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French Court Orders a Supple
mentary Inquiry.
BUT FORBlOS HIS RELEASE.
Judges Spend More Than Three
Hours Considering the DecisiOn-
Large and Anxious Crowd Fills
the Lobbies of the Palace of JUS
without Making Demonstration.

PARIS. Oct. aa-The court Of cessation
has decided 10 grant revision Of the prey-
fus case and will institute a supplement-
airy inquiry. The court, however. declined
10 order the release OF Dreyfas. The de-
cssion OF the court Is as follows:
'In view Of the letter Of the minister Of
justice, dated September TO- 1858 inclosing
arguments OF the public prosecutor de-
nouncing 10 the court the condemnation
pronounced by the first court-martia! OF
the military government. Of Paris. on De-
cernber 81, 1894, against Alfred Dreyfus,
then captain OF artillery, attached 10 me
general STAFF in view Of all the documents
in the case. and also OF articles 4tS 10 4is
Of the code OF criminal procedure. amend
ed by the law OF June 10. 1895. relative 10
the admisslbi,,y of an application in prop
er form Of re-dec!sion:
..Whereas. The matter has been brought
before the court by the public prosecutor
in virtue OF the express order OF the min
.ster Of Justice:
.Whereas. The application comes within
the category OF cases contemplated in ar
-tcla AS and has been introduced
within the period of time fixed by article
444:
whereas. The Judgment. revision OF
which Is demanded. has the force OF a
chose Judge.
Whereas The documents produced do
not place the court In a position to decide
The merits Of the case. and there Is ground
for making q supplementary inquiry.
For these reasons the court declares
the application TO be In proper form ana
legally admissible, and states th1; x VIII
institute a supplementary inquiry. ana ce-
ciarcs there is no ground at the present
moment for deciding on the pubic prose
cutor's application for a suspension OF the
penalty
The Judges Of me court were occupied
f,r three hours and 4 half considering the
Judgment. The puddle whose admission
Ia the court was regulated with uae great
es; care. awaited the decision with mark
ea calrnness During the suspension OF
business the public crowded into the lobby
and there was evident anxiety 10 hear the
verdict There was no demonstration
when the court rose.
r;uvo,- In the Steele. asserts today that
certain documents IN the Dreyfus case
were burned some days ago.
The Cxar Friend of Dreyfus.
pFRTJN Oct. %a-An article IN the Ma
tional Review. written By L. J. Maxse'
who has previously shown himself to be
vel, informed on the nreyfus AFFAIR. has
caused some stir He afilrn1s that tse czar
has now become a convinced DTefusard.
and is taking a sympathetic Interest in the
prisoner Of Devils island. The National
Review adds thst there has bean great as
toniehrnent ard irl.i gnaticn Ia Frcrch min
lsferial and me higher military circles or
France By the publication OF too frankly
outspoken articles by NJ. Zartofsky, presi-
dent OF tee Russian appeal court, declar-
ing .hc T,~eyfus court-maftiai ar9ounfed to
a return to the lsttres de cachet and the
DAYS of the Isastle, and also eea'hinEir
criticisms ;he prosecution of Emile zoia-
T. IS asserted taat tne RosslAn government
reee5ced rerneaslrances from f'arts IN the
Intervals between ths articles efforts bei-g
-v,a g 10 have 81 Zartoisky S.lenee3 % re-
moved. Bat it is allt sei tae sttenlpt fail
ed- Th.s IS looked upon as being evi2eaae
q a remarkable change of OPINION in Rus
sa-