The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 2, 1898, Page 1

VOLUME L SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1898 PRICE FIVE CENTS OFFICIALS SUSPECTED OF | ABETTING HENRY'S SUICID PARTY IN FAVOR OF REVISION IS GROWING HOURLY Now There Is a Suspicion That Colonel Henry Sacrificed Him- self to Save His Superior. Views of Parisian Editors Have Changed, and They Openly Declare for Reopening the Dreyfus Case. Specin New York | ument? | He was charged with a very Tk €8 GO | ymportant ‘and: delicate service. How @id he carry out his duties?. He must \ave been very simple-minded to have nted-in the way he has done upon credulity of others. As_to scruples v to see how little he was 1 by any. All this awakens in the mind upon several points »-affair which it bsolutely nec- should be dis 11 this put into clear language ans that the Journal des Deba‘s hts | elimbed down from the position it held <0 long. and is also in favor of Dreyfus {-‘being re-tried. M. Rochefort, in the Intransigeant | ¥s that Colonel - Henry's forgery changes nothing: - He say; *“His crime is hateful and' stupid. " It is hateful because ‘of misdoings only too real of the criminal, and it was the re. not neces ¢ to add imagi- crimes. = It wa stunid - because o one hundred-and fifty proofs fus was guilty, and:therefore | to'add to:them these farged documents was_ ‘simply.: gratuitous |:doubt on unimpeachable | _— - — ot o | SPECULATION AS 2 TO THE MOTIVES R | Minister- of it is very of su any who were stil t=fm fourths-.of ampaign | ps’ to-night in its'ed the private 1 be. judged 1 by .M. de| s to-the Aurore. of ‘opini what viderice:"” of Suicide of Lieutenant Col- owledged:: that | 1ber, 1896 ‘fitted ors insuch a-way as | gnel Henry Viewed From value it had.- Thi < s6t to examin Many Points. ‘T Carelessness in Permitting the let- ich he docu- | -~ Prisoner to Retain a Razora nted to being -a | 3 i S HbToY e yeltidar i | Peculiar Circumstance. s therefore obligatory. To = s delay it would be to add fresh and un- | PARIS, Sept. 2—There is a plentiful pardonable scandals to those which we | supply -of ‘Tumors in . connection with had to fight against for almost a Dreyfus case. ~The first of these is t Dreyfus is. dead, no letter having n-received from him for :some Another réport.is that General Boisdeffre, who has just resigned the post of chief of the general staff, has tted suicide. Both these rumors thout foundation. General Gonz, assistant chief of the al staff, who tendered his resig- avaignac, “Unfortunately the enry deprives us Colonel Hen nel H fnformation. forgery, but did he only committed | one doc- i = PN U S N PN UL ‘mfi“ T L NS ] U LN 111 S 1111 NS0 1 1 Y S DA 11 N COLONEL PATY DU CLAM. PARIS, Sept. 1.—Late to-day La Patrie announced that Colonel Paty du Clam had been arrested for complicity in the Dreyfus. forgery: Du Clam.is on a vacation trip in Switzerland and there.is no confirmaticn of the state- ment of La Patrie that he had been arrested for complicity in the Henry forgery. 2y &3 This officer's bearing on the witness stand and testimony &8 to the un- doubted falrhess of the trial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus before the Council of War did much toward securing a verdict against M. Emile Zola. y .. throw in:‘ *.| convocation of the chamber. ° | \SHELLED THE POSITION OF THE DERVISHES tenant Colonel Picquart. “COLONEL PICQUART HAS LIED.” The Dramatic Incident of the Zola Trial, in Which Colonel Henry, Who on Tuesday Confessed His Forgery and Perjury, Gives the Lie to Lieu- A Duel Resulted, in Which Henry Was Minister-of War, has been persuaded to | withdraw ‘it, as his retirement-under the age limit will occur next month. The Tull:in news, however, has in no way diminished- -the -popular ~excite- ment. . Speculation is keenest over the mo- tives for - Colohel Henry's .suicide. Looking to the view the whole nation | has: adopted regarding the guilt ‘of Dreyfus, it is argued that Henry may have supposed hé was acting in the country’s interest, even in forging the letter,” which would satisfy the nation of the justice of the sentence without | the production of the real evidence, which would be undesirable onthehigh- est _political grounds. In that case Henry might have posed as a martyr 1o misguided patriotism. The tradition of the Intelligence De- partment, which at the time of the con- demnation of Dreyfus was under a con- | spicuous anti-Semite, Colonel Sandherr, | would probably have led a blunt mind like Lieutenant Colonel Henry's to con- strue the. slightest hint from above of the desirability of killing off the anti- Dreyfus agitation into an order to do s0 by any means. Colonel. Sandherr, who was then suf- fering - from an incipient paralysis, eems t0 have been the head of a gen- eral conspiracy to hunt Jewish officers out of the French army.: Dreyfus, a | man of haughty demeanor but of vast strategicknowledge, would naturally be selected as. a victim of ‘these machina- tions. . It is asserted that Colonél Sandherr's last” days- . were haunted by .fear, amounting to terror, lest the illegal and flippant . nature of the .evidence -upon which’ Cantain Dreyfus ‘was condemn- ed should:- be revealed and -weaken the prestige of the Intelligence Depart- mént, and-that he enjoined upon Henry, his subordinate, to guard the depart- ment’s traditions at'all- costs, The carelessness. of the duthorities in allowing Henry. to have a razor and in | not: watching him is generally inter- preted as connivance, and, perhaps, as persuasion, since officers. under arrest and. likely\to be condemned should, ac- cording to military regulations, be con- stantly ~ watched, - while Lieutenant Colonel ‘Henry :was_ ' left ' hours’ alone and allowed to.lock. the door on each side.. 1f there werée persuasion it is not lilkely to. have been: . difficult. Had Henry -been expelled from the ‘army both himself and wife would have lost all ‘pension’ rights. As it 1s thé' widow becomes entitled to. a handsome: pen- sion.. This seems a mcre likely motive than the 'explanation based upon :the alléeged incoherent letter —he left be- hind- stating that he had lost his rea- son. Having died uncondemned his - re- mains are entitled to military honors, but ‘his brother will take the body to Pough, near Chalons, where it wiil be buried on Saturday with the strictest privacy. Several officers of the general -staff, it is said to-night, have asked to be sent back to their regiments. General Renouard, the new chiéf of staff, is.un- derstood to have a free hand and to be at liberty to replace all the staff officers if he thinks fit. It is expected that he will résort .to a process -of purification. The Government’s..position. is. most unhappy. Natice of interpellations in President. Faure is censured for leaving Paris at such a critical moment. Great efforts ‘are being made to get the sig- natures of a majority of the Deputies, |which is a necessary preliminary to a The movement in favor-of a .revision in the Dreyfus case is growing by leaps and bounds. Considering recent events Major Count TEsterhazy retains an | amazingly cool attitude. In the. course astonishment that Lieutenant Colonel Henry. was allowed to have.a razor. Henry's death, he said, was regretable, ‘‘because, doubtless, he had other reve- lations to make.” e Count Psterhgzy. intends 9 -appeat against his enforteu redirement frorm active service in the army. bt THE SWEEPING CHARGES MADE BY EMILE ZOLA PARIS, Sept. 1.—M. Emile Zola, ‘in his famous “I accuse” letter, which led to his trlal and conviction. on the charge of 'libeling - milifary officers, said: “I accuse Lieutenant Colonel Paty du Clam of having been the diabolical worker of a judicial error, unconscious- ly, I am ready to believe, and of then having defended his nefarious dolngs for the pdst three years by .the most absurd and culpable machinations. I accuse General Mercier (who was Min- ister of War when Dreyfus was tried) of being = the accomplice, at least through weak intelligence, in the greatest iniquity of the century. I ac- cuse General Billot (Minister of War during the-late Dreyfus agitation) of having in his hands the certain proofs of the innocence of Dreyfus and of having .suppressed them, thus -hav- ing rendered himself guilty of treason against humanity and justice for a po- litical reason and in order to save :the compromised staff. I accuse General Bolsdeftre .(the:chief of the . general staff) and General ‘Gonz (the assist- ant chief of the general staff) of being. accomplices in the same crime, the oné through' religious animesity; the other, perhaps, through the ‘esprit deé cor ‘which makes the War Office a sdcred. and unassailable ark. T accuse Gen- eral de -Pellieu-‘and ‘Major Ravary of having made’a flagitious investigation, whereby ' I' mean an.’inquiry’ of: the | most monstrous. partiality. .. I accuse the three experts in handwriting; thé men Belhomme, Varienard and Couard, of having drawn-up faise and fraudu- | lent reports; unless a-medical' examina- tion shall prove them to be victims of a disease of sight-or judgment. ' . I ac- cuse the officers .of the War “Office: of Having organized a press campaign-'in: order to lead -public’ opinion astray. |- Finally, I accuse the first court-martial of having condemned:a man on a doc- ument kept ‘secret,” and I.accuse the second. court-martial of having covered [ this ilegality . by order .and of ‘com-- mitting, in its turn, the crime of know- ingly acquitting a guilty:person.”: - ° After a long trial in’ February M. Zola was sentenced to one year's im-] ‘prisonment ‘and to’ pay -a fine of 3000 francs for -these alleged libels, and M. Perrieux, manager of the Aurore, ‘was |. imprison- | sentenced ' to. four: months’ ment and to pay 3000 francs fine. On the ‘Chamber . of Deputies . multiply. | his way to and from the court house during the: trial M.: Zola was contimu- ally hooted by mebs, and at its conclu- slon narrowly escaped personal vio- lence: the verdict he exclaimed: cannibals.” ¥ ’ ACTED “SOLELY FOR THE PARIS; Sept. L. : ‘this afternoon -received - in .“audience General Renouard, director-of the Mil- itary College, who -‘has accepted: the | office of chief of ‘the gerieral staff, va- cant owing to the resignation of Gen- | eral Boisdeffre. The latter bid fare- well to the: offict morning. oo % Colonel Henry left letters addressed to. the Minister of War and General of an interview vesterday he expressed | Boisdeffre in which he- protested that ‘When the French author heard |- “They -are. * ‘GODD OF THE CAUSE” The Minister of‘War.| * | Captain Dreyfu of his bureau this | he had not realized the gravity of the act which he committed ‘“solely for ‘the good of the cause.” The medical examigation made of the remains: of the late Colonel ‘Henry shows that his: dmetlWas “instanta~ ‘neous. home at Havre this afternoon. i BOISDEFFRE ‘IN. HIGH _FAVOR AT ST. PETERSBURG PARIS, ‘Sept. 1.—General Boisdeffre, chief of the general staff of the French army, who has just resigned, is under= stood to be in high fayor at St. Peters- burg, He gained considerable popular- ity by his attitude in defense of the army during the Zola trial, and at one time was looked upon as possibly aim- ing at.a military dictatorship. Prince Henry of Orleans, who is cred- ited -with hoping for a military .move= ment against the Freneh republic, also tried to make capital out ‘of the trial. He showed himself daily in the hall:of the court house and one day embraced Major .. Esterhazy, another - of - the French officers implicated in the scan- dal, crying: “Vive larmee,” aroused enthusiasm among his Orlean= ist friends, but which did not otherwise excite the crowd present.to any degree. EAD i % DID ARMY OFFICERS - . - CONNIVE AT - SUICIDE? PARIS, Sept. 1.—=Itis now:insinuated that - the sufcide of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry, -chief. -of .the Intelfigerice “De- partment of: the French' Ministry for ‘War; ~was connived ‘at-by- the French President Faure returned to his | which | -are understood to.be inquirfes regard- | Anglo-Egyptian Rebels Eight Forces Rout the Miles From Omdurman. Kitchener Moving Slowly but Surely Into the Soudan—England Was Becoming Alarmed. LONDON, Sept. 1.—The War Office was relleved this evening by the re-| ceipt of a dispatch from Cairo explain- | ing. ‘the' sudden iriterruption of news | from: 'the Soudan which gave rise to| some uneasiness yesterday as to the | movements of the Anglo-Egyptian col- | umn now. advancing toward Omdur- man under General Sir Herbert Kitche- ner. It appears that telegraphic communi- | cation was interrupted because the wire | beyond :Nazey: Island, ‘about midway | between Meleamah and the sixth cata-| ract of the Nile, had ‘heen damaged by a-severe storm.. Shortly after the: ar- rival.of this intelligence came. the fol- lowing dispateh to the Associated Press from Nazey: Island, -dated: August: 30; and forwarded by messenger: from.the camp at the front to Nazey: “There -have' been glimpses- -of the enemy during the last few days and the first skirmish took place to-day, when | an advance guard of cavalry located a large body of: the Dervishes at a sup- posed outpest near Kerreri; abeut eight miles ‘north of Omdurman.: The enemy showed a- disposition’ to- fight, ‘beating with their drums and displaying battle | {‘army - is. moving slowly. | Monday. night. bunting. The .. Montmorency . troop emptied.a few Dervish ' saddles: and three gunboats steamed up the river in front of the town.and s&helled the Dervishes' position. ‘The enemy’s loss could mot be ertained, as the Der- vishes were in hollow, but fleeing troops could be. distinctly seen. - The Yesterday it miles ‘in close forma- advanced . -four tion.” Great PBritain was beginning to be alarmed lest ‘the- fate ‘of Hicks Pasha had: befalléen-the Anglo-Egyptian army under: the. Sirdar; General Sir Herbert Kitchener. . The last news received had been telegraphed from the front on The army - was then twenty-th miles from Omdurman, the Dervish camp near.. Khartoum, where the” Khalifa- was reported to be waiting ~ with' 100,000 warriors well uipped -~ with -field guns. General Kitchener’s . forces :consiste of 1000 British” troops “and = 15,000 ¥ Egyptian blacks, - the. ‘most: perfectly equipped foree the Government has ever put in the: field, having plenty of horse artil- Jery-and Maxim guns. It was planned toKeep in constant communication with the -base by field ‘telegraph, hence the fears that in spite of the superiority of morale ‘and accoutrements the Anglo- Egyptian force might have been over- whelmed: by numbers. army authorities. - In any casé; the su&-? cide occurred shortly: after:the prison- | er. had received a- visit from:an. officer | of the" general staff,’ who, on. leaving, | ordéred the sentry on’duty before Colo- | nel Henry's place of confinement not to | | | disturb. ‘the prisoner,” as ‘he ‘had ‘a lot of work to do. " It'is recalled-that-a sim- | ilar opportunity to‘commit suicide was afforded to Dréyfus, whe, however, de- clined to profit by it. It 1§ generally:believed that the rest of the general'staff of ‘the French army | will follow. the example of General Bois- | deffre, the ‘chief of staff, and of General Gonz, the under chief, and tender their | resignations:. It appears- that the Min-| ister of -War, M. Cavaignac, is" con- vinced that Colonel Henry had dccom- |'plices in the’ forgery-of the incrimi- | nating document. - In this connection it | ig reported that the Minister of Justice, | M. Sarrien, has already taken steps to| grant Dreyfus a re-trial. - TARDY JUSTICE MAY BE DONE DREYFUS| NEW YORK, Sept. 1..—A Paris cable to. the World says: . The most.impcr- tant news |s' that preparations.are-al- | ready being made to bring expdtriated | Captain Dreyfus back ‘to-France. from | his solitary prison cell on-barren Devii's | Island, and thus do scant justice to him for ‘the terrible - wrongs he has been forced to endure through the machinzhi tions- of ‘his enemles: The. correspond- | ent of the World learned:at the office: of the Minister of Commerce to-night | that:orders for the repatriation of Cap- | tain Dreyfus might be issued at ‘any moment. ‘Several cdble dispatches have already passed: between the Minjstry and government at - Cayenne¢; They | ing the:arrangenients necessary ta. be | made - before the.-unfortunate conviet | can be:sent home, | CHINA ARRIVES AT HONGKONG LONDON, - Seépt. 1L.—The United -States transport' China,. according: to:a dispateh | from Hongkong fo thie Daily. Mall,- has | arrived -there with General Merritt and General Green - BERMUDEZ EXECUTED BY GOMEZ'S ORDER Cuban General Who Murdered Pacif- icos and Hanged Subordinates for Sport. Spectal Dispatch to The Call and the New York Herald. ‘opyrighted, 1888, by James Gor- don’ Bennstt. HA A, Sept. 1:— Major General Pando,; who has ceased to be chief officer of :‘General Blanco's staff, left to-day on thg steamship- Philadelphia. He 18 gor Ing to Madrid, but will stop a few days in:New York. News. h been received confirming the reported ‘execution of the #nsurgent gen- eral, -Roberto : Bermudez, whom Maximo Gemez, on July 24 last,. subjected to a verbal - courtmartial: . He was. shot at Demajo Camp; the Sanct{ Spiritus i Beérmudez, it is said, was a before-the war. He is said rdered many pacificos killed and to have committed: other outrages, such as ‘hangiig for sport many subordinates who,_sérved under him. now known that - the insurgents spended hestilities ‘in all parts of the island. ‘There is, therefore, complete tranquillity -everywhere, ON TRANSPORT OBDAM The Commanding General of the United States Army Is Home- ‘ward Bound. WASHINGT Sept. 1.—The War De- partment. is ‘advised that General Miles departed for this country from Ponce to- day on the transport Obdam. AVOIDING RESPONSIBILITY. Silvela Refuses to. Name a Peace Commissioner. Special eable to The Call and the New York Ferald.~.Copyrighted, 1508, by James Gor- don -Bénxett MADRID, Sept. 1.—There ‘was a confer- nce-yesterday . between ‘Premier Sagasta and: Senor Silvela, in which Sagasta pro- posed - that -Silvela should suggest some membér. of the peace commission. Senor Silvéla ‘said the Conservative party did nat “seek: . responsibilit of ‘such a na- ture: EXHIBITS THAT LED TO DREYFUS' CONVICTION AND HENRY’S SUICIDE. 7 'FORGERY BY COLONEL ‘Part of the famous ‘“‘memorandim ‘written. - - This - incriminating letter, ‘which Jed to, the arrest .of Captain Dreyfus, was sald to have been found by an:agent of the French. Secret Service. Bureau among a lot.of waste| . paper from the office of the German Embassy.- It con- tained important information: relative to certain military matters.- for the alleged writing of which lie: w: convicted, and which . Colonel . Henry =confessed to hav: %4"111\«-4-‘ l7_ - T oo J‘- m-’-w't CuT U & FAC:SIMILE " .'Part of the letter HENRY. - etter attributed L oo e Q. 020 & & rmasiiinm ke et ot e s i L ,)/,....A yiee=re e /__.M..,EZA g msSaml > s VR GRS oS L s Lt L, B BT ~a— m.uu\,'/““-‘w. W‘,-—' ('(,'7“"‘"09‘." OF DREYFUS” WRITING. writtén by Captaln Dreyfus under the dictation of Colonel Paty du Clam.and made to embrace | cértain” words- and ‘combinations aceurring-in the “memo- randum’’ letter forged. by Colonel Henry for the purpose of incriminating Captain: Alfred Dreyfus. g . It was on Celonel Paty du .Clam's report of ‘this affair that Captain Dreyfus was arrested’ by M. Cochefert and 1 Coloneél ‘Henry: on the order of thé Minister of War.