The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-29
Sustains Blenish by Inquiry Into
the Dreyfus Affair.
THE LATEST SENSATION
PUBLICATION OF LETTERS FROM
CoMTE EsTERHAzY.
He Is Accused of Being the Author
OF the Unsigned Letters Which
Led to the Condemnation of
Dreyfus-count Declares They
Are Forgeries.

! Paris, Nov. 2S.-The Figaro caused a
sensation today in connection with the
J Dreyfus affair by publishing several
! letters purporting to have been written
! by Comte Ferdinand Walsh 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 con-
! domination Of Dreyfus.
In one of them, after expressing his
intention to eater the Turkish service,
/ Comte Esterhazy is reported as saying:
shall not leave without having
played a trick of my own on those
amiable Frenchmen."
/ Other passages illustrating the
character Of the letters follow:
Our cowardly and ignorant great
chiefs win go once more to people
German prisons"
Il should be perfectly happy if I
were told [ was to be killed tomorrow
as a captain of Uhlans' sabering
/ Frenchmen"
Il am capable of great things or
crimes If that could avenge me. 1
would not harm a little dog, but I
would have a hundred thousand
| Frenchmen killed with pleasure
Comte EsterhazY proceeds to say
that 'Frenchmen are not worthy of the
| ne con1ureS UP "a dream of festiyity''
! in the shape of the pillage of Paris by
a hundred thousand drunken soldiers.
SAYS THEY ARE FORGERIES.
Interviewed by reporters today as to
/ the publications in the Figaro of letters
purporting to be of his authorship, he
! displayed great Indignation and de-
! clared that they were forged by the
I friends at IL
! taken words and sentences from his
letters and pieced them together by a
! process with which he was acquainted
He said also that he had been warned
some days back that such a publication
! would be made.
lie Jour doubts the authenticity of
the letters. Shortly after the Figaro
| appeared. Comte Esterhazy visited
! General Pellioux who was appointed
/ by General Saussier, the military gov
ernor OF Paris to conduct the investi-
! cation of the charges which have been
! brought against him. and protested
against what he alleges is a fresh
calumny.
LETTERS TO BE EXAMINED.
A semi-of1fcial note tonight saws that
General PelliouX's Investigation was
/ almost finished, but that he will now
! examine into the authenticity of these
| letters then he viii act with absolute
! impartiality and see to it that salts
faction is given to the honor of the
army, justice and truth
General Pellieux this afternoon inter
rOgated Colonel Picquart, who was
summoned from Tunis in connection
with the Dreyfus affair, and whose
statements were reported to be the ba-
SIS of the accusations originally
brought against Ccmte Esterhazy. As
cabled to the Associated Press Satur-
day, the Figaro of that day said Gen
eral Pillioux had seized letters writer
by Connte Esterhazy to several persons
! in which the writer has insulted anC
violently attacked the heads of the
French army. According to the In
transigeant Of Saturday, Colonel Pic.
quart had been sentenced to 80 days
detention in a fortress for his reflections
on Comte Esterhazy. Prior to the FL
garo's publication Of the letters referred
to in the foregoing dispatch, it was
understood in Paris that the result O!
General Pellioux's inquiry would be an
nOunced Tuesday to General Billot
minister of war.
DUKE OF ORLEANS.
The Duke of Orleans has written {
letter to a friend, Colonel Perseval, il
reference to the Dreyfus affair, il
which he says:
Il cannot restrain cry of indigna
ton when l catch the echo of fresI
scandals, from the shame of which i
has not been possible to spare my coun
try.
Until now the honor of the army
has been inviolable. Can 1 forget tn,
height to which it was brought by it
kings and its glorious soldiers wht
fought to complete the grand work o
French unity?
Never have the hardships of exil,
seemed so cruel when I see mysel
forced to remain a powerless spectacle
Of insults cast upon our glorious army
Those who have not made an ener
getic use of their power will bear
heavy responsibility in the eyes Of thu
country and in history.
For my part 1 venture to say l shall
always find in the consciousness of m,
duty and the power of monarchial in
stitutions the necessary strength t,
fittingly protect the honor of the sol
diers of France"
In a letter referring to an actress
Compile Esterhazy is represented a:
writing:
ct am quite at the mercy OF the de
clesse contemplate creature); if l max,
the slightest mistake toward her. / wish
was in Siam and could make her follow
me there. One of my Spahis muskets go
ing off, as If by chance, would cure he
forever
Tomorrow the Figaro will print ia,
SMILES of the Esterhazy letters and vii
maintain that they are genuine.
The Echo de Paris viii say tomorrow
that Comte Esterhazy is the victim O
the horrible vengeance of the widow of
former superior officer The paper as
serts that she sold a letter to the Drey
. fus syndicate for 1900 francs and from
that commenced the work of elaboration
GERMANv AND ETA v7T