Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-14

YET even.uate war. Cavalgnac could
not or would no, conceal his anlmus
oven IN his letter ~ rssignaii0n. but IN
the face OF the awful disclosures show
Ing the culr1bili.y OF high military au-
th1rluts end she alm9s. certain inno-
cence of iha bong suncrins victim held
% % TIA, Drcyfus was guilty. n this
10 not n case OF the wish beius father
90 enc Thought it r. certainly very
much iii.a o. ff the man who is being
r'owiy tortured to death on DevIrs
Island could 1aiy D. hlF.fncd along
and made 20 diraprclr from ihe actne
aitgcahcF af,ora tho rtheafiuT % his
case. no doubt ~. Cavlisnac IN CONF
mon Win many o.hsrs would brciihs
much easier ,hln at presrut 70 Ia ctr-
tain itit some further disclosures are
o. come. and IA, showing made " how
possible % is fir such things 90 BE- IN
thai n1i0n Is % iiHeif much more dam
Etrous 90 The government than che
knowi,dse % now infamous o. The
ireiimcn. 10 which The rcipor5i, Of
military rolHielans has been subjected.
a good deal % auosiloning has boon
INDUCED In REGARDING she origin and
n1l.vo % iha Dr.yfua prosecution. md
as 90 seems 30 be "ciyiari 10 the goror-
NJ" hrirf ravlew ~ % D. in order The
New York world last sunday had a
lengthy ami elaborate Statement ~ 10.
from which th' following ls complied
Captain Aihart Dreyfua. ,of ihc
French army was IN ispi by a secret
coufi-mlriill. convicted ~ treason 60
Franco lie WIS CONDEMNED on a iin-
Gle dacumani-a bordsrcau or memoir
andum or French military sacrtss ~ no
importance or value alleged by one Of
The subnriinaics " COL Ply do clam
20 have been found 90 ih1 wlsir-b1aket
VI The German amhiald1r This
mtmofandum was. the arny'g experts
contend. To- a handwriting Identical 10
40 cHaerilal points with thlt % ORGY.
fu4 The OR. alilon experts contend
shat = WIS .ha wriung NJ Major Esier-
hlzy. French military spy ~ In
ilucnco The court martial two secret
documgHis were laid before ihcm, but
NOT shown 90 Drcyfls or hs counsel.
Those were iwp lstiors written ~ the
military a.lohe Of the italian ombis-
~ az Paris ana referred % French Do.
oresi sold by a French spy. ~" The
army now admits that one Of thes,
le9era referred 10 another person and
not 90 Dreyfus and hl,h che Italian
ami German ati1ohc. so whom h.
wrote. have pledged themselves c1n-
vlnolngly that neither letter referred g
pr,yfus. ana tina, they had had no
dealings whatever with him.
In 1895, two years after Drsyfus's
condemnation and when the agitation
for q rc-iriai began in earnest. col
Henry forged a letter purporiing 60 be-
a thlrd In the italian attaches series
In this forged letter Drcyfus's name
o'currtd In full This forged letter
was Put forward az conclusive pr.,f
shat Dreyfus was guilty. Confronted
fecenily with a charge u farnury. col.
iicary killed himself
When Patty du Clam was promoted in
1885, for catching ana convicilnr Drey-
rus Col Plcquart became the head N
tho Intelligence bureau. lie was dl,.
missed for collecting proofs that showed
or tended 10 show that the border,at
was In the handwriting Of the French
spy EsierhaKy. and that Esterhasy had
sold French Hrcrcts 10 the u-rmans
and the Italians both before ana after
nrcyfua was arrested and Imprisoned.
Tho explanation put forward by The
army and the government for Estor.
hiEy's published letters doneunolns
France aud Tor his selling secrets Ia
that he ala It In the regular couru, OF
MS business. tho better to Ect hold OF
the secrets Of other governments. The
explanation of The resemblance of tho
handwriting N the bordorcau % Eater.
Nays handwriting Il thas Drsyfns
knowing Ericrhazy'a business. ir,ltatsd
Ms handwriting the better TO conceal
himself.
The army ana the government have
alleged from the Mrs, that there ls other
evidence against Drcyfus. which eau In
no circumstances be disclosed for
grave reasons OF state" They nilsre
that those goafona arc 20 grave that any
ael TO suppress tho Drcyfus asltatlo,
would be jusilnable. on the Other hand.
the friends Of prcyfus ailege that ,hes.
so-eallod grave reasons OF state" are
merely the cover FOR a oilque Of a..
reputable army officers ana their dune,
Who have been consplring mo-, agnlnst
France directly but nrst arainrt an,
llcbroNr In tho army aud laiterly h,
defend lhemaolyos from cxpolurs ana
disgrace.
when preyfua was publicly DEGRADED
he cried out I'm three years tho tru,h
VIII be known'" This reoms 10 inll-
cate that he know the real cause Of the
attack upon him and that there was
some definite specific reason why ,hls
cause should not come out for at lo,,t
lhrre years u l. now three years ana
lwo'thlrds N another since thar state.
mont was made and the truth seems 10
he slowly rising 20 ihe surface. put
would such q state OF thlnrs "a. r.,..t-