THE DREYFUS VERDICT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 217, 13 September 1899, Page 4

THE DREYFUS VERDICT.

A MORAL SEDAN,

A GREAT THUNDER-CLAP,

GREAT FOREIGN BOYCOTT,

PARIS, September 12.

M. Zola, the novelist, describes the Rennes verdict in the Dreyfus case as a moral Sedan, He warns the Government to apply to Germany for the documents enumerated in the bordereau, thus providing a fait nouveau, necessitating a revision of the Dreyfus trial. Otherwise, he says, the denouement will come like a thunderclap, from abroad, unless justice is done.

M. Labori declares the truth was told at the Zola trial in November.

M. Reinaeh declares the pardon of the prisoner would be accepted as a transitional measure, preparatory to formal rehabilitation.

M. Pressense. writing in L'Aurore, contends that the omission to define the period of police surveillance is a fatal flaw in the verdict.

LONDON, September 12.

The Times states the Zola letter came as a thuuder-clap. Doubtless he means that Germany could publish the bordereau documents, showing their origin, and clearing- Dreyfus.

The Daily News states that General Mercier showed the judges secret forged documents, implicating the Emperor of Germany.

The Temps and Debats urge pardon in the interest of pacification.

A great American and Continental movement is afoot to boycott the Paris Exhibition. Several British exhibits have been withdrawn, and one British Commissioner has resigned.

The Novoe Vremya applauds the French Army's victory, but most educated Russians deplore the. result.

The Cologne Gazette says that the Emperor of Germany's decisive declaration that Dreyfus .is innocent, ought to have convinced any unprejudiced judge. - '' ' ' ' Mobs at Naples and Vienna threatened the French Consulates.

Chicago manufacturers have dismissed French operatives.