eeds that of any
other powers." As the British trade is now reported to be nearly ten
times as great as that of any other power, there is no immediate
prospect of a change.

* * * * *

The sentence of Zola to a year's imprisonment and to the payment of a
fine of $600 has been only the beginning of extraordinary proceedings in
France, resulting from his trial.

Colonel Picquart, who has been a strong champion of ex-Captain Dreyfus,
has been expelled from the French army without a pension, and he is also
for three years to be constantly watched by the police.

Furthermore, the papers and the public men who have been conspicuous in
their defence of Zola and of Dreyfus have been warned to cease their
agitation. Even some of the foreign correspondents have received hints
from the governmental authorities that if they are not more careful in
their statements with regard to the Dreyfus case, they will be obliged
to leave the country.

* * * * *

It is hard to believe that such a state of affairs can exist in a
civilized country. The position of the French Government has been so
clearly defined, however, by the French Premier, Monsieur Meline, that
it is plain the French republic has for a time become almost a
despotism, ruled by a tyrant known as the French army, which is, of
course, the cause of all the trouble. In the Chamber of Deputies the
other day Monsieur Meline remarked:

"After military justice civil justice has declared itself. It has
proclaimed that the members of the court-martial were honest men, who
obeyed their consciences. The Zola trial has ended the confusion made by
those who presumed to put themselves above the laws of the country.
Those who appeared in court were not there as subordinates of the
Minister of War, but as individual witnesses under nobody's orders.

"Certain generals may have been led on too far, but they were led on by
the defence. One general no doubt spoke a word too much, but remember
the accusations that were flung in his face. They ascribed to officers
hidden intentions to undermine our institutions, but the French army
cannot be an army of one man. There is not a single officer capable of
an attempt against the country, for our officers have other dreams."

From this speech it is plain that the French Government is exerting its
power to crush the present movement in favor of Dreyfus. But those who
have followed th