The Morning News

PUBLIC DEMANDS
REVISION.

FRENCH CABINET TO MEET TO-DAY
AND
DECIDE THE QUESTION.

A Revision the Only Method of Satisfying Public
Feeling - President
Faure Returns to Paris and Con-
fers With the Ministers-Said to
Oppose Revision - Gen. Zurlinden
Thought to Be M. Cavaignac's Suc-
cessor - Resignation of the Minis-
ter of War May Cause Other Minis-
ters to Step Out - Mme. Dreyfus'
Appeal to the Minister of Justice.

Paris, Sept. 4.-Owing to the resignation
of M. Godefroy Cavaignac of the ministry
of war, President Faure returned to Paris
this morning and conferred with M. Del-
casse, minister for foreign affairs; M.
Bourgeois, minister of public education,
and Gen. Zurlinden.

The cabinet will meet to-morrow, ex-
pressly to deal with a request from Mme.
Dreyfus for a revision of the proceedings
of the court martial that condemned her
husband.

As the cabinet is now practically unani-
mously in favor of revision-partly be-
cause the ministers are aware that
there is no other method of satisfying
public feeling-the outcome of the meeting
is almost a foregone conclusion.

It is not thought that M. Cavaignac's
retirement will cause the resignation of
other ministers. The fact that Gen. Zur-
linden has been in conference with M.
Faure is taken to mean that he will suc-
ceed M. Cavaignac at the war office.

The ministerial conferences, which have
been continued throughout the day, have
had to do with the details of revision.
There is no foundation for the report that
the chambers will be immediately con-
voked.

According to Le Soir, M. Faure, who re-
ceived M. Cavaignac to-day, strongly
urged him to withdraw his resignation.
The paper also asserts that at the coun-
cil to-morrow the President will endeavor
to prevent a decision in favor of revision.
On the same authority it is announced
that Gen. Roger, chief of M. Cavaignac's
military staff, will retire, at his own re-
quest. The name of Gen. Saussier, for-
merly military governor of Paris, is men-
tioned in connection with the war office
portfolio.

In her letter to M. Sarrien, the minister
of justice, Mme. Dreyfus says she ad-
dresses him again, since he alone has the
right to demand revision on the ground of
a "new fact." She argues that Lieut. Col.
Henry's admission of forgery deprives his
depositions and acts of all weight, and
concludes her appeal by calling upon M.
Sarrien to "listen to the voice of public
opinion and put an end to the punishment
of a loyal and innocent man."

The Temps, Liberté and Journal des
Debats express regret at M. Cavaignac's
obduracy asserting that it adds to the
difficulties of the situation.

The services at the interment of the re-
mains of Lieut. Col. Henry at Pachy yes-
terday were civil, the Bishop of Chalons
having forbidden religious services.
Several staff officers were present at the
ceremony.

Declines the Portfolio.

London, Sept. 5.-The Paris correspon-
dent of the Daily News says that both
Gen. Saussier and Gen. Zurlinden have de-
clined the war office portfolio.