France.

Manawatu Herald, 14 September 1899, Page 2

France.

THE DREVFUS SENSATION. An indignation meeting of Socialists was held iu Paris afcer the verdict in the Dreyfus case was announced. The supporters of the military party held a demonstration iu tha Place de la Republique to celebrate what was considered the triumph of their party. An announcement is made from Alsace where Drayfus wa? born, that the verdict of the court-martial j will serve to clinch the loyalty of j Alsace to Germany, of which Empire | i. was formed a part since the j France Prussian War. The Court-martial deliberated for I four hours and a half.

A general gasp was given by an audience oq the announcement of j. verdict of guilty. It is report, d tbat the Judgehave petitioned President Loubet to >-. mit the degradation of the prisonei f om his military rank. It is asserted by the " Temps " 'hat the extenuating circumstance. f»y * reft-r. oco »o which the Ooun. mini nl qia ifi-d ite fioding reveal h d Mibc tbf bn fh of whieh th' pri- on ris entitled to receive. An appeal against the verdict of the Court-martial haa been lodged by the prisoner. France as a whole is singularly quiet over the result of the new trial. Publie feeling in London has received a severe shock from the verdict of the Rennes court-martial, and general indignation is expressed. Advice3 received in London go to show that the whole civilised world is astonished and profoundly indignant at the finding of the Rennes Courtmartial. British and Amerioan newspapers denounce the verdiot as a monstrous perversion of justice, and as cowardly and untenable. The London " Times " in an article on the verdiot, says that the . treatment meted out to Dreyfus is the most appalling prostitution of justice that the modern world has witnessed. At St. Paul's Cathedral and io many other ehurches preachers yesterday made strongly.worded references to the finding of the Court martial. The feeling in Amerioa over the affair is especially bitter. At Annapolis, the capital of Maryland a demonstration took place, during which the French flag was burnt. German newspapers assert that the decision has raised a barrier between France and the rest of the world. A feeling of resentment exists in Berlin because of the way in whicb the Emperior William's assurances that Germany has had no relations with Dreyfus were ignored in the oourse of the trial. It is threatened that by way of resentment of the manner in whioh Dreyfus has been treated, there will be a boycott of the Paris Exhibition on the part of the Americans. M. Zola, one of the formost champions of Dreyfus, has published another notable letter in the " Aurore " on the affair. The famous novelist warns the French Government that it should no longer delay in applying to Germany for the documents ennmerated in the bordereau. If application be made, he affirms that the result will be.the providing of the " new fact " which wili necessitate revision of the Dreyfutrial. The documents, adds M. Zola, wilt come like a thunderclap from abroad unles? ju .tiea is done. A great Amerioan and Continental movement is afoot for the boycotting of the Paris Exhibition, as a protest against tbe treatment of Dreyfus. Oae of the British Commissioner. f_r the Pari3 Exhibition has resigned mri several intending British .xhibitors have decided not to be represented tbere. An attack was threatened by -Vmpathi-ers with Dreyfu9 upon the French Consulate at Milan. The police however, prevented any harm from being done. The French Consulate at BudaPesth, the capital of Hungary, was attacked, but the police succeeded iD suppressing the disturbance. Tbe French Consulates in Naples ind Vienna have been threatened by mobs. ln Chicago somo manufacturers have dismissed their Frenoh operatives in order to show their disgust of the way in which Dreyfus has been treated.