The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN. FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AU GUST 20, 1899. PARIS POLICE STRIVE TO STARVE OUT GUERIN Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. by James Gordon Bennett. Copyrighted, 1899, ARIS, / 19.—The sitnation in the Rue de Chabrol is unchanged. Tt looks as if the anti-Semitic fortress was not as plentifully provisioned s been reported. During the night the sound of a heavy packet thrown from the house opposite and falling on the pavement at- seted the attention of the police. It turned out to contain a ten- und ieg of mutton. A minute later a five-pound loaf of bread fell into the st The loss of his provisions exasperated Guerin, Wwho opened the i nd shouted: *“In the nineteenth century you try to starve peor It aceful. You,” he added, addressing the police- men, “vou ought to ve more heart than your masters and ought to give us back our provisions. In any case I warn you that the first time my com- panions are hungry if a Prefect of Police passes along the street we will shoot him nderstand that the garrison is also provisioned by food let down in from the roof of a house alongside. he inhabitants of the Rue abrol have complained bitterly of the state of siege. Shopkeepers complain that it spells ruin for them. The hotel'a few doors away has not Deputi continue their visits to Guerin. Negotiations, how- r been fruitless, the only result being to increase the impor- in the eyes of the public, as it creates an idea that he is °r to a power with the Government. In the course of the f the fortress was rendered still. more strict. Em- cut off the gas. hav journalists armed with special cards, is allowed to ront the anti-Semite headquarte: The line of leaning on their rifles, now surround the place. The au- the scwers in -order to make sure that the garrison was by this means, and all the exits of the sewers are now olice. Fears are expressed that if thé garrison sees star- them in the face they may take a desperate resolution and t has @enounce charge of the A a plot to make away with M. Guillaume, police. The anti-Semites had planned to rom his men and in a erowd shoot -him with their revolvers. this 1 man named Hen was arrested in a cafe. He er and eighteen cartridges. He denied any intention , but declared that he 'had decided to.shoot dead the Iv ) laid hands on him. 1 noticed that the crowds in the vicinity of the Rue de Chabrol ome larger and more and more threatening every day. It is impos- 1 out th Jlitical opinions, as they utter no party cries except ‘Vive Guerin!” But they hoot and hiss the police n Guards. The supply of water has been cut off from the iaborers arrived at 2 o'clock this morning, and when the Re- rrived at 4 o'clock they found that the sewer connection off from the house. Guerin appeared at the window and use of these maneuvers? If they wish to attack us let ‘s tt € herwise let us sleep- in peace. The drains leading from the h s blocked up wanting that the troubles are about to extend. Anarchists 1 a proclammation in the Journal du Peuple calling their par- at 1onstrate in the streét. A rendezvous fixed for 3 o'clock la Republique. They have also established themselves in v. , s0 as to communicate with each other by means of the tele- TRANSPORT SHERMAN NEARING ’ THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO and she reports fine weather day night. a about 1500 nautical at noon on Thursday next. Witness brun-Renaud. the confessions were referred to Colonel Picquart's appearance in the Inteliizence Department, althougih the witness had hesitated to appoint him, Decause he thought Picquart too self-con- fident and not sufliciently deferential to- ward his chiéfs. continued General secret package of | the judges of the | 1 positively assert | that so far as I am concerned I never or- | dered Colonel Picquart to convey any en- velope to Colonel Maurel. I may add that Colonel Picquart never deubted the guilt of Dreyfus never even _expressed | doubts ‘of his guilt when he took over the duties of Chief of the Intelligence Depart- ment. | *“The first instructions I gave him were | to follow up the Dreyfus affair and it is | weil known what was the result of those | instructions.” The general next described the interview between himself and Colonel Picquart when the latter first mentioned Esterhazy. without, however, connectlng him with | the Dreyfus affair. ~Witness' discredited Colonel Picquart’s statement that the lat- ked him | court-mart * standing. 1 have always had the t confidence ssengers and cycles. At the first signal these groups are ready to in him and- certainly & march in a body. As it is feared that the garrison of “Fort |tertained an idea to leave him in ignor- may escape by the sew a guard has been placed over all the |ance of what was occurring.” exits in the vicinity. In the course of the day M. Monquen, second in com- | wos e (S Rolsistine, whose ovid the municipal police, took charge of the operations in the Rue de |the membs »f the court-martial, then Chabrel and gave strict ordérs that no provisions of any sort should be al- related the incidents of his interview with aotiheartien Picquart, how he sent Picquart to see acl arris G Gonse and Genel sub- s 2 Lot | sequent ietter to the witn ng a = = | continuance of the investig: gardine treachery of jattache of Paris, denouncing as a forgery | Fsterhazy, but the. affair sceeded to res {a letter purporting to have been written | MUst not be miy Dreyfus which GeneTal | by the attache, in which he was repre- [Affair. As Colone isted in May, 1508, of | sented as referring to efforts being made | (FYINE to hurry matters and was neglec the Dreyfus, | by Schwarzkoppen and Panizzardi (o con- | I8 his other duties, the witness proposed | ceal their relations with Dreyfus maintained, that witness | to the in disgrace to a_m Minister of W to send him not on to Tonking, but ieneral Mercier's state 4 g ments on the subject were correct and | the Minister of War, the general a that the authenticity of the letter had | found another mission for him ptain | be . proved. The intelligence depart-| Everything, the ral the treasonable | ment, he added, had other documents| guietly for a vear, until “hts of the bordereau: | from the same attache in its possession. | Kestner intervened. This was followed of the examination of | Major Culgnet polnted out that the!by the denunciation of Esterhazy by Mat- il ANkt i iece | eider document was included in the | thieu Dreyfus, and the inquiry into Ester- nee of the expert | dossier and that M. Chanoine, who had | ha proceedings, ct proof, the | the secret dossier in his charge, had| ‘At that time" the witness said, “'I was means emplc v of s | shown it to the court in behalf of the | convinced of the guilt of Dreyfus, and To Sheure the prisoner's rehabilitation, I | Minister of War. Therefore, witness | this conviction 1s as strong to-day as That a tampaigh has been under- | clatmed, Colonel Schnefder's contradiction | 1 against justice, truth and our coun- | Was really addressed to the French Gov- | a hominable crime to ? | ernment. Sensation) 5 | endeavored bstitute for him ontbums eroics ‘évoked | Besldes:” va Cuignet, wish to an of straw, however disteputable he 3 R I8 sivgked | point out that the attache. issuing the des have been and whatever his offenses, it With marks of atsent from the |Dial is a person of somewhat less conse- | Which, in any case, would not lessen the D ien Cenerais | quence than his allies. It is therefors | guilt of Dreyfus. My conviction is the e “hext spoke of the secret | Possible that this der s imposed up- | Same as at the commencement of the af- s Minictry. containing | OB him.” (Renewed sensation). | fair. ‘Esterhazy, it is true, to a certain e interview be. | The witness dwelt admiringly on the | psycological and ~well-chosen moment, e N Iinister of | conclusions of M. Bertillon that Esterhazy | confessed to have written the borde 19% STRE e | had learned to imitate the handwriting of | but he has made many other statement Ternielli, the Ttalian “which country,” said Cuig- ed by the treachery. the conf E | Matin. then fu to have run-Renaud, believed they 1f people do not ‘aptain Lebrun- court, Cuaignet described the i he adding: ions to Ca gery, and how it was that the would attend. lieved th. ! serted that | Major Carriere, the Government's com- ou know the result,” said he, appar- ten by Dreyfus at | missary, at this juncture said he thought | ently much moved. “I will not tell you incidentally the | it desirable to remark as the representa- | what I suffered at that moment. As soon inst Colonel Plc- | tive of th> Government that he must not | as everything was ended, 1 tendered my \ation against Du Paty de |be understood to indorse all Major Cuig- | resignation, but was asked to withdraw then returned to the secret | net had sald with “reference to a foreign | it. 1 was told everyone could make a a er of the War Office, from which, he | military officer who at the present mo- | mistake, but I replied that while declared, t [t was sure to draw Im- | ment held u diplomatic appointment in | everyone was. iable to error, ever: portant deductions. | France.” (Sensation). | one had not the misfortune as 1 had | 3 t portion of the dossier,” he| Replying to M. Demange, Major Culg- | to assert to a jury that a document it in 1893 there was o con- | het Insisted-that if Henry committed for- | was genuine when in reality it was Ministry of War. | 8Ty “it was in the Interests of thel forged; that everyone ought to stand by ns of forti- | country.” To this statement, counsel re- | ,ne's word and that when a man hap- of a forelgn pened to experience such a misfortunc ertainty from t of a foreign power Clam was the principal author, of Lng: Henry forgery < then invited the court’s special to this dossier, in which he said s- attentio sier would be found ample proof of the p doing his duty *in saying all that was my_ mind.” Do you adhere,” asked counsel, ‘‘to ai you have said before the Court of Cassa. on?" The question greatly confused the wit ness, who attempted to expl s guil this stage of proceedings r)ro_v-1 and in pied the witness, ehouting: “That i= a manifest lie, | After this the witness recited in detail | his reasons for the belief that the agent | pess, WhO SIS > ot "that time and | SURPLEE SR A a French | hae i was not for him to judge Paty de Clam.” M. Demange pointed out that in spite | gtaff officer. He then endeavored to show that traffic with foreign military attaches | could only have been carried on by a pre bationer in the department occupied by | of the many had advanced against De Clam, the mi tary judge, Tavenier, threw out the Gow.” added M. Demange, ‘M Cuignet has advanced as much agains Dreytus, The court will be able to appre. ciate the value of his arguments.” arguments Major Culgnc especially _referred to the un of November 2, 1804, which, he explained, left an impression on him that in 1884 Dreyfus w an old friend of the Italian Government. Another doc-| Counsel then asked why Cuignet had ument of the ¢ ccording to Major employed the expression “report” to de- Cuignet i dispute that the | scribe the Schneider letter, and the wit- bord ssed through _the | ness replied that he was justified In doing han rzkoppen. This, [ o, owing to the similarity of the expres- uthent and examination of tablished the u, to the witnes: sfons in it with the terms usually em: ity of the bordere ployed in reports. which, he pointed out. proved Schwarz- | M. Demange pointed out that the docu- koppen and Panizzardi had the closest | ment included in the dossier contained the relations in all matters of espionage. word ‘‘report.” Referring next to the dispatch of Colo-| “Does the original,” he asked, ‘‘contain nel Schnefder, former. Austrian military this word? “No,” replied the witness. Replying further, Cuignet said the docu ment also referred to the campaign in fa | vor of Dreyfus and to orders sent FOUR POUNDS OF FLESH | Brussals, the headguarters of the csplon age system. From One Pound of Food. GRAPE-NUTS. General Mercler is therefore only an ex tract. | the bordereau after its publication in the reviewed the police reports on Replying to a question of the circum- stances of the discovery of the Henry for- proba- | tioners did not participate in the maneuv- ers of 184, although they had long be- Witness claimed that he thought he was jain by saying | 10 emange—The paper handed in by The witness next gave his idea as to e is always tain is that the documen dereau.” Then the witness brie and acquittal of F telling les. hat is cel e could never have delivered enumerated in the bor- referred to the terhazy and the threats to proclaim himself a tool of the general staff, after which the g eral alluded to the Henry forgery and M. Cavaignac's interrogations of Henry. there was nothing ieft for him but to go away, and from that moment I have held hated from the € aloof.” Sensation.) st network of es- | sation relating to Henry's motives and| TReplying to the court, General de Bois- herefore been organized | De Clam’s share in the preparation of the | geffre admitted that the leakage at mil By agents belonging | forgery was read. It showed that Cuignet jtary headquarters continued after the same power as A (Colonel | empha declared before the Court | condemnation of Dreyfus. It ceased for & ppen)’ the German military | Of N“{,‘j,’;‘% convinged a1 | year, but in 18% a paper was discovered the nts of other powers also | investigation would casily show that D¢ | proving the communication to a forelgn government of a document relating to the distribution of the artillery and showing that a foreign government was perfectly | acquainted with the changes made. Answeriig a question put by a member of the court-martial relative to the con- flicting testimony of General Mercler, the former Minister of War, and M. Casimir- Perier, formerly President of the French republie, witness replied that he certainly had an interview with General Mercier 1 early in January, during the course of > the which Mercler remarked in regard tc representations of a foreign Embassador to the President of the republic, “It is not going to happen this-time, either. You can sleep in peace. The incident has becn ettled.” De Boisdeffre declared he was no certain of what had been said in regard to the confi naud. The eneral was also perfectly cer- cur January 5, 189. 6th or 7th. “What is certain,” added he, when it occurred I remained ‘personally at the Ministry of War."” M. Demange referred to General Roget's deposition to the effect that Dreyfus was certainly iIntelligent, but that he wouwd not have wished to see him on the head- guarters staff, and asked the witness’ opinfon on thé subject. The general an- swered: “I can only express opinion as General Roget.” M. Demange—Was not Bsterhazy, with your knowledge, assisted at the court of inquiry by Major Du Paty de Clam, who gave him advice? I De Boisdeffre—I am absolutely not aware It was, he said, the less | jons of Captain Lebrun-Re- | tain the incident at the Elysee did not oc- | “‘is that | the same | The statement is made that one pound of Grape-Nuts will supply more nourishment (that the system will ab- gorb), than 10 lbs. of meat, wheat, or oats. A man protested t the claim was extravagant, but upon trial it was found that by leaving off meat alto- | gether at breakfast and lunch, and tak- | fng in its place 4 heaping teaspoons of Grape-Nu began to gain flesh and strength and before the full pound | package was gone had gained 4 Tbs. | | of it. Colonel Jouaust, president of the court- martial, put the usual questions to the prisoner, who replied: “I have nothing to say to General de Boisdeffre,” and re- sumed his seat. how Dreyfus might have secured plans | of the fortress. But counsel pointed | to Du Paty de Clam’s report at the timc of the arrest of Drevfus, in which he de- clared that no document had disappeared or could have disappcared from the Min- istry of War. When Dreyfus was asked if he wished to reply to this witness he declared he | had never asked Major Cuignet for doc ments except by the desire of his chiet Major Bertin. “‘All the details which Major Cuignet | has given on this sutject,” sald the pris- oner, “sprang out of his own imagination, and arc due to the same state of mind which prompts unreasoning bitterness | of the court General Gonse, who was under-chief of the general called to the witness stand. He explained during the past few years, and said he believed hé was “animated by the loftiest aims, namely, the protection of the army against the criminal attacks made on it from &ll sides.” In this connection General Gonse dwelt espionage 8o cleverly organized ~ against After a brief suspension of the sitting staff, was | the motives which influenced his actions on the danger to France of the “system of in weight, whereas he had been losing on his meat die How could he gain 4 Ibs. and only eat 1 1b. Grape-Nuts? Remember the 4 teaspoons of Grape-Nuts are but a portion of the meal, but they furnish the pre-digested and casily assimilated part and help digest other foods, assist- ing nature in building in water (75 per | cent of all flesh) In other words Grape-Nuts furnish the workers or the active elenrents of food in the most perfect condition for nature to make use of. Grocers furnish Grape-Nuts at 16 cents per package. Made by Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. even against an innocent man.” Amid a buzz of excitement the name of Major du Paty de Clam was called out, whereupon Major Carriere sald De Clam bad been officlally informed that his pres ence was necessary to the court-martial and it was hoped he would be able to come as soon as poksible, but the Government commissary had heard nothing from him since this notification was sent. At the request of M. Demange it was decided to notify De Clam that the court- | martial was ready to hear his deposition. There was a further thrill of curiosity when General de Boisdeffre, former| chief of the general staff of the Frenc] army, advanced to the witness box and | took the customary oath to tell the truth. The general remarked that in view of tho exhaustive evidence already given he would try to be brief. He hurriedly re- viewed the leakage In the Ministry of War, the discovery of the bordereau. tho arrest and the trial of Dreyfus and the latter's alleged confesslons before the ceremony of degradation to Captaln Te- her by foreigners,” and said that in spite of Es}erhazy'a statement it was impos- gible for him to have written the ggr- dereau, and still more Impossible for him to have secured the information contained therein. traces of Indiscretion discovered during the investigation against Esterhazy. Con- | tinuing, the witness deplored the fact that the court-martial of 1 closed doors, adding: “I regard it as a reat misfortune. The witnesses cer- ainly said a great deal more at the secret trial thanéhey would have done at a pub- lic trial. But the Judges had a better op- ortunity of forming an opinion, even hough the public might maintain doubts. T deplore it keenly.” General Gonse denied that Esterhazy had recelved money from the Intelligence Department, and, describing the ‘‘strange behavior” of Dreyfus and his “frequent acts of indiscretion,” the witness begged the court to summon the seoretar{l of the Ministry of War who surprised the pris- oner prying in the offices at a time when was held behind He added that there were no | OUR more days and the California boys- will be within a few hours’ steaming of San Francisco. which reached port yesterday, came over the medium course, which the Sherman i il the way. In that event the transporf United States Nautical Expert J. T. McMillan calculates that at noon yesterday the Sherman was latitude 40 degrees 50 minutes north, longitude 156 degrees 30 minutes west, and should therefore have been miles from home. At the rate she has been traveling t The Aztec, supposed to be following, t should be safely in port.next Thurs- in hat would bring her to the Farallones there was no business going on. The Gen- eral defended M. Gueree and referred to the Spyasgan “honorable man’” whose nanie he:could not give, as having fur- nished military headquarters with valu- able information. Colonel Jouaust asked, of regular monthly pay General Gon ie was paid when he brouzat information. Major Carriere—We have here two dif- ferent versions. General Gonse—I mean to say that as he watched others he paid his ex- penses we did not want him to be out of pocket. After the witness had asserted that while the name of Dreyfus was often mentioned in gession of the intelligence his innocence was nowhere the al then proceeded Du le Clam from the of Colovel Picquart _and General Mercier's evidence in regard to the alleged confesslons made to Captain Lebrun-Renaud. Witness learned, how- { Is he in receipt the documents in the pos- department at, hinted to ever, that Captain Lebrun-Renaud, “in- | timidated by the censure of M. Casimir- Perier,” did not dare to repeat these con- fessions and gave only an incomplete ac- { count of the occurrences at the time of | ner's degradation. There was no the witness said, in Colonel Ple- statements in regard to his (Gen- ) excitement Janua The said he learned of the Embassa- ction January 6. The general de- Ler statements made by ‘Picquart crred to the alleged number of ar- i by Picquart on “unfounded splonage.” derable comment was aroused by the fact that, contrary to the provisions { of the Jaw requiring the testimony to be verbal and without notes, General Gonse, adjusting his eyeglas proceeded to notebook’ and frequently dor’s nied ot and ref sult a large | S memory. caling with the Henry forgery General “I can say it wa$ already General Roget spoke to me about st eight days before Henry con- (Sensation.) of the court asked if the witness that a document relating to the conveying of troops was for twenty-four hours in the hands of the prisoner, ana if he knew that imaginary sketches exe- cuted by the prisoner had been delivered abroad. General Gonse—I could not give a posi- tive answer to that question. “Are there proofs that the documents mentioned in the bordereau were dellv- ered abroad?” “There were no direct proofs, but their dispatch was certainly announced.” Proceeding, witness disputed Magistrate Bertulus” account of the interview with Henry, but added that when he (Gonse) nded Henry his forgery, the Jatter in- [ s knew ted that it must not be shown to Pic- uart. (Sensation, plying to M. mitted he had ordered Colonel Plcquart not to concern himself with the handwrit- ing of the bordereau when he commenced | his_investigations of Esterhazy. “Then,” asked M. Demange sharply, “when you saw his handwritings were identical with the writing of the b dereau that made no impression on you “Iividently,” replied the witness, “the handwritings had great resemblance. M. Demange—The ‘“honorable’” person already referred to was not in receipt of pay, vou ald just now? n he person was not an agent. He, indeed, wished to procure us inform- ation in and out of Europe, but he con- rned himself with agents and his ex- 1 oT- Do you regard this person ynse—He only supplied Information. . Demange—Did you not say that this on had been proposed for the cross of the Legion of Honor, and that if he was not decorated it was because some one had Intervened to prevent it? & a Gonse—I never heard of it. Demange—Very good. ‘When %)re vfus w. asked the regl:h‘;r | question he said T will reply | ({ln‘('l to the, secretary of the Ministry of War, who said he saw me in the offices after hours. As regards General Gol am surprised that the general officer repeats dinner ta- ble gossip, There is known to be insur- mountable® difficulty in introducing any one into the Ministry of War, and it is | absolutely imp ble for an officer to | bring any one into the Ministry." To this the general replied:, “No doubt it is difficult.” Colonel Jouaust—No doubt it is_ dith- cult, hut it is not impossible. The Minis- try can be entered easlly enough at cer- tain hours. Dreyfus was in a position to know that. (Sensation.) The prisoner—I will reply to Secretary F ho has told a lie. What I have to General Gonse is that every time a friend came to see me at the Ministry, even when a French officer, T was obligcd to descend to the floor below, and even members of the Chamber of Depnties who called on me could not enter the Min- stry. It was consequently absolutely im- ssible under ordinary circumstances for : ibaltern to bring any one into the Min- istry General Gonse declared that permits could easily he obtained. At this point Colonel Picquart re-entered the witness box In order to reply to al- legations as to the way he performed his dutie: He denied a number of General Gonse's statements regarding the arrests the witness ordered. Colonel Picquart also described the ex- traordinary methods of investigation em- Ploved In the Intelligence Department by is predecessor. Counsel for the defense, after emphasiz- ing the fact that even in the opinion of General de Boisdeffre there was a_con- nection between the Esterhazy and Drey- fus affairs, asked the president of the court to request Colonel Picquart to give information regarding the 100,000 francs said to have been expended for the sur- veillance of Esterhazy. Picquart explained how expenditures were regulated in the intelligence depart- ment. While witness was chief of the department General Billot, then Minister of War, thought it necessary to make a fresh distribution of the amounts of the secret service funds available at the dif- ferent offices, and the funds in the wit- ness' department were diminished by $0,- 000 francs monthly. At this moment Pic- quart said negotiations of great import- ance were in progress and an extraordi- nary ex‘rendlturo had been arranged be- forehand. “This decrease In the funds,” continued Picquart, “did not prevent me from pur- suirig the extremely interesting questions | upon which I was engaged. made a memorandum, in which I asked for a sup- plememnryvgrnm, and 100,000 francs were given me. " When the 100,000 francs was re- ceived General Billot made another re- distribution. In no case no extraordin: expenditure was made in connection wit] the Esterhazy inquiry. There could not be an inquiry costing less. “In a note gent to the Minister of Jus- tice in 1866 it was set forth that I em- ployed as official agents the private de- tectives of the inquiry bureau. employed a single official agent. | agencies was the fact that this agent styled himself a ‘business agent’ on one on his cards, and this was included in the dossier of the Esterhazy affair.” - When Picquart had finished spe: to speak. demange, witness ad- | led to the belief that I emfloyed private General Billot jumped up and asked leave “‘Picquart,” the general called sharply the officer, who had just left the stand, 1l you come back?" (Sen: “Certainly,” replied Picquar General Billot then sald: ‘I am v pleased that Colonel Picquart has ra the question of the secret fund | T had already brought before th of Cassation. The secret funds ar funds, and I should, purpose for which they are ass say nothing about them. I will endeavor to | say nothing which should remain secre The secret funds are placed at the dispo- sition of the Minister of War for the ser- vice of the state, and the Minister has only to account for them to the President Court | secret ; the ABANDONED TESSEL 0FF FANCOLVER She Floated Out of the Fog and Back Into It Like a Specter. AN OCEAN MYSTERY Salvage Parties Could Not Get Near Enough to Ascertain the Name of the Barkentine. e Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 19.—According to a story brought. by the steamer Will- apa, which runs along the west coast of Vancouver Island, another disaster has in all probability occurred in that ocean's graveyard where so many wrecks have taken place. The story as given to the Willapa’s officers by the residents of Clayoquot tells- of a wandering derelict barkentine, which came from the smother that enveloped the Pacific, swung about among the reefs off Clayoquot Sound, with—according to the belief of the resi- *d | dents of Clayoquot-not a soul on board, which | and then, when small boats hurriedly formed salvage expeditions and went out to her, drifted with an off-shore wind fill- ing her canvas, back into swallowed up, as was the famous phan- tom ship -of Captain Vanderdecken. This was the strange story which ail Clayoquot was talking of when the steam-~ er Willapa reached there. According to her officers, salvage expeditions galore were being promoted, but as, until the ar. of ‘the republic. The President controls | ana his discharge for the secret| fund. Colonel Picquart received from the | chief of the general staff the funds { signed to his department. He could dis- | pose of them as he liked, but this the | Minister decides, and with' regard to the requirement of the service. This distri bution was with the approval of the Pres dent from the secret funds at his disposal. 1 distributed these funds as they have been distributed for thirty years, before my advent to power, by all the Ministers of War. The sum of 32,000 francs monthly was allowed the chief of the general staft of the intelligence department. When the credit of 100,000 francs was asked for it | was for the service of the general staff, | and not for the intelligence d. | | epartment, | Colonel Picquart believes. It was ked for on the report of General de Boisdeffre (thenschifef of the general staff), and not the report of Colonel Pic quart, -for the general service of the se- cret war funds. “These funds were expended, as Colonel Picquart stated, 8000 francs by myself, and, as General Roget said, 20,000 franc: in 1896 and 20,000 francs in 1897 by General Gonse. The remainder wag placed at the | disposal of my successor, M. de Freycinet, | who had this sum liquidaied by President Loubet. T will not say another word, but I must deal with the perfidious insinua- | tion made to the Court of Cassation, | which is calculated to deal a blow to th , fidelity and honor of the Minis- = | | s statement caused applause in tne | | rear of the court, but Colonel Jouaust cut | | the demonstrations_short by announcing | | adjournment until Monday. KAISER IS NEUTRAL IN DREYFUS CASE BERLIN, Aug. 19.—The second trial by court-martial of Captain Dreyfus at Ren- Labori and General Merecier's denouncements. The latter are not taken riously. His statement that Germany was on the point of declaring war with | France in 18M is ridiculed. = The whole Ge n press is united on this point. The xtreme step which' ( would have taken then if President mir-Perier had not put a stop to the violent attacks | on the German embassy would have been to send Count von Munster lxd«nllurg.} the German Embassador at Paris, on a| long leave of absence. In no case would | the relations of the two Governments have assumed a threatening aspe The Tageblatt calls General Mercier's revelations preposterous, and the Frank- fort Zeitung vs General Mercier’s talk about Germany meaning in January, 1895, has excited only hilarity throughout Germany. The Cologne Gazette, calling the present state of the French mind *a species of dementia,” says nobody in Germany takes General Mercier seriously. While the energy of thé French Govern- ment is generally commented on favor- ably, doubts are expres: as to whether | it s strong enough to overcome the dis- affection in the army. Emperor William, on of the attempt on the life of M. Labor during the ceremony of unveiling the monument to his grandfather at Arolsen ‘on Monday, used strong language in de- nouncing the deed. He said the crime wa evidently part of a regular plot. H Majesty has kept himself minutely in- formed of the incidents of the trial at Rennes. The correspondent here of the Associated | Press heard that a proposition, first made | in the English press and also taken up | by a number of the papers here, for the ublication of some documents in the ands of the German Government, calcu- lated: to exculpate Dreyvfus beyond all doubt, was seriously broached to the Em- | peror and lengthily discussed. But he finally concluded that this would not do and that he must adhere strictly to nis system of absolute non-interference. Later several of the Inspired papers expressed | the same opinion. - o AS PANIZZARDI H THE MADAGASCAR NOTE VIENNA, Aug. 19.—The Allegemeine Zeitung says: Colonel Panizzardi, former military attache of the Italian embassy at Paris, has the identical note on Madagascar which is specified in the bordereau in the Dreyfus affair. It is in Esterhazy's handwriting and the paper is similar to that of the bor- dereau. It was sent to Colonel Schwarzkop- pen, military attache of the German embassy, who had it copied. The copy was sent to Berlin and the original to Colonel Panizzardi that he might have a copy. This he did, but he forgot to return the original to his brother at-| tache. —_— AUSTRIA MAY TAKE A HAND IN THE GAME LONDON, Aug. 19.—The Observer publishes the following dispatch from Vienna: It is probable that a formal contradiction of the statements of the French generals at Rennes regarding the Schneider letter will be communi- cated to the French Government with a request that the generals In question publicly withdraw them. Such action by Austria-Hungary ‘would break the ice for the German and Italian government: MERCIER AND ROGET MAY BE ARRESTED NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—A Sun cable from Paris says: It is stated that the Government will cause the arrest of General Mercier and General Roget on the charge of making use of forged documents in their evidence in the Rennes court-martial. The report has caused great excitement. | receiving the new rival of the Willapa, the only available craft with which to salve the derelict were small boats, the would-be expedi- tions were handicapped. Tt was on Sunday last, according to the story told by the Willapa's officers, that the barkentine was first seen. She came out of the fog and drifted in past the reef, well in shore. She stood right in off the land and at one time was inside the breakers off Vangos Island, and had not the wind_shifted she would have then gone on the rocks. She was blown off a few miles, however, by a shift of the Her foretop-gallantmast and miz- zentopmast were gone. Her lower top- Is were set, also her mainsail spanker and_three jibs. The foresail was clewed up but not furled. One man is positive that her foretopmast was gone, but if her headsails were set this, of course, would be impossible. All are agreed on one point, however, and that is that the bark- entine_was evidently abandoned, not a sign of life being seen anywhere aboard her. Numbers of white men went out to her in boats and many Indians in canoes. The fog and was | boats got within a mile of the mysteri- | ous stranger and their occupants declare that everything about the vessel hore evi- dence to the fact that she was deserted. There was nio one at the wheel, the bar- kentine continually flying up in the wind and_then paying off again as her jibs filled. The davits were plainly discerned, but o boats hung from them. Before the men in the boat proach any nearer the fog c: again like a ¢ difficulty that ngians regained the prevailed along the wi al days past, so much so supposed derelict very could ‘ap- me down the white men hore, Heavy coast for n iderable presuming that hey hz can only be guessed at, but there is every reason to hope that they will have landed ‘safely at some nt along the coast, as the weather has heen fair lately with the exception of the fog. tine, With three masts, square-rigged on the foremast—a vessel of about 400 or 500 tons. The only vessels answering to the de- scription ‘that are in any likelihood of being in that vicinity so far known here are the_following: bark-ntine Katie Flickinger, whici: left Pisaguna on June 9 for this port, and the as an Pedro on July 18 for Port Blaxeley. Opinions differ as to whether the bar- kentine was heavily -loaded or water- logg=d. Up to date she is a marine my and further news of her will be eagerly awaited RAILWAY PROJECTORS READY TO PROCEED Company Will Organize To-Day to Build the Stockton-Sacra- mento Line. STOCKTON, Aug. 19.—The projectors of the new railroad to Sacramento will con- vene to-morrow, effect temporary organ- ization and take measures to put the pre- liminary work under way. Those inter- ested are anxious that it be distinctly understood that the company -is working upon a _strictly independent enterprise. They claim the Santa Fe denials recently were unnecessary, as it was never intend- ed to give out the impression that finan- cial aid was expected iron#that source. On the other hand, it is conceded thoe company_does not undertake to contimie as an Independent line if some purchaser comes along prepared to talk business. In this connection it is declared the pur- chaser must agree to conditions which are favorable to shippers. A definite announcement of the com- any’s plans may be given out next week. ut it is known enough capital has been pledged to carry the line a sufficient num- ber of miles to float bonds upon and ear it to its destination. The surveying party is preparing to take the field. LABORI’S CONDITION CONTINUES TO IMPROVE RENNES, Aug. 19.—This afternoon Maitre Labori was able to take a walk in the garden and to attend to import- ant business, but he received only Colonel Picquart. His general condi- tion continues satisfactory. S TUnion High School Voted For. 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