Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1899 — MAY DISRUPT FRANCE. [ARTICLE]

MAY DISRUPT FRANCE.

Paris Press Fears that a Revolution Is Imminent. The Paris papers, without distinction, express indignation at the outrage of which Labori is the victim. The Temps deplores the “state of disorder into which the Dreyfus affair has dragged the country” and says that it is “high time for us to stand up and be ourselves again.” Continuing its review of the situation, the Temps observes: “Casimir-Perier testified to his wishes for a reconciliation, and we now see how far fsom it we are. Perhaps this pistol shot marks the culmination- of the crisis and will restore us to the path of good sense.” The Liberte, which holds the Government responsible as the “apostle of the anarchy that has existed for the last two years and that has sown broadcast the seeds of civil war,” says: “The outrage is only an incident in the era of catastrophes toward which the country is rushing.” The Journal Des Debats says: “The revolver shot is bound to be the end, and one fine morning it will be closely followed by the horrors of civil war, if violence, hate, contempt for justice and law and all the fanatical, anarchic and homicidal passions continue to poison the air we breathe.” The Figaro says: “In all the long series of crimes in the pages of our history this is the first time when assassination has struck down an advocate, and that, too, at the very hour when preparing to plead in defense of his client, to establish truth and to confound accusers.”