treets in small groups,
uttering cries against Zola and the Jews, and have been dispersed by the
police.

It is said also that cries of "Long live the Emperor" have been heard.

This suggests that the excitement may affect the Government, after all,
in spite of its apparent security in recent years.

In Paris this seems to be a very easy thing to do. More than once the
Government has been overturned by the mob.

In spite of their bitter experiences, the French people of to-day are
very like the French people of a little more than a hundred years ago.

But the French people of a hundred years ago were very badly governed
and had terrible grievances.

At present, the French are well governed by rulers of their own
choosing.

It is very likely that those who cried out for the Emperor were either
jokers, or people eager to add to the excitement, or else paid agents of
the Imperial party, which still hopes to restore the descendants of the
first Napoleon to the throne of France.

So far, the mob has accomplished nothing, and the Government has stood
firm.

In the Chamber of Deputies, however, the discussion of the Dreyfus case
has led to very serious complications.

One of the members, ex-Minister Cavaignac, declared that a report
existed, written by Captain Lebrun-Renaud, of the French army, which
gave an account of a confession of guilt made by Captain Dreyfus.
Monsieur Cavaignac blamed the Government for keeping silent about this
confession, on the ground that by its silence it had practically led to
a reopening of the case. If the Government would declare, he said, that
the publication of the confession would involve some foreign Power, this
would end further discussion of the matter. Otherwise, the whole case
ought to be made public.

Premier Meline replied that such a confession existed, but the
Government had decided not to publish it, as it would change the
character of a case that had already been settled by competent judges.
There was, besides, he acknowledged, another cause for keeping silence,
the very cause that had made the trial secret. This was not "excessively
great," but it was customary to conduct all such trials in secrecy, and
the custom was not to be violated in this instance.

The Premier then criticised the newspapers that had taken sides with
Dreyfus, and added that the Government had done right in calling Zola to
account for insulting the army.

The President of the Chamber, Monsieu