The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-09-10
NEW TRIAL FOR DREYFUS
FRANCE REALIZES HOW SHE HAS
BEEN DUPED.
Present Turn of Affairs Due to the
Interruption of Germany - The
Woman i'm the Case.

NEW YORK, September "A Sun
cable from Paris says:
At last it may be affirmed with
reasonable degree of certainty that
the prisoner on the Isle du Diable
will soon be brought to France, and
retired for crime of which he was
illegally condemned. The revision of
the Dreyfus sentence has not yet been
voted by the cabinet, but seven of the
ministers are known to favor it.
Popular evaporation, now that the
people see how easily they were fool
ed while the rest of the world outside
of France was not deceived, grows
greater instead of subsiding. 1t will
not permit the present impossible sit
uation 70 long continue.
About a month ago the continued
gibes of the French anti-Dreyfus pa
pers led Colonel Schwarzkoppen, for
merly a German military attache in
Paris. to make a personal appeal TO
the German emperor to check the per-
sistent attacks upon him. Colonel
Schwarzkoppen again assured the
emperor on his honor as soldier that
he never knew Dreyfus nor had any
dealings with him while he was in
Paris. The letter, which it is alleged
Colonel Panizzardi, the Italian militia
ry attache in Paris, had written to
him, mentioning Dreyfus by name,
was, Colonel Schwarzkoppen assured
his sovereign, forgery. In response
to this appeal the emperor instructed
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe to again
inform the French government of the
facts, and to insist that the continu-
ed REPETITION of calumny in France
must cease.
1t was this second warning from
Germany that led Cavaignac once more
to search all the documents relating
TO the Dreyfus case. He found con-
vincing evidence of forgery in the doc
ument supposed 10 have been in the
hand writing of Colonel Schwarzkop-
pen.
NJ. Cavaignac was appalled, and en-
ragged. He determined to fix the foul
crime upon its author. Confidential
communications passed with Berlin
and Rome. with the result that the
emperor permitted Colonel Schwarz-
koppen to make statement as soldier
to soldier to Count de Foucauld, the
French military attache in Berlin. and
the Italian government allowed Col
oMel PanizZardi to say to Colonel Gil
rard Pinsonniere, French military at
tache in Rome, on his honor as sol
der, that he never wrote the letter
ascribed to him. naming Dreyfus as
the person who had sold the plans of
certain French fortress. Count de
Foucauld and Colonel Girard Pinson-
Mere were then summoned to- Paris.
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war office when NJ. Cavaignac sent for
Lieutenant Colonel Henry.
The minister of war turned sud
denly on Colonel Henry, and. shaking
the letter in his face, Numbered,
"This letter is a forgery and you are
the forger!" The guilty man did not
attempt to deny the charge. 1t is
well established, however. that one
at least of his superior officers is i'm
plicated.
1t is now universally believed that
Henry committed suicide by order and
it cannot be denied that he was en-
couraged, if not urged. to make away
with himself. As for the others who
are guilty, enough is known already
to indicate that in this, as in other
scandals in France, it is necessary to
'cherchez la femme"
1t is known that Boisdeffre, lately
chief of the general staff, who was
most active in shielding Major Ester
hazy, and therefore in proving Drey-
fus guilty, is a friend of the woman
who, throughout the case, devoted her
self to eXculpating Esterhazy.
1t remains to be seen what she will
do when she realizes the full measure
of deceit, humbug and humiliation of
which she has been made the victim.