The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
INSULTS .
THE ARMY \
OF FRANCE
Letters Alleged to Have
Been Written by
ESterhazy.
FIGARO CREATES A
SENSATION.
Publishes Several MissiVes
Anathem tizing French
Soldiers.
FEATURE OF THE DREYFUS
SCANDAL.
Bitter Words Charged to the Mani )
Accused by the Exile's
Friends.
Publishes Several MlSSiVeS
Anathem tiZing French
Soldiers.
FEATURE OF THE DREYFUS
SCANDAL.
Bitter Words Charged to the Mani
Accused by the Exile'S
Friends.
Special Dispatch to The CALL

PARIS. Nov. 2S-The Figaro caused a
sensation to-day in connection with the
Dreyfus affair by publishing several let
ters purporting to have been written by
Comte Ferd inand Walsin Esterhazy, who
has been accused by NJ Scheurer- Kestner,
one of the Vice Presidents of the Senate,
OF being the author OF the unsigned letter
which led to the condemnation OF Drey-
fus. In one of them, after expressing his
intention 10 enter the Turkish service,
Comte Esterhazy is reported as saying:
81 shall not leave without having played
a trick of my own on those amiable
Frenchmen."
Other passages illustrating the charac-
ter of the letters follows:
"Our cowardly and ignorant great chiefs
will go once more to people German pris-
ons."
81 should be perfectly happy if I were
told [ was to be killed tomorrow as a
captain of Uhlans sabering Frenchmen."
II am capable of great things or crimes
if that could avenge me. l would not
harm a little dog. but would have hun
dred thousand Frenchmen killed with
pleasure.
Comte Esterhazy proceeds TO say that
"Frenchmen are not worthy of the car
tridges intended to kill them" and he
conjures up "a dream of festivity" IN the
shape of the pillage of Paris by 100,0 900
drunken soldiers.
interviewed by reporters to-day as to
the publications in the Figaro of letters
purporting to be of his authorship, he
displayed great indignation and declared
that they were forged by the friends oft
Dreylus, who, he said had taken words
and sentences from his letters and pIeced
them together by process with which he
was acquainted. He said, also, that he
had been warned some days back that
such publication would be made.
LIE Jour doubts the authenticity of the
letters.
Shortly after Figaro appeared Comte
Esterhazy visited General Pellioux, who
was appointed by General Saussler, the
Military Governor of Paris, to conduct
the investigation of be charges which
have been brought against him, ana pro-
tested against what he alleges is a "fresh
calumny." semi-official note to-ni,ht
saws that the General Pellioux investiga-
ton was almost fnis he'd, but that he will
now examine into the authent ticity OF
lutte impartiality and see to it that satis-
faction is given to the honor of The army,
Justice and truth.
General Pellioux this afternoon interro-
gated Colonel PiCquart, who was sum-
moned from Tunis In connection with the
Dreyfus affair, and whose statements were
reported to be the basis of the accusations
brought against Comte Ferdinand Walbin
Esterhazy.
AS cabled to the Associated Press,
Saturday the Figaro of that day said
General Pelioux had seized letters written
by Comte EsterhaZy to several persons, in
VIII hich the writer has insuited and attacked
the heads of the French army. According
to the Intransigeant of Saturday, ColoneiN
PIcquart has been sentenced to thirty days
detention in a for ress for his reflections
on Comte Esterhazy. Prior to the Figaro's
publication of the letters referred to in the
Paris that the results of General Pellioux's
inquiry would be announced Tuesday to
General Bnlot, Minister of War.
The Journal asserts that the inquiry will
result in the exculpation of Comte Ester
haZy.
The Duke of Orleans has written letter
to friend, Colonel Perseval, in reference
to the Dreyfus affair, in which he says:
II cannot restrain cry OF indignation
when i catch the echo of fresh scandals
from the shame of which it has not been
possible to spare my country. Until now,
the honor of the army has been invioable.
Can l forget the height to which 1t was
brought by its kings and by its glorious
soldiers who fought to comple te he grand
work of French unItyP"