The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-28
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established the INNOCENCE Of Dreyssas
To this Gen. Come fes..esi, ..ys, ~
= n 10 you il T,reytns Is o. DsvsFs Isl
Col. Ptcauart-eai d 4 innoesst. ,,,.,,,ar
Zen Gouze--Ye, ka0w Mercer dofHss.s
.nin,ssSr al war ard saussie- former mt
1fary governor o. Parssi are fnixe5 Up n
this affair. Do you wish 10 e"HA'f"''''Se
them? ,....,x
The letter fhan eontinIed that On leaving
1,en. f;anze. Gel PIc4uart declared ne was
Convinced of the inSocsfice o. III fyIlA So
~Ifzai he proposed to agli me mstess o0s
a:r6-essai what ne knew. ~ re-
porter Bard caused nNfasa1foh a. t'1
court. ,.., x,..o.,sr.,v
message mat the minister Of var ana tne
General staff RAD tampsyed with documents
and had manufactured cY.1ehce ~ tiae
Ireyfus case. AID 3 pTenfis IA on % z Spi'
fradicforg statement o{ CO. PleG9aFi afI
IT, minister Of war relative u tae secret
do~lsnsrfts alleged t. kla9e been ccfaEiufff
rated to the court, the hearing Oh in3 case
was adjourned until tcrnoFTo"
The sensation Of HI EafdH report "as
The shorthand notes O. the examinat5oH on
Col Henry by NJ Godfrey Ca*al@nac'
then minister OF war. after HeBf$ ior -
rhoweG that the confession u forgery vas
mi. obtained with the utmost afiea11y'
Henry sfoutiy denying and then pfebaS,
eating Ia the effecg that he bad only aflsfa
yts1r driver 10 the last c0rneT, protesting
that h acssd fer the country's god.
Esterhmzy the entity Party.
The drift Of NJ Rard's conclusion - as
that Coufe EgteghaZy was the real coipF.t,
1u' his condemnation would mean the rum
OF si,e irtss.ixeuce department..
Ri. Bard dwsIt sese:esy on the wlthnosd-
ing Of the secret dos=.er from Dr.yfus
himself, as tne presenting OF the docu-
n1ents 10 IsreyfasS could not have compfo-
n1ised the national Interests. AMI said the
course adopted was in hagr ant violation OF
the rights nj French prisoners s1nce lass
Although the meetings 50 Tar are IAFof-
able 10 Drsyft2s, II must not De assumed
that there Viii be any real csf aFtng w of
the mystery II looks rather as II an a.
tempt Is being made 20 siiiis the real truth
by libsrat.ng DFeyfss without 4 new trial
II Ia asked ny the Dreyfusits< II the Sc
eret dossier exists as alleged, and what
good purpose can ge served by the court o.
cessation giving a d.c.sion without seeing
r., SINCE that is The Only real proof. " any.
OF Abe guiss Of Dreyfus.
Tomorrow sitting OF the court OF cas-
Fat.en Is awaited with The most intense
anxiety.
No Treason Committed.
The belief Is general tonight that The
court OF cessation Viii pronounce neither
for revision g9r FOR aAnuLmeni Of the de-
cision IN the Dreyfus case, as either course
would entail awkward consequences.
To AVOID these IL is expected the court
Will decide. az the affair now presents II.
EfIy. {fiAL there H.i&s itst1 40 EflS%a fslS
seif. that there has been no treason pro-
noanced upon Drcyfus by the cgurt-mar-
tai cannot be- upheld.
The Courier tu Sor says that the reyc-
lations In the report OF ~. Bard before the
court OF CESSATION as 10 the part Played
by Some members 81 The general staff have
produced strong effect Ia military circles
and are likely TO RESULT IN reaction tend
Ing to put an end 10 the 9atagouissn be-
tween the civil aid the military authosi-
ties
Dosstcr stilI n secret.
LONDON, Oct. Is The Paris corre-
spondeni Of the Daily News says: The
Brixson cabinet was overturned osteasihly
because II failed 10 protect tti. army from
SANDER The real facts are that the min
hters constantly bur vainly urged the
alandered stan officers TO take proceedings
against their sianderers Gen MERCER,
Gen. Zurilnden and Gen. Chanone all de-
cllned TO assist the government to vim
dicats the army's honor on the Plea that
u was useless to. proceed against filthy
newspaper rags. Gen. Chanoines res.g-
naticn was timed to prevent the civil
power getting hold of the Dreyfus dossier.
IL was calculated that II he went cut
siamming the door, the government would
be beaten by parliament. afraid OF having
the army and the people against IL. The
coup Was fixed for today Thursday. hut
M Deroiisde's sting provoked Chanoine
10 prectptaie The matter. However. the
desired object has been accomplished NJ
Brfsson being unable during th. suspsn-
sion Of the sitting Of the chamber on Tiies-
day Ia obtain NJ Faurc's signature for the
nomination OF Rev minister OF war Had
be succeeded the secret dossier would be
now before the ro1rt OF casSatl ton hut N
1<oskrny, who WIS then al interim war
minister. cannot take the initiative The
cns'oaians OF The dossier can refuse 10 let