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VOLUM LXX_YVI_ SAN FRAI\CISCO. TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MORE THRILLING GROWS GREAT DREYFUS DRAMA MERCIER'S CHARGE OF BRIBERY TO AID DREYFUS Statements of the Discredited General May Cause the Court-Martial to Be Lost to View and Create Diplomatic Difficulties. |+444+44+4+4+++++ 444444+ lished by the mile by anti-revisionists & + | enceau ARIS, Aug. 14.—It looks as though Dreyfus were in danger of being lost to view in the incidents created by General Mercier's evidence on Sat- PARIS, Aug. Maitre Demange 14— tells the day before the court-martial at =t Rennes. Perhaps It would be more Petit Blew that the deposi- correct to say Mercier's speech, for he |+ tion of General Mercier will produced but little of anything -ex- allie s o pily g cept hearsay twaddle, which one would greatly aid in the argument be ash hayegaisarened mitue of the Dreyfus case. Ac- R O cording to Demange, when brun-Renaud’s apocryphal declaration ling tc ange, whe that Dreyfus admitted his guilt, as Captain Dreyfus returned though the Court of Cassation had not ; g : to his prison Saturday- he pricked that bubble. After all. why | should Dreyfus confess? said: “How could I so far What, indeed, was the use of a con- | forget the distance separat- ing a general and a captain? s as were A8 many pro: could be forged as fast as i required? Another detail But 1t was too strong for Mercler’'s lecture which S Lt e s me. I was unable to re- tr s he can handle is the state- strain myself.” me M. de Freycinet told General AR T hat =5 M. Demange ad s as J«'[f‘(la‘ ever. alone had sure to bu Any that ever The Archbishopof Rennes what some one has forbidd that 1 : religious proce. day in honor he- Assumpt ¢ Catholics to tl = < L'\””l the + + + B " oc oy + + + + + + i + + + os + + + + + + - + “~ + + - + + - - . + + PR R R A ek 2 SR S Sk 2 o I o o P E P PP L L L2444 4444444442444+ + 44+ | nothing more serious | papers |t LABORI'S ASSASSIN ESCAPES ‘Object of the At- | tack on Drey- | fus’ Defender '~ Was to Steal Papers. e apers for the last two years. M. Clem- | s probably right in saying that M. de Freycinet will hardly authorize | Mercier to put the responsibility for | the thirty-five millions invention upon his shoulders. | for M. Paul de Cassagnac, he is more savage than usual in his remarks | about General Mercier's frivolity in sending Dreyfus for trial when he had gainst him than what he has produced. He “The general does not even appear as a wit- ARIS, Aug. 14—The Figaro cor- respondent at Rennes telegraphs that three men took part in the attack cn M. Labori. When M. Labori fell and M. Gast and Colonel Plequart started in the criminal, two accom- pursuit of ness, but as a very feeble counsel for 0 : the orofectition STt Asialso Niely ithat | Diices selzediM RLARGEEREL A Eh R Dol e Mercier's eagerness,to incriminate.the | folio and -dppropriated among = other papers a letter from M. M. Jaures, and a letter from M. Joseph do say. that General!derclera)| Reinach to M. Laboriielc is therefore ience is more a pathological matter | ¢ dered that the attack was pre- anything else.” | meditated. - = | A bargeman working near the scene, ARRESTS WERE DUE | who saw the attack, declares that he had seen the criminal hanging about TO A VAST PLOT | tor several days, evidently waiting for M. Labori. The excitement at Rennes is tremen- dous and the emotion has spread even t village German Emperor will create diplomatic difficulties, though some of the German PARIS, tior Aug. e occurred here 14.—Slight demonstra- this evening, but there was no disorder. to the smalles : The immediate cause of Saturda; It is said that the last anonymous | arrests was a police discovery of trea- | letter :ived by M. Labori contained sonable correspondence in France and | the followir “We're going to burn your box and your Dreyfus dossier RENNES, Aug. 14, 11 p. m.—The fol- lowing bulletin regarding the condition Belgium, revealing an intention to call meeting of Royalists, Nation- anti-Ser to plan m a great ists and ites ures for the overthrow of the republic. | of M. Labori was issued at 10 o'clock: : h~-. hjo—‘.\( was to create disturbance ture No fever. Condi- that would necessitate calling out the | yjon gtationary »ps, who would have fraterni 8 5 WAk it : | the scheme contemplated, with the con- has been,, @isuplone, ol slight Spirators. Then rushes were to be improvement during the last few hours. made on the Ely palace and the M. Labori’s mother arrived here this Government -offices. Finally a Minis- | evening. She had believed him dead ter of War med by the Duke of Or-|and a most affecting interview ensued. that De Freycinet knows |l was to have replacec is > B T e e e e S e T R e e The d . therefore is go- | It is impossible to verify these de- | ¥ fus, ‘brother of (EERIRING Dreyfug ing to call to the bar a little two-faced | tails, but it is believed that matter There is some talk of M. Albert Clem- | individual who will be -summoned to | Ere on t eve of becoming serious | enceau, the younger of the two broth- el 'm\ s'memc'm( ““;I oA 1 that the attempt upon the life of.| ers, coming as a substitute for. AL en the THCTIMINAtiNg | o wmat b . { Laborf was connected with “the plof Labori. The question, hewever, will = of what he eycinet | This afternoon a fresh warrant was | pe definitely decided to-morrow. adn ai invoke |1ssued for the arrest of M. Guerin. Ac- ' (Clamences S (42 3 ot Tamont and Metcier Himselt | COrding to & Fréncl statute, his effort | ¢ = SUSHEER 8. S OE S Zolss to unlock De’ Fre I and un. |to evade arrest for a political crime is counsel at his trial, and has fol- O e oy thoy will mot let | Punishable with penal servitude. lowed the Dreyfus affair very closely. e Il Mot let| A strong police force now guards the | While he lacks the magnetic Influence ask the! p in vain in the In-|office of the Anti-Semite League, where | of Labori in pleading, he is extremely est of truth. a crowd mbering _thousands com- | ckjliful in cross-examination mencesu's g Iast Dictebablocls dhelimare t\‘l‘l"‘liij‘mm‘lf‘_ Further particulars of the attempted e will be aporeclated by all. save | grticinating the! storming: of ‘the builds | assassigationehow; that M Taborl and Generals Mercier and Jaront | ing Shopkeepers near by have closed | his wife left their House torether. but . de rein who will writhe'at | { shutters ust before the outra he turned A e mere i that they care a eneral officer in uniform | h zotten her card of adm hat the journals | 5oyt the truth or its interests. | long the street the crowd court. While she was gone M IOCNROnE e 6] Gen ressed up around his carriage. er¥Ing: | papori met Colomel Picquart and M ‘\‘\]Al had PUL | that a syndicate has bought all ?|“Vave IArmee” and “Mort aux Juit f» I M heir own pPock- | ¢ gefenders is manifestly (o create | N Continued ¢ cond Page. s '\ = S: | the belief that an attempt will be made M. GUERIN YET L T e e e e ) nore un, cal i 4 " | to substitute Esterhazy for Dre i S it (i [l S Be PR BLUFFS THE POLICE | . '] ; :Iv-‘“‘ that P ws it to be clearly scen that 8 e o ,_" 2 B ko ) be regarded as a clew o the | FARL s Shieforl to buy V- S detectives 20 this morning went to the | 7 - this would amour ation to have the case rev | house of M.-Guerin, president of the Anti- | % mpt to dishonor all those whe M. Clemenceau remarks, he main- | Semite with a warrant for hi o ot that Dreyfus wrote the borderau. |arrest. He ifat helliaeveral S me e < "' | By this means he.insinuates that the i finally ppeared at the syndicate bribed BEsterhazy to make if‘.“",’,‘,u ‘mmr_‘v'wn the door him confess that he wrote it, just as it | e = Antime come ana ity bribed the press and Court of - | Thereu detectlve withdrew, v be fornd in the thought g | tion and ail those who demanded T e hi f oy nan \wventor attributed his own v tice and law. vou you're doing very dirty business.” The lunacy of such proceedings is evi- n. ‘turning to his~ friends, he But when it the: one remembers that although a general of div Tt owns to having written a spectator the scene | makes himself respor bordereau, he strenuously deni e le Guerin! = Y that he did it with criminal intant. It | stupidity, w he fathers : AL T eineUandiGer done by order, he says, so that The Fox Accepted. i 1 Sl definite evidence might be at haund to WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—The torpedo am sure, he calumni | boat_F buil ; 7 Enat Te thor = produce against Dreyfus, who, ‘so | PoatpFoxs bullt by Wollt & Zwicker on a Al terhazy declares, is a traitor; andihad | ithe Government:| o 0 ol “ 3 = i . deiivered all sorts of important infor- Freyeinet and Gene nt be callec mportant. inf PRI o e "Ilr]'d' mation to Germany and Italy. Now the | @ &0 eeeeeo s b A cy neoec lisymaicat st be composed of absc- | the information they supplied to Gen- | 1ol (0" m"l;t Sogenn ';fmm .xjv;v eral Mercier. Let some light be thrown | b o fsRm Rl hpm‘ ‘;( »r once upon this syndicate 7 4¥ 1010 e fononceuion 2 traitor while he was about it. Tt would M. with Mercier this wipes the floor | ng in reference Clemenceau not have damaged Esterhazy's reputa- : | tion, or what passes with him for suci, to the same point. | had he taken the last step, telling the “Mercler,” says, ‘renders us a ser-|truth and exculpating Dreyfus com- vice by putting us upon the track of | pletely. this Anglo-German syndicate. We have | No. Mercier's babble is merely a re- a right to know the truth. We must ' hash of the infamous slanders pub- 0000000000000 00000C0C0COC000CN00000°0 © morni be ourselves aga Continuing it jew of the situation, the Temps observes: “M. © Casimir-Perier testified to his wishes for a reconciliation, and we now see © how far from it we are. Perhaps this pistol-shot marks the culmination © of the crisis and will restore us to the path of good sense.” The Liberte, which -holds the Government ponsible, as the “apostle of anarchy that has existed for the last two years and that has sown broadeast the seeds of civil war,” say: “The outrage is only an incident in the era of catastrophes toward which the country is rush- ing.” The Journal des Debats say end, and one fine morning it will be closely followed by res o0 o0 [ “The revolver shot is bound to be the © v the horrors of © civil war, if violence, hate, contempt for justice and law, and all the fa- @ natical, anarchistic and homicidal persons continue to poison the air: o we breathé.” ° The Libre Parote, which attacks the Government. says: “To-day . we have only assassins. To-morrow it will be civil war.” o The Figaro says: “In all the long series of crimes on the pages of < our history this is the first time when assassination has struck down an advocate, and that, too, at the very hour when helping to plead in de- © fense of his client to establish truth and to confound accusers.” o The Moniteur Universal attributes' the affair to the excitement @ caused by the Government's efforts to save Dreyfus, and to ‘“the ar- bitrary acts that have been committed in the absence of the Chamber ° of Deputfes.” ° C0CO0C0000000000000000000000000000 000200000000 00000000000200000000000 O | o PARIS PAPERS NOW ° [ 1 PREDICT CIVIL WAR ¢ ; (= PARIS, Aug. 14.—The Paris papers, without distinction, express in- gnation at the outrage of which M. Labori is the victim. The Temps deplores the “state of disorder into which the Dreyfus affair has dragged the country,” and says: “It is high time for us to stand up and g B o e B e e e R o S e med loudly: “Come, come, comrades, let us die. They will only ta me dead M. Dureault, prefect of Ile-et-Vilaine; M. Viguie, chief of the secret service, and M. Hennion, speclal commissioner of the secret service, who are striving to apprehend M. Labori's assailant. Sergeant Touttin is military bailiff of the Dreyfus court-martial. - [ e e e e e e e e ] Clemenceau to | MANY SENSATIONS AT THE RENNES COURT-MARTIAL Former Ministers of War of France Trying Hard to Cause Dreyfus to Be Again Found Guilty of Treason. 444449444444+ 444444+ had made similar representations to M. ENNES, France, Aug. 14.—The the bordereaw in the Dreyfus NN < S | de Freycinet and got reply from shooting of M. Labori, leading |4 TONDON . Aus.ri— + | both, that_neither SR counsel for Dreyfus, robbed the |4 UL N, Aug. 14 the affair. morning session of the Dreytus |y [n the Evening News Major mesaliRlordwels 2b lanath unon 2o court-martial of its paramount |4 % Esterl > wiin tolls. ¥ |whom ol dds pe i interest. The murderer apparently | Count Esterhazy agamn tells rer-Kestner ~ finally communi- chose to-day for the attempt because | the “real truth” in regard to eneral Billot his conviction of lit was anticipated that M. Labori | S e e SO would crush General Mercier, the for- | ) investigate the matter further. ‘mers Ministe x ‘i e ek Ry general dealt with the role of 5 e e case, saying that he wrote it. 4 | colonel Plequart, whom, he sald, he holds questioning. P » highest estee! The document, he alleges, in the highest esteem. | The news of the shooting of M. Labori _ “He is intelliger 1id_General Billot, | caused an immense sensation in the was intended to serve as a ¥|;and gave me valuable information about courtroom, where the usual audience 1. . . e : pia h."gh,h”'n"':\"“-ny | e e aiti i substantial basis for an ac- This information showed [had assembled awaiting the coming of | . : R v of continuing the reforms in |the Judges. M. Labori's absence had cusation against Dreyfus, Ty el s Ry that great in- | just been announced when suddenly M. g ’ D aithe an v e = et | > o ieither an engineer nor an | Jaunay, syndic of the judiciary press, who /md becn sitspe ’“{“I_ & tn- handwriting,” added General rushed into the room and shouted: “M. long time, ‘and against | BUlot dsaw in that dwection the stand 1=Dorlhasgbeen snol whom there had already ex- r this General Billot referred to ent gave a gasp of horror and g onel Picquart’'s proposition to entrap erhazy, whom he suspected, but Gen- al Billof forbade this. He added that Colonel Picquart's action was without | authorization. General E services Coionel Picc the . leading to his niidential mi Tun isted a mumber of grave proofs of guilt, which, hote- cver, could not be used with- out compromising certain personages whom it was in- periously necessary to keep surprise, and every man jumped to his feet and a volley of questions was hurled at M. Jaunay's head, who, ¢ ing “That is all I know,” rushed out of court again, followed by a number of his hearers. Those who remained ex- citedly discussed the crime and vigor- ously denounced the author: Jouaust, president ferred to the eminent art had rendered to being intrusted m to the East He energetically allegation that he end Colonel Picquart to a he would never return. D Y ag; sired to place from wh of th Colonel R R S S S S R o R R TR R R g court, when the news reached him, sus- in the background alto- H»;x;»lu]nml his devotion o the country | that Mme. Labori herself broke the |, & ailed exceptional measures, like resig- going to distant points whence PO R | news to the court and informed M. i Jaunay of the crime, having rushed I ey ‘:;i?fi‘;‘m;}“;fi‘gfi‘, from her husband's side crying for a | Perier, “‘General Mercier undertook to | oyt everything except treason. (Sensa- doctor and shouting that her husband [shorten the term of service of 60060 men | tion.) without consulting the chief of state.| " sfier justifying his course toward LELU G Pl | thus lacking in the respect he owed to0| cqjanel Picquart, General Billot explained There n eager struggle for seats | the latter. | what he had done in connection with Es- in court to-day and 640 were seated.| M. ‘h'm{\r-f‘?‘i"“s‘ S byl igtested | terhazy. He then renewed Ghis prot There wer: st ilitary Rew (tho-asse (e | against the attack the defenders of Drey- There were the usual military honors. | yercier in regard to the role adopted fus made upon him during the trial of M. by ing a re- air, whereupon | B | Zola, and concluded expre: the chief of state in this a | gret that while in power he was obliged Immediately after the prisoner arrived | the general interjected that he h: the | dent announced that in conse- 3 g P O e & ie ass' ed b M. Casi- | N - quence of the applause and other ex- | 0 of the attitude sesumed OV L. Cast | To devote most of his time to the Dreyfus pressions of opinion on Saturday he has | Thr = SOR (U | affair, which time, he added, ought to d ded that if there was any further M. Demange asked General Mercier if “h'\l.l\‘l\v:;‘v}l\"tl’-A‘l:'lrnni:“ the guardianship o interruption the court would be cleared. | he had explained to the Cabinet hm;v hfr-‘ e 'nom{mw ovited General Billot:to reconciled the relations of cause and €f-| ‘o i “the statements of MM. Barthou | During the adjournment of the court in consequence of the announcement of the attempt on the life of M. Labori the audience engaged in violent alter- cations over the incident. | "M. Mercier, editor of the Gaulois, ex | pressed the opinion that all' the news- Lot g e patriotle emotion aroligel W% | and Poincaire, tormer Ministers, that_ the iy aton of | Reneral was once so doubtful of the guflt litgessordt Aocuruonis, 0 the court-martial { FEREE. 0/ C"(hat he did not_sleep for sev- heral repeated his statement of | eral nights. 5 5 : were true. tion | men > : 7 Answering questions of counsel. the gen- sible for the outrage, whereupon | . .} Eween Firanoh ant ; o on | produced doubts in_h mind, but, he reached between France and Germany on | /e “a|) the same, his conviction of the varrine loudly protested, saying: o, it is you who ought to be held fu the subject of Dre, Casimir-Peri fus remained unchanged. sation when M. K guilt of Dr ‘replied that before | | responsible for what has happened.” intorview with the Minister on the | There was a great s W < 3 3 2 as 3 h iew = the | Hemangi entioned e opinio! ex- | “The ciamor finally became so- violent | 6th the question of Drevfus had never DS - M- Barthou that General Bil- | that gendarmes were forced to separate | Peen raised between him and Bermary | lot had been forewarned in regard to the | the combatants and take away the |, Demange a56ed SRR (G e 1s0e of Licutenant Colonel Henry. The sticks of all those present, but calm |the d anslation of the telegram awledged that ithe) Henky A the doubtful translation of the teleg Ll D ot thie Tactors: arcusnic vas finally restored, and the session |of Agent “H” to h overnment under | 1GTBEIY, Was among > Sl resumed. the date of November | " iling Geners illo; v O e “eourt:martial was resumed| In reply General Mercier said not one | CODUALDE ‘.“,"r’}flf.}l Ll ;,,f;‘l‘;,l Aot al Mercier was confronted with M. |of the translations of the telegram Was|py the revelation of the forgery. He said: Casimir-Perier, the former President of | communicated to the Judges be I never could have believed a superior | France. The latter declared that M. Mer- | there still existed doubts in his mind. | officer could be guilt of forgery H s story. told on the witness stand Sat- Demange remarked that the text|™General Cavaignac, former Ministar of | of the imminence of war between | Was communicated to Sandherr as official, | war, was the next witness called. Reply- | Gemany and France in 1884 was grossly | and, therefore, doubts were impossible ing to the p .nt of the court, r 1 exakgerated, and complained of the action | M. Demange then asked that M. Paleo. | he” was the first Cabinet Minister as e st o W Mercteny netion | logtie_of the Foreign Office be recalled | syme responsibility to Dreyfus. 'He had | ing 60.000 troops to the frontier without |in order to state that oniy a si ngle ver- ¢ followed the inquiry of the Court | consulting him. As it was M. Laborr's | Sion of the telegram was glven, as he un tion and still he desired to asso- | task to take General Mercier in hand, and | derstood General Mercier’s uncertainty | ciate himself .with the responsibility of | M. Demange, assoclate counsel, was quite | Was aroused by the receipt of a semi-offi- | those in 1 ed sthe honox: of unprepared the task, the few ques- |cial draft of the telegram. | the army a ,(Sensation.) tions the latter put were practically of | At this point Major Carriere, the repre-| Continuing. the witness sald that amonz s e e B erni Maactcally 4 | sentative of the Government, ‘asked that | the principal points upon which he ba cheaply. Moreover, M. Demange v it be clearly shown that two versions of | his conviction was the confession to C | deeply” affected by the attempt to assa the telegram were given, one official and | tain Lebrun-Renaud, in support ate his colleagu nd was quite un- |one semi-official. | which contention he quoted 'a pass: |l abie to ao biranalf fustie M. Demange said that in communicat- | from an alleged letter of Dreyfus | ing the official text on November 2 Colonel | which, in reality, W part of General General Mercier was recalled, and in re- report o nister of War on Sandherr emphasized its official charac bly to the president ¢ 0o eit- | S 8 5 ”‘m.‘q his )ln!liot'lflr\’:‘u'{I}xkilf(;r((,?::\r;'n[h(l::sr(e':'- Counsel next asked Genes Du Paty’s de Clam's report of the hazy, in spite of the latter's own decla- | the explanations of the s confession. 5 ration, w 10t the .apthor of the-bor- | were not included in the dos M. Cavaignac admitted the possibility derenu, which the witness claimed was | tO, the revision. £ mistakes in human testimony anc 1 : B s | ““The general replied that he considered | they ought to be taken into account when Bur, h written on tracing paper and was found hdemning a fellow-man. these explanations were given for his per- | | in_an emba 2 \ L 2o aek ast sonal use, and t! he de- | serted, he was.convinced of the | i alleseal ol s > expressed shment | tirely in agrcement as to their ces 3 fossion Dreyfus is alleged to have made P e aral did ot | o witness aso said he found addic s LAl ons for ing the doen | tional proofs of the prisoner’s guilt in the e miEcHen persigeain his ntal : n& the docu- | i midal character of the bordereau, and the bordereau thought alone estab- d the fact that 'the treason had aated from the bureau of the general #'%and from an officer who was able to secure all the, information desired. ‘According. to M. Cavaignac, even in his aitempts to hiie his crime, the accused had allowed words to escape him which inuisp ; ' established _his guilt. Ever; Saturday that he had never re ceived an confidences of this character from Captain Lebrun-Renaud. He add- ed that M. Dupuy, the then Premier, was present when (aptain Lebrun-Renaud called at the Elysee Palace. “Moreover,” said M. Casimir-Perier, ere is a letter from M. Dupuy which I ask may be read.” ment _of repudiated the s Dreyfus at this point r < and asked leave to explain in regard to the assertion that he had traced on a card the itinerary- journey of certain of the eneral staff. The itinerary and journey e stated were purely fictitious. M. Casimir-Perier then said he desired to reiterate that he had never promised according to this witness, The letter asserted that Captain Le-|any- Dresting aae h. 4 vthing, 3 brun-Renaud, when questloned by Al Du. | e e it e (‘omif‘mmug Dreyfus, and he claimed that uy. replied that General Mercier had sent | h5 ' oq | In spite of the prisoner’s denials was b % had spoken In resard to the condemned | o5t Piished that he had been everywhere him to the President to receive a dressing | down for his indiscreet disclosures to the | Figaro. General Mercier here interposed, say- ing: ‘Captain Lebrun-Renaud spoke to me in regard to the confesslons in the presence of General Gonse, who will tes- | fify thereto. It was then that I ordered | him to go to the President of the repub- | lic.” Referring to General Mercler's declara- tion on Saturday last on the witness | stand M. Casimir-Perier sald: {General Mercier had no right what- ever to intervene in a diplomatic conver- man. Therefore M. Casimir-Perier reiter- ated his protests at the letters of Dreyfus Feferring to negotlations. This caused M. Demange to explain how Dreyfus eame to say that M. Casimir-Per- | fer Rad promised him a public trial. After Demange, had asked M. Waldeek-Rous- geau to intervens with M. Casimir-Perler, then President of France, to obtain pub- lieity, M. Waldeck Rousseau reported that the President appeared favorable fo the suggestion, and counsel therefore thought e might communicate the fact to Drey- | Wik b : ,c o T B0 Daminga atdsd that ic must ba| Jy-then the Wilieas anked hatine - remembered that Dreyfus wrote the letter | "1t yas impflssflllp, according to M. it was necessary to procure the informa- tion in question. It was established, tha Witness asserted, that the prisoner’ had copied plans of the proposed concentra- tion of the army. Witnesses, he claimed, would testify in support of this aasertion. M. Cavaignac discussed the denials of Dreyf nd excuses of lapse of memory were inadmissible. Dreyfus, he claimed, was aware of the changes in the bridge corps belonging' to the — artillery and also the details - of concentration. rtton. T would have prevented such in- | four vears after the occurrence, Tt was impo; o M. Setference. 1t was I alone who conferred | recollection naturally lacked precisi Cavyalizmacyito erediC that Wetethe iy o3 eith the Minister, and 1 declare the im- | Demange expressed regret at the O A oy nhs SAEston T derived from the conversation | that the letter had been published, amd e D e o G st T was one of complete calm: otherwise the | apologized to M. Casimir-Perier, who | termediary of an accomplice. “The in- thanked Demange for his expression of regret and explanation. | General Billot, former Minister of War, | was the next witness. He was in uniform sat with crossed legs and gave his evi- dence in a conversational manner. He said | he would be 71 vears old to-morrow. Like everybody else, he added, he had some incident would not have been closed by | the framing of a note. We had no tele- | ram from Berlin that evening. It was T regard to the note the Minister referred to Berlin. If there had been any news in Tegard to the matter on the evening of the sth we would not have waited until the Ath to publish the matter. There was quiry of the Court of Cassation proved treason was really committed, and he (M. Cavaignac) had not based his conviction | of the culpability of Dreyfus solely on the handwriting of the bordereau. in the secret dossier, he said, there were | many elements for con on, and he pro- posed to discuss all the allegations made no dispateh addressed to the friendly pow- | knowledge of the Dreyfus affair befors | feners o view of exculpat- ors relative to the incident. The Mneident | taking the war portfolio. While feeling | ing Drcefus. ey by sald there has been magnified. Besides, in the event | deeply on the subject he remained aloof [ would be official denials” which would of diplomatic complications the President | from the matter until he returned to the | Joave plenty of room for the truth to es- would have communicated with the Min- | Cabinet. In the early days of his admin- | cape PR esides, it was quite possible the ister of Foreign Affairs. istration, - the witn: continued, aceused was guilty of treason withcut \aving direct relations with agents of a foreign Government, and a certain Em- | bassador hed admitted that his military spied under the immunity Genoral Mercler replied that he went | Soheurer-Kestner. a former v L M to the Blysee Palace as Minister of War. | of the Senate, asked hlnrl":\"\;u"t‘rlrf?r';:?-o]\,l‘ggh He' Yecailed " (hat General de’ Bolsdeffre |fot o investiate the Drevtus aftair. could testify in regard to the orders re- | gcheurer-Kestner, the general pointed out, | attache had ceived. l00000000000000-00000000000000000000 tion and insisted that General Mercier re- .g CHARGED WITH STEALING MO_BILIZATION PLANS peat the statement that he had given or- | ders to General de Boisdeffre on the 6th | relative to mobilization. M. Casimir-Perier resumed his testi- mony and said he did not reply to cer- VIENNA, Aug. 14—August Hosetig, a Government railroad official, has been arrested for stealing the emergency o mobilization plans, which he delivered to a man named P. Zi- © boworski, who is said to have communicated them to agents of g France and Russia. tain of General Mercier's. insinuations. 0000000000000000000000000HN0000000 “I do not wish to answer them. said the former President. “The circum- stances are too sad and too tragic for me to try to envenom the discussion. “T am master of myself and of my con- science,” continued the witness. “I would only state that General Mercier has made | every effort to mix me as deeply as pos- sible in this affair. But I have remained aloof, I affirm, during the progress of the investigdtion.” The former President then complained of the incorrect behavior of his subor- dinate toward the chief-of the state. “As an instance,” said M. Casimir- 0000000 pPOOOOOO0000000