NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ENGLISHMEN of all creeds and parties heard on Friday
with a feeling of heartfelt satisfaction that the Court of Cassation had quashed the verdict of the Rennes Court-Martial against Captain Dreyfus without ordering a new trial. There was no foundation, declared the Court, for any of the charges. As a result a Bill will be introduced into the Chamber providing for the readmission of Captain Dreyfus into the Army, with promotion probably to the rank of Major, and also for the readmission of Colonel Picquart, with the rank of General of Brigade. Captain Dreyfus's final words to the representative of the Temps are touching and dignified in their simplicity. "I am now at the end of my suffering. My honour is restored." The end of a tragedy so odious in its inception, so terrible in its developments, will produce a sense of profound relief among the friends of France throughout the world.
