Show NEW RULE IN FRANCE Drefus receives the benefit of the new law respecting French prisoners since his return from Devils island Formerly suspects were not permitted to communicate wIth counsel until the civil or mllltarY authorities had exhausted ex-hausted their ingenuity In trying to extort ex-tort a confession from the person accused ac-cused It may be recaJled that Drcfus was held for seventeen days durIng whlcll period he was pestered with traps propositions pro-positions threats promises and misrepresentations mis-representations until life was a burden to him before his attorney M De mange was permitted to talk with him PrIsoners now have the right to see and advise with lawyers wIthin twen tfour hours after the arrest Is made One or the objects and immediate consequences of the new law Is to put a top to brutal InquJsltons In the dark cell and confrontations as they are known at the morgue CrIminal procedure pro-cedure in France Is intensely dramatic judging as well by the dally news reports re-ports as by the descrIption of novelists who invariably introduce court scenes into their stories for dramatic effect Drefus has been In daily consultrl tlon with his lawyers since his return I This is no special favor extended to hIm but a rule that defendants gen I emIly wIll insist upon hereafter in iirance |