Evening Herald - Thursday, November 28, 1895
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Zola denies that he has signed a petition in favour of Oscar Wilde, or that he has even seen the document in question. He says :—"Why should French literary men make a beginning in this business rather than their German, or, above all, their English colleagues?" He seems to regard the whole thing as having a suspicious resemblance to an advertisement, and concludes his remarks upon the subject with the significant words, "Et j’ai peur d’etre dupe."