The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-05
Pope Leo and Many 5: It Organizations
Ins ID.
THERE'S NoS E FOR DREYFuS
But the I : Is That Others Will
Share His Fate.
COUNT ESTERHAZY is TO BE TRIED
By CourtmartaI as a Result of Investigation
Instituted by the Minister For War-Friends j
of Both Esterhazy and Dreyfus Are
Much EIated Over the Order.

Paris, Dec. ALI political and social
interests continue to be merged in the
case of Alfred Dreyfus, the former capA
tain of French artillery, who is alleged
to have been unjustly sentenced to im4
prlsonment for life on the charge of
having sold important plans of the
French war department to agents of al
foreign power. Everything else is neg
lected, from the famous Russian mi1i-
tary band, which is giving concerts to-
small audiences, to the booksellers, who
complain that no one reads anything
but the newspapers
Millions Being Spent
The conductor of train which,
brought Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone to-
Par.s, ON their way to the south of
France, thought they were to appear as
witnesses in the case This illustrates
how Paris Us absorbed dn the matter.
Every ybody seems to be mixed up in the
| case, from the pope to Emperor William,
| of Germany, and syndicates and secret
societies are said to be hard ait work
spending millions on one side or tha
other, and all France is in the throes
of an agitation which is unparalleled
since the days of Danton and Robe[
Sphere.
There Was Moro Than One
According to the Daily Telegraph, of
London, on Thursday last, copies of
which paper have been passed around
here by those interested in the subject,
"a person, who is really behind the
scenes says:
Undoubtedly some person or persons
did get very important facts regarding
our dhie French) military plans and
communicated them to the German war
office within fortnight after the de-
cisions in ques ion had been taken. If
the extent to which this odious treason
was committed and the results it had
produced in neighborfng country were
fully made known, I doubt whether,
knowing my countrymen as I do, that
they would remain satisfied with the
punishment of one man. They would
call for a radical change in the entire
system and possibly for more. This
guilt may be brough; home to another or
to others without necessarily establisl1-
ing the innocence of Dreyfus, who is lost
beyond hope and help"
Courtmartial Ordered
The military governor of Paris, Gem
erai Saussier, has ordered the formation
of countmartial to examine ino the
charges brought against Count Ferdi-
nand Walsen Esterhazy, Cthe major of
the French army who is accused of
writing the letter, which became pub
lie about The time of the sentencing Of
Dreyfus to imprisonment for life) who
Is alleged to have admitted the authors
ship of the letter published in the FfA
|. garo lately, bitterly rejecting upon
France and dhe French army.
The Journal says the decision of Gsn-
eral Saussier Is based on the report $
of General Pellieux, who was appoint
ed by the minister of war to examine
into the charges brought against Couna
Esterhazy, and which is, 80 far as
Dreyfus is concerned, no new facts have
been brought to light and no new docu-
ment has been submitted during the
course of the inquiry to justify a revision
of the trial." In consequence there Is
no ground for proceeding against Count
Esteuhazy so far as regards the crime
of high treason for which Alfred Drey-
fus was condemned.
This evening a. brief official announce
IN: MT was given out, as follows:
"Gen. Saussier has ordered a court
martial to be Instituted for an invests
CATION into the affairs of Maj. Ester
hazy."
Both Sides Pleased
Both sides profess to be pleased with
the announcement. The anti-Dreyfusians
contend that the order Of Gen. Saussi@r
cannot be construed as implying Doubt
as to the validity of the sentence inn
posed upon Dreyfus and that the Ester
hazy inquiry was not concerned with the
Dreyfus case but was merely a ssQueI
to ,.he inquiry of Gen. Pellieux.
On the other hand, the Dreyfuslans
assert that the inquiry will necsEsitafe
THE introduction of expert evidence coHl-
cerning the handwriting of the memo
randum which convicted Dreyfus, prov
ing 1T to be In EEterha zys handwriting,
and they also propos eto introduce In
evidence documents which were not sub
mitted for the inspection of Dreyfus or
his counsel Az the time of his trial by
court-martial, but were communicated to
the officers composing the court. There
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