Evening journal., 1908-06-04
BOLD ATTEMPT
TO KILL DREYFUS
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and without further ado turned and
proceeded on his way to the point where
he was to review the parade.
Meanwhile Majcr DreyfJs displayed
the greatest courage and begged all
present to be quiet and not allow any
one to know what had taken place. Pc
assuring uose about him, he walked
through a side door, unassisted. TO his
automobile and was hurried home.
where surgeons examined his wounds
and announced that while they would
prove exceedingly painful were not
necessarily serious.
As a result Of the coolness Of Fresi-
dent Fallieres and the prompt work
OF the gendarmes coupled with the fact
that the music had drowned the sound
OF the pistol shots, it was some time
before the rumors Of the attempted
murder reached the crowds which pack
ed the streets. And even then the pres
ence of President Fallieres Dubost
Brison. the foreign ministers, includ-
ing Ambassador White standing on the
steps calmly reviewing the troops tried
TO discredit the reports.
The ceremonies began at $50 and
long before this time thousands of per-
sons thronged the approaches to the
Pantheon, standing in the broiling sun
and Jeering or hooting as their sympa-
thies dictated as the various carriages
containing the guests arrived.
Police Everywhere.
Gendarmes were everywhere I'm eyi-
dence. The spirit of the crowd seemed
a ri "a.
mischief.
But the French police always inclined
to take themselves seriously were view
ing the entire affair from that stand
point. Early in the day they made
many arrests. President Fallieres en-.
tered the building between a Gordon
OF cuirassiers, the arrests had then
reached the hundreds.
In the centre of the Pantheon was
an immense catafalque draped in pur-
pie and adorned with monograms, about
which huge funeral torches were kept
blazing. The stand facing the cata-
falque was occupied by President Fall
Heres, his cabinet, the minister of state
and city dignitaries. United States
Ambassador White was one of the few
prominent members Of the diplomatic
corps present, most of the others hav-
ing declined to attend.
Major Dreyfus. who had been closely
associated with zola, was seated con-
spicuously by the side of Minister
Doumergue, the speaker of the day
Lauding Zola.
Following the opening Of the cere-
monies by the singing of the AIarseillaise
and the playing of Beethoven's funeral
march, Doumergue began his address,
lauding zolas literary and political
work and explaining the justice of his
receiving the highest honors France
could accord him.
The attack on Dreyfus and the out
breaks that have marked the transfer
of zola's body to the Pantheon are
but an expression of the continuing
hatred felt for Dreyfus by the war
party of France. Zola's advocacy OF
Dreyfus' cause especially his writing
of the famous JAceuse letter made him
bitterly hated by the same set as op-
posed Dreyfus.
In his JAccuse letter Zola bitterly
assailed the conduct of the trial of
Dreyfus and came to the defense of the
man charged with the betrayal of army
secrets to the Germans in such a vigor-
GUS manner that though Zola has been
dead nearly six years his advocacy of
Dreyfus' cause has not been forgotten
Since the first day it was proposed
to take zola's body from Mont Martre
cemetery and give IL a resting place
in the Pantheon there has been a stofla
of protest from certain quarters. AS
the body was brought TO the Pantheon
last night, the streets were lined with
people, half of whom were shouting
"Vive zola," and the other half CON
spuez zola"
Gregoire in his post as military editor
of the Gaulois. was brought in close
touch with the army and his sympa-
thies were naturally with the opponents
Of Dreyfus and Zola- He considered
ne transfer Of zola's body to the PAN
theon as a sacrilege and openly de
nounced the government for permitting
il.