Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-02
COLONEL HENRY.

tleffre, the chief of staff, and OF General
Gonse. the underchief, who have re-
signed, and tender their designations.
1t appears that the minister for war.
NJ. Cavaignac, is convinced that Colonel
Henry had accomplices in the forgery
of the discriminating document, and
in this connection it is reported that
the minister of justice, Nj. Sarrien, hal
already taken steps to grant Dreyfua
a retrial.
La Patrie announces that Colonel
Patty de Clam has been arrested fof
completely in the forgery.
The minister for war has received in
audience General Renouard. director Ct
the military college. who has accepted
the office of chief of the general staff
vacant owing to the resignation of Gen.
eral Boisdeffre. The latter has said
farewell to the officials of his bureau.
The medical examination made of tho
remains of the late Colonel Henry
shows that his death was instantane-
Gus. President Faure has returned t.
his home at Havre
The Famous lola Letter.
M. Emile Zola, in his famous Il ac-
cuse" letter, published in the Aurore,
which led to his trial and conviction on
the charge of libeling military officers,
said:
II accuse Lieutenant Colonel du Patty
de Clam of having been the diabolicaI
worker of a judicial error. unconscious
ly, ] am ready to believe, and of then
having defended his nefarious doings
for the past three years by the most
absurd and culpable Vaccinations.
accuse General MERCER (who was min
lister for war when Dreyfus was tried)
of being the acconplice, at least through
weak intelligence, in the greatest iniq-
uity Of the century. l accuse General
Billot minister for war during the late
Dreyfus agitation) of having in hi,
hands the certain proofs of the innO-
cence of Dreyfus and of having sup
pressed them, thus rendering himself
guilty of treason against humanity AMI
justice. for a political reason and in Or
der to save the compromised staff.
II accuse General Boisdeffre the chic:
Of the general staff and General Gonsa
(the assistant chief of the general staff
of being the accomplices in the same
crime, the one through religious ami
mostly doubtless. the other perhaps
tIllOQSIl NliC VHIjliN We WI JS NIltn
makes the war office a sacred and unas-
sailable ark ! accuse Goheral de Pei
lieux and Major Ravary of having mad
flagtious investigation, whereby /
mean an inquiry of the most monstrou'
partially. ! accuse the three experts
in handwriting, the men Belhomme, Va
rinard and CQuard. of having drawn up
false and fraudulent reports unless a
medical examination shall prove them
to be victims of a disease of sight or OF
judgment. l accuse the officers of the
war office of having organized a press
campaign in order to lead public opin-
ion astray. Finally I accuse the first
court martial of having condemned a
man on document kept secret, and |
accuse the second court martial of hav-
ing covered this illegality by order and
of committing in it's turn the judicial
crime of knowingly acquitting a guilty
person"
lola Convicted.
After long trial, in February last,
M. lola was sentenced to one years i'm.
prisonment and to pay fine of 5000
francs for these alleged libes, and M.
Perreux, the manager of the Aurore,
was sentenced to four months impris-
onment and to pay 5000 francs fine.
On his way to and from the courthouse
during the trial M. lola was continually
hooted by mobs and at it's conclusion
narrowly escaped personal violence.
When the French author heard the yer.
dict, he exclaimed:
They are cannibals"
General Boisdeffre, the chief of the
general staff of the French army, who
ras just resigned, is understood to be
in high favor at st. Petersburg. He
gained considerable popularity by hia
attitude in defense of the army during
the Iola trial and at one time was look.
ed upon as possibly aiming at mill
tary dictatorship. Prince Henry of Or
leans, who is credited with hoping for
military movement against the French
republic, also tried to make capital out
of the trial. He showed himself daily
in the hall of the courthouse and one
day embraced Major Este"hazv, anoth-
er of the French officers implicated in
the scandal. crying, "Nive Iarmee.'
which aroused enthusiasm among his
Orleanist friends, but which did not
otherwise excite the crowd present t.
any degree.
President Faure while the case wa'
on trial openly patronized General Bois-
deffre, and the result-namely. the con-
viction Of N. Zola-was looked upon az