The Dreyfus Case.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 5, 8 June 1899, Page 1

The Dreyfus Case.

|Dreyfus, on being informed of tfrfc deeesion pf the Court , of ' Cassation.,, cabled to his Wife that -he welconieifl the hour of justice, and was awaiting^' the retrial /witft* confidence. B(p" x arrives at "Brest on the 26th \iust,, , Most of the antirevisipnjst organs bow to the judgment of the Court. Only three, including M. Eochetdrt'a and M, Drummit's journals, are irreconcilable^ J\j[. Blowitz states that the prosecution of General Mercter arid others is a necessary sequence to the judgement; > ' v The English newspapers rejoice that the law is supreme. The German papers declare that falsehood and moral confusion have ended. The Russian journals acclaim France's rehabilitation. M. Zola, since his airival in Paris, has challenged the authorities to arrest him. Writing to the newspaper L'Aoirore, he says that unless an aweinspiring example is made ol the High placed guilty parties in connection with the Dreyfus case, the masses will not believe in the immensity of the crime. — ' The L oiirt of Cassation was unanimously in favour of a revision af the Dreyfus sentence. M. Loubet declares that he will firmly enforce the (authority placed m him. ' The French cruiser Isfax will bring Dreyfus to France. • , General Rouget has been transferred to the Command ot the 10th division of the Fifth Army Corps, quartered ale Orleans. „ * * 'The prosecution of Boisdefire and Gouse is dependent on the result o the trial ot I'aty dv Clam. The Cabinet have decided to prosecute E&terhazy for procuring and using portions oi the 'secret dosier. M. Le'bret. Republican' Deputy fqr I Caen, submitted a, question to the I Chamber of Deputies lor the impeachment ot M.'Memer for communication of secret documents. M. Mereier -ex-, pects < to . gi\ c evidence before Judge itennea, atidjthe Chamber decided tc> ; consider thiTrriatter after Junge^ lien- ,'. rie l^ haH'gi^en his verdict., M. Pup.wj' .4. 4 dfiieied no to this course. , \ '