| Show I TUi TRIAL Ol I ZOLA I The trial of Kmllc Zola the noted French novelist Is I another part of the Iraglol farce If the expression be nl wdof which the conviction of Captain Cap-tain Dreyfus as a traitor to Trance was tho opening act In countries whore the 1 sentiments of the people are less eruptive than In the republic by the Seine It Is difficult to understand how ho fate of till army officer with no higher rank than caplaln can cause such commotion un to shake the whole country to Us foundations True Drejfus was rich and popular nnd had Influential friends but the passions Ills case has aroused the Mysterious attitude of the government and the violent vio-lent outbursts or mobs In various parts ot the country cannot ho accounted r solely on these grounds nelow the surface must be some Mighty forces at work tho true nature of which only the Initiated know All the world over army officers love before this ben Lourtmartlaled deported nod Imprisoned Impris-oned without the slightest sign of tile lurbone Other ot provincial or no llonal extent The Dreyfus case Indifferent I In-different It hOB divided Franco In two hostile camps and awakened Interest Inter-est throughout the civilized world In 189 Dreyfus was accused of high treason tried and convicted It was claimed that he had sold state secrets to some foreign government either Gpnnnny or Itussla but the proofs wr kept from the public on the pre nse that the I foreign relations of France would l be endangered should the facts become known Without any evidence ns far ns known to the pub lie the unfortunate omcr wo found guilty and In accordance with the sentence sen-tence of the court stripped of his military mili-tary honors and sent for life to nn Island off the coast of French Guiana and there confined like a wild beast In on Iron rage From time to time ns public sympathy has been aroused In Ills hhalt Ills punishment has been og raated It Is I claimed as If the Inten Ion wero to end his case by torturing him to death The Interest manifested In the matter outside of Franco can be explained on the ground that for hu nahltarlan reasons It may be well took to-ok i whether In this age and In a rePublic re-Public n mon may he condemned toIl to-Il w torturo without any apparent evidence That t concerns the world The law In France appears to be that nn Innocently convicted mon cannot to released until his Innocence he l proven by fastening the guilt upon somebody else For this reason the bl Other ot Dreyfus accused Major Us lerhy of being the real traitor The latter was tried and acquitted Then nillo Zola stepped on the stage and In a newspaper article accused the leads of the French army and some members of the cabinet of having knowinglY know-Ingly convicted nn InnocenC man He demanded to be tried and given an opportunity op-portunity to Prove his accusations This step 1 he took In order to force the government gov-ernment to reopen the Drejtus case Xola6 newspaper article was pointed Te says ha does not believe an act of reason ban been committed The whole thing Is I the outcome of the hysterical hallucinations of Lieut Col Paly du Clam The evidence against Dreyfus he reviews an follows Ho know several languages that Win against him Not a single com uniting document been found In his poisesMon that stamps him as a criminal He sometimes visits Alsace the land pf his birth another crime I r W 1 tht cf He Is energetic he wants to learn everything crime He Is I calm In Ihe i Presence of his accusers another crime Ile becomes restless ot loot morn proof of his guilt eWe are told the judges first acquitted him Then the secret locumenl that overwhelming proof 01 Ills guilt which no one Is I allowed to see which renders the whole proceeding proceed-ing lawful before which all must how their heads this divine Invisible mys Urlous document Is I brought forward and he la I declared guilty I deny that there H I mull n document I deny It most emphatically I deny that there Is I such a docu lent I deny It most emphatically rurther on the nOIIIl i vpecifles Ills charg Ile orlys I accuse Ilcut col Poly du Clan oj being the hellish cause of vile actions though be I may have ilonu wrong wl till out knowing It IVacculoi General 1lrrnlrr ot Aeak items In becoming a Party to the got est act or InJulh of the century I accuse CInornl I lllllot tho minister of war of being In possession of jroeifs tint I Dresfus Alan Innocent but he Kept lUBo ptoofa secret and comtnltteel the time of perversion of Junko In order to save the deeply compromised genial gen-ial staff 11 I accuse General 1101Iflr and General Irouse 01 being partlPs to this rime the one from clericalism the other from a mistaken sense ot exprit d e corps whleh makes him think the ministry of war la I a veritable ooe tum Ctncral rellleux and Major rtovary I accuse of monstrous partiality I accuse the war office of having started n shameful campaign In the dally paper In order to lead astray public opinion i pubile rourtmartlal I accuse of violation viola-tion of Justice and law by having eon lcted the accusce upon eUdencet contained con-tained In a secret deKiiment o 6 I do not know personally the men i hom I accuse I have nr twen them am not vengeful against them do not hate them To me they are only i rcpretentatheB eit n social I floreI only on-ly wish for lI hln the name of humanity hu-manity Hhlrh hAs 8uflrd ao mh I and han so much tight to he happy My fiery protest Is I only the outcry ol my hart Irng mo before the court of nsFica and let I lily examination be In the glare of dayt 1 I nil 1 waiting for It Well Kola has been brought to trial not because of these terrible accusations ac-cusations against high officials but tc answer for his denunciation of the leihazy July the verdict of which he said was found In accordance w Ith higher command Not < on the main i accusation but on the comparatively unimportant oldrIpsur Zola 13 I now placed on trlnl I The telegraphic rcport or the proceedings I pro-ceedings In court yesterday rebruory 8 give on Ills ot ho excitement that Prevails In France Vast crowds fight I for entrance to the performance Zola I Is greeted with cheers and with hisses Vive ZOlalA ban Zola Death to Zola Such are the mingled cries of n frantic audience Letters arc read from witnesses who refuse to tostlfyMadame M Dreyfu U I prevented by the presiding Judge from telling her Fiery number of questions by Zohvs lawyer are not permitted Documentary evidence Is I ruled out M CoslmlrPerler expres iftnt of France It I examined although at the outset he declares It his duty not to tell the whole truth The court then rises and the shouts for or against Zolo are renewed A mob composed of mn find womn threatens lo kill him and with much difficulty he Is I rescued by the police Such Is I a ttlal nt which the honor of France Is I nt stake What tho final I outcome will be la I not possible to foresee It la I believed that If It can be proven that the government gov-ernment line sacrificed an Innocent man In order to shield corruption In tho army n revolution may be looked for and It this In I Been coming the temptation to plunge the country Into a foreign war will be very strong In the meantime hatred against the Jew In I being stirred up and mobs take advantage ad-vantage pf the situation nnd band together to-gether for violence and plunder |
