New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-13

the time the name OF Mile. Won Buch, although
her mother, who had married a second time. was
known as the Princess Hermann Hatfield. As
sucn the Countess Wolkenstein is more or less re.
lated to the Talleyrands the Gre.Yuhles the
Casteiianes and many of the leading houses OF
-, rrench aristocracy. One OF her alfbrothers
70 the present head Of the house Of Hatzfeldt and
Grand Cup-Bearer to the Emperor of Germany
wniie her half-sister IL that celebrated beauty
S VINO, aiter marrying Prince Carolath Beuthen.
subsequently divorced by her husband The
Countess Wolkensteln comes here with the renu-
tation OF having been one of the bitterest foes OF
Prince Bismarck during her first marriage with
Count SchlenitZ. the Minister of the Imperial
Household at Berlin, and Of having continued her
warfare against him after her second marriage to
the Austrian Diplomat, who was then Ambassador
at st. Petersburg, before being appointed to this
post. She is. therefore, in every sense Of the
word welcome to the French people, and society
looks to her to revive at the Imperial Embassy
the traditions OF brilliancy. wit elegance and
chic, dormant since the departure Of Princess
Metternich In 1870
1t seems tdat we have been on the verge OF
war during the past week. all in connection with
this wretched DTeyfus affair, and that the Ger
man Ambassador, Count Minister, actually non.
fed the Government here that he was instructed
to demand his passports and to leave with his en-
tire staff, for Berlin In the event OF any public
reference being made In court to the German
Governments connection with the scandal II
this that led to all the public being excluded
from the sessions OF the court-martial and TO the
strictest secrecy being observed with regard to
the proceedings. The unsigned note In the hand
writing Of Captain Dreyfus. which enumerated
the confidential documents of the French War
Department already communicated to the Ger
man Government or about TO be placed at us dis
posa was stolen from the German Embassy
either here or at Brussels by a servant OF the
mission In the secret pay OF the French Govern
ment. The matter was. therefore, one or extreme
del.cacy. for while, on the one hand, the German
authorities were anxious at all costs 10 avoid
having brought home TO them the charge OF cor
ruptng a member OF the general STAN OF the
French Army, the French Government, on the
other was equally DESTROYS OF escaping from any
pertinent inquiries as to how II had come IN pos
session Of the scrap of paper which constituted
the sole and entire basis of the terrible charge on
which the Captain has been convicted The re-
suit Is that both Governments have been tread
ing very warily during the last two or three
weeks. each Of them being anxious 10 avoid pre-
cpitating a just at the present moment.
CAPTAIN Dreyfus had confded his defence 10
Maftre Demange. one OF the most brilliant and
eloquent members OF the French Bar. But the
latter was hampered In every way In the per-
Torrance Of his duty TO MS client, and protested
bitterly against his not being permitted either 10
cross-examine witnesses or 10 ask any questions
with regard TO the paper which constituted the
sole grounds for the Captains prosecution
Maftre Demange persists in declaring even now
after sentence has been pronounced tnat MS
client is entirely innocent and That ne mas oeen
merely put forward scapegoat TO snIeti
somebody eise's gnominy On the other nann. II
Is difficult believe that the officers composins
the court martial would have unanimously an-
Judged a comrade guilty OF crime rehectlhs
J upon the honor Of the entire Army had tney not
been firmly convinced that he was guilty ~
charged