wish TO kill Dreyfus. II
Is true aimed at him, but | only
wanted to Craze him. My object was
to protest against the participation OF
the army in the glorification Of lola
and the rehabilitation OF Dreyfus. Ny
blow was aimed less at Dreyfus than
at Dreyfusism"