CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 13 June 1899, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

«. France. Pending th^ upw trial by court martial to which he is shortly to bf subjected, in accordance wifch th*> recenfc judgment of the Courfc of Cassation, fcbe conditions under which Captain Dreyfus is held iv custody have been considerably ameliorated. He is now being treated a3 an accused officer awaiting trial, both his uniform and his rank of captain being restored to him, In view of the late disturbance on the Auteuil racecourse aod thf treatment shown to officers there, special precautions are being tak^n by the military authorities to guard against the involvement of members of fche army in any similar occurrences. General Zurlinden, Military Go vernor of Paris, has issued a warning to the officers, and soldiers of the garrison, directing them to withdraw from any gathering at which there are indications of a demonstration. Tbe date of fche retrial of Captain Dreyfus has been fixed to be begun in August. Colonel Picquarfc, who was imprisoned for the action he took in maintaining the innocence of Captain Dreyfus, has been provi sionally released. One of the precautions taken by fche French Government when thf late Aufc uif disturbance revealed the explouve tendency of the reactionary parties was to send away from fche cifcy Major Marchaod, th' lion of the hour, least his popularity in connection with fche transAfrican expedition should be used as a means of stirring up the populace. Major Marohand, ifc now appears, resents the use thus made of bim, practically involving his banishment from Paris. In connection with the running of the Grand Prix ,de Paris to-day. the Government adopted precautions similar to those taken during the Czar's visit to Paris. j Six thousand policemen and j twenty equadrous of cavalry and many infantry were stationed throughout fche route between the Elysee and Longchamps. Detachments of troops have also been stationed beneath the grand stand on the racecourse as a further precaution against disturbances.