FRANCE.

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FRANCE.

The pardon in the Dreyfus case is said to have been the result of a compromise, by which the unfortunate Jewish Captain gave up his right to appeal to the Court of Military Revision. This, however, does not prevent his appealing to the Court of Cassation, in the event of fresh ovidonco being discovered. The pardon was accepted on the advico of the Counsel for Dreyfus, who feared that farther detention would mean a speedy death for the victim of the "Honour of the Army." In Franco ( the matter is not finished, for Zola is to be prosecuted for libel. This indomitable man, to whoso magnetic pen tho cause of justice owes so much, declares that tho world will, by reason of his trial, gain fttill further enlightenment of what is, perhaps, tho most remarkable case in the history of

modern jurisprudence. Meanwhile the work on the Exposition Building at Paris continues, and, if we are to judge by the latest reports, 1900 will see architectural and engineering feats in no way unworthy of their predecessors. May the success of 1900 help to efface the disgrace of 1899 !