. The Dreyfus case . e,too small to contain his offence, yet too large inproportion to the punishment his crime deserves. Justice Immanent! The Greeks called it AnankS; the Musulmans,Fate ; Gambetta, Immanent Justice. The Christiansproclaim therein the Finger of God. . To think that this monstrous Israelite shouldcome forward and threaten the ctat major of theFrench army, which is made of the blood andbone of our country, threaten its members withrevelations such that they all ought to flee andhide themselves like the most abject criminals! Then the text in which once more the actionof immanen


. The Dreyfus case . e,too small to contain his offence, yet too large inproportion to the punishment his crime deserves. Justice Immanent! The Greeks called it AnankS; the Musulmans,Fate ; Gambetta, Immanent Justice. The Christiansproclaim therein the Finger of God. . To think that this monstrous Israelite shouldcome forward and threaten the ctat major of theFrench army, which is made of the blood andbone of our country, threaten its members withrevelations such that they all ought to flee andhide themselves like the most abject criminals! Then the text in which once more the actionof immanent justice reveals itself is given. Itis the verdict of the glorious five officers whodeprived Joseph Reinach of his rank in the terri-torial army. The council of the Legion of Honouris then exhorted to deprive the Jew of his decora-tion ; and Joseph Reinach, along with Zola andDe Pressense, have lost their badge of honour, whichwas left to Esterhazy as late as November sacramental diatribe ended thus:—. PAUL CAVAIGNAC. Pag^e 272. HENRY THE FORGER 273 And for others also Immanent Justice lies inwait; for all the insulters of the army, for all thehirelings of the foreigner, for all the detractors ofour military chiefs, for all who heap calumny onFrance, all the rastas Italian, German, and English,who, like accomplished traitors, enriching them-selves off the largesses of our country, take shelterunder our national flag, the better to be able, whenthe day and hour are announced, to betray it tothe hereditary enemy. It is thine, 0 Immanent Justice, to overtakeand punish them, that they may be spared thecommitting of fresh crimes, France the uselessshedding of blood, the hearts of patriots new tor-tures, French mothers fresh tears ! M. Castelins long-threatened interpellation cameon at last on July 7, 1898. By this time theelections were over, and of the newly-constitutedChamber M. Paul Deschanel was President in placeof M. Brisson, who, by a shake of the politicalkaleido


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