Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-29
YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS DEVOID
OF SENSATION.
DAY AND GRAY ATTENDED
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ARGUES IN
FAVOR OF REVISION.
JubiIant Over the
Selection of VI. Dupuy as Pre-
mier-He Was Premier Dur
ing the Original Trial
of Dreyfus.

PARIS Oct. 2S.-To-day's proceedings at
the court of cessation were devoid of sem
sation. The only emotion caused ensued
upon the reading of pathetic letters from
Dreyfus.
significant point was the revelation of
the fact that General de Boisdeffre gave or
ders, after Dreyfus' case was supposed TO
be closed, for the dossier containing the
bordereau to be burned, and expressed sur
prise afterward TO find that his orders had
not been executed.
Thus far the war office has not been rep
resented in the present proceedings, and
there is still but little hope of the secret
dossier being produced especially f-as,
however, looks somewhat doubtful-M. Du-
| puy succeeds in forming cabinet. He was
| premier during the Dreyfus trial. and his
| appointment delights the anti-Dreyfusites,
| who see in it the Indication that President
| Faure has greater sympathy for the
army than for the discovery of the truth.
1t is asserted that the father-in-law of
| Dreyfus has received d letter from the
| prisoner in his own handwriting. Formerly
| only copies OF his letters We're transmitted,
and the new departure is regarded as a
| favorable sign.
Judge Day and Senator Gray, of the
United States peace commission visited the
court of cessation to-day while NJ. Manau.
| the procurateur general. was reviewing the
| Dreyfus case.
Provided with a letter from General Hor-
ace Porter, the United States ambassador,
| to the presiding judge, the two Americans,
with the second secretary of the United
| States embassy, proceeded to the depart
| ment of justice. where, after much for
mality, and to the surprise of General Por-
| ter, an order was secured from the pre-
| siding judge to admit the commissioners.
Upon their entrance into the courtroom
! the fifteen judges constituting the court
| bowed a dignited greeting, without verbal
welcome The visitors We're shown TO seats
! on the bench and witnessed the proceed
| ings for an hour with deep interest.
Nine. Dreyfus was present in the court
room.
| At to-day's session NJ Bard, the reporter,
| concluded his report of the Dreyfus case.
the first part of which was presented yes
terday. He said this morning that the
court should make every investigation
necessary to enlighten them and place the
i whole truth in evidence.
| Il was for the court to decide what re-
| mained to be done. The task was a deli
cate one, but that was no motive to avoid
il. He concluded: You have great ou:y
to fulfill. Do what your conscience die
| tates."
NJ Mornard, counsel for Nine. Dreyfus.
charged that an investigation be ordered
| concerning the divergency OF the testim my
of experts who examined the bordereau in
1894 and in 1897, and also to ascertain
| whether secret documents We're commGni-
Gated to the members of the court-martlal.
The public prosecutor, NJ. Manau. toi-
| lowed NJ. Mornard. Addressing the judges,
he said: Nobody can now take the Dreyfus
affair out of your hands. nor can you relIE-
| Quish it without dereliction OF duty. Your
decision must constitute for everybody the
expression of truth and justice Revise
the trial then, gentlemen: or at least pre-
= ha For>f frE r..N-iGf ion
Mr.. Manau declared the court could not
annul the sentence imposed upon Dreyfus
without retrial of the prisoner. He add
ed: You must fix the responsibility. II
Dreyfus is innocent, the culprit must not
go unpunished.'
The public prosecutor, continuing, pro
ceeded to argue on the same line as NJ
Bard the reporter of the case. urging q
revision of the trial and dwelling upon
also suggested that Major Esterhazy
should testify on the subject of the bor.
dereau, saying: He can admit its author
ship with impunity. since court-martia
has acquitted him OF being the author OF
| il. But what a service he has rendered
to the country, in confessing that he is The
author. and what a service he will render
NJ Manau concluded with denouncins
1.-The villainous attack on the partisans o
revision" and made a strong Slea that tn,
court be not Influenced by outside pressure
| but that 1t decide in favor of revision
of the case and the immediate provisional
AT this stage of the proceedings NJ. Bart
read a letter from General Come to tht
president of the court of cessation in which
the general said:
"I have Just heard of a memorandum in
troduced in court yesterday in which Pic
| quart accused me of a Gishonorable &C
ton. I have never previously heard o
this memorandum, and l wish to deny mos
formally Picquart's allegations. l think m!
word is of greater value than that of
man imprisoned on the suspicion o
forgery"
The reading of the last statement calle,
forth loud protests in court. The reporte
added that as Colonel Picquart's memo
randum was publicly read il was only jus
tce to read General Gonze's denial. Th
president of the court ordered that the gen
erals letter be added to the documents il
the case and the court adjourned.
LONDON. Oct 2S.-In moderate circles
t according to the Paris correspondent of tn
2 Times. where serious effort is being mad
| to discover the truth in the Dreyfus affair
r the impression left by the report of NJ
Bard official reporter to the court of cas-
sation. and by the requisiore tpetition) o
NJ Manau, the procateur general is pro
n found. painful and discouragng.
> The correspondent of the Times con
: | tinues:
The thought which weighs like pail o
| the country seems to be a reluctance I
4 | believe in the complete innocence of Drey
! | fus because such a belief would involv
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