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The Trial of M. Zola: Advocate-General Van Cassel, 1898. 'The foreman rose, his hand upon his heart, and in clear tones announced the verdict of "Guilty" against Zola and his publisher on all counts. Shouts of triumph went up in Court - "Vive l'Armée!" "Vive la France!" "A bas Zola!" That last cry provoked a retort from the condemned man: "You are cannibals!" Then the Court pronounced judgment: a year's imprisonment and a fine of three thousand francs. The imprisonment, one hastens to add, is not one of extreme austerity. It allows of daily visits from Madame Zola, and of a contract with a restaurant-keeper hard by. The dismissal of Colonel Picquart and the disgrace visited on other official witnesses for the defence have followed the verdict, in accordance, no doubt, with the popular feeling in Paris, though without any approving consent of onlookers from other lands.' From "Illustrated London News", 1898.