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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO 1898:'J'Accuse ... '

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From: International Herald Tribune
Date: 19980114
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International Herald Tribune
01-14-1998
PARIS The letter which M. Emile Zola publishes in the Aurore under the title of ''J'accuse ... '' is addressed to the President of the Republic. He appeals to M. Felix Faure to intervene in favor of truth and justice. M. Zola's contention is that the deus ex machina of the Dreyfus case is Colonel du Paty de Clam. He it was who thought of dictating the bordereau to Dreyfus. M. Emile Zola concludes as follows: ''I have only one passion, that for light, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and which has a right to happiness. My passionate ...

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