Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1899 — FRANCE FEARS RIOTS. [ARTICLE]

FRANCE FEARS RIOTS.

Dreyfus Verdict Is Expected to Cause Disorder. As the end of the Dreyfus court martial trial comes within sight the French Government is beginning to display a fear that the verdict may give rise to troubles and orders have just been received by two regiments of infantry and one cavalry regiment, already within hail of Rennes, to hold themselves in readiness to march on the town at the first sign of disorder, to occupy all strategical points and to repress manifestations in their inception. The anti-Dreyfus organs, by their antiforeign articles, have already singled out foreigners as enemies of the country, and there is little doubt that foreign journalists will be the first victims of the violence of the mob—not so much AngloSaxons as Austrian, German and Russian Jews, who form a majority of the press representation of their respective countries.