Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1899 — TO BOYCOTT PARIS EXPOSITION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO BOYCOTT PARIS EXPOSITION

Report* from All Parts of Civilization Wonld Indicate Thta Result. Reports from all pnrts of the world indicate a general boycotting of the Paris exposition because of the verdict in the Dreyfus case. Germany will doubtless lead in this effective condemnation of the nation which bears the Dreyfus scandal. Although the various governments have already been allotted space for exhibits and their buildings are uuder way, it is

probable that many of the powers will decide to abandon their plans for the big fair. Where it will be impossible for the governments to cancel arrangements individual exhibitors will refuse to participate aud they predict utter failure for what was to have been the crowning event of the century. jp The lamdon press is open in denouncing the judgment of the Kennes court. Lending papers of Russia. Germany, Austria. Italy. Hungary and other nations unite in advocating a boycott of the exposition. In the United States, from which France expected to draw thousands of visitors, a similar movement is said to be on foot. From many New York pulpits Sunday the verdict of the Dreyfus court martial was denounced in unmeasured terms. Evs- ‘ erywhere in the city, where the result of the court martiul was discussed, the judges who rendered the verdict of guilty were severely criticised. Iu Chicago this feeliug has been noticed everywhere. From gray-bearded men of business to the newsboys there is now a feeliug of ?■■■ repulsion for • all that appertains to France. In his pulpit at the First Bap- ' tist Church the Rev. P. 8. Henson dell dared Dreyfus a martyr and said the decision was a disgrace in the eyes of jus- | Among the reports from Berlin that of s. the Cologne Gazette is very significant. The Gazette says: "This verdict stamps '' France as belonging to the barbaric middle ages. A wall has been established r between France and the remainder of the world.”

DREYFUS’ TWO CHILDREN.