THE DREYFUS CASE-

Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 488, 16 September 1899, Page 3

THE DREYFUS CASE-

PARDON EXPECTED

BOYCOTT OF EXHIBITION

[UNITKD PRESS ASSOCIATION.] (BY ELKCTBIC TKLKOKAPn— COFYBIOHT). Paris, September 14. The French are dismayed at the prospect of the boycott on the Exhibition.

There is a growing expectation that Dreyfus will get an early pardon. Dreyfus is a physical wreck. He can only t»ke a milk diet. The newspaper Figaro, referring to the iudignatiow expressed outside of France in connection with the verdict of the Rennes Court-martial, points out that the French nation is not responsible for the verdict, and that millions of Frenchmen are indignant because of what they regard as a gross miscarriago of justice. Other French papers publish inflammatory articles in regard to the Transvaal as a set-off against British strictures re the result of the Courtmartial at Kennps.

Nbw York, September 13.

The Mayors of fifty American cities demand a boycott of the Paris Exhibition. .

London, September 13. The movement against the Paris Exhibition is spreading in Europe. The Governments of the various European countries intend to maintain a neutral attitude.

English charter options enabling vessels to call at French ports are being cancelled. The annual influx of visitors to the Riviera is threatened.

English solicitors employed by the French Consulate here hare resigned. Melbourne, September 14. A large meeting of citizens decided to ask the Mayor to oonvene a meeting to protest against tbe Dreyfus sentence. The Mayor, who was absent in Brisbane, had previously replied by wire that, while feeling as strongly as anyone the injustice ot the Dreyfus sentence, he deprecated public action to criticise the act of a foreign State.

Hobart, September 14. In the Legislative Assembly, Mr Gilmore, without notice, asked leave to move in favour of the Premier communicating with other Premiers •with a view to adopting an address to the Queen, expressing regret at tbe failure of justioe in the Dreyfus case. The Premier said he regretted the motion had been sprung on the House. Leave to move wbb refused. Sydney, Beptemborl4. An influential meeting decided to ask the Mayor to convene a meeting to protest against the infamous verdict, and tender sympathy with Dreyfus and his wife.