The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-06
M. zOLA TO Be TRIED
He Will Fight Hard to Escape 4
Conviction.
THE FRENCH ARMY AGAINST HIN.
Riotina Will Likely Be Renewed
When Trial Begins.
nlsLETTER TO THE PRESIDENT
which Forms tho snsis OF the
Prosecution Against Him--He
Makes Direct Charges.

Drcyfus and letter OF President Faure. pub
lishcd in the Aurora. charged the ministe
OF war with perjury In connection with tn
Esterhazy court martial, is set TO com
Up in assiEe court OH Monday. The com
plant made ont against lola by the prose
cntion is made up from certain passage,
In his letter published In the Aurora. 1b,
passages accuse the Esterhazy court mar,
tial OF having dared IN obedience 10 or.
ders received" TO acquit the couat ~ith all
| ubiquitous verdict which VIII suiiy with
suspicion the decisions of all future cour
martials." The Indictment wholly ignore.
NJ. Zola's accusations against high person
ages in the army, General MERCER. Ceucfal
Bilot General Pellioux and others whom
| he specifically charged with illegality and
| breach of trust. This indicates that No
| light is 10 be let In on the doings OF the
| general stan,
\ lola Is full of fight and has made careful
| preparations FOR his defense. He viii call
twenty-five witnesses, Including many
| handwriting experts. What the outcome
of the trial Will be It is hard 10 suiint g,
| as he will be at bay with the highest m'li-
| tary authorities OF France. ana the riots
! and conflicts that have recently startled
| the world Will undoubtedly be renewed
when the case gets under way.
The latest mall advices from Paris con-
tain verbatim reproduction Of Emile
Hoas letter to President Fauro respect
Ing tho Dreyfus muddle the most salient
points OF which IRE hereby given,
Monsieur lie Presidcnt--Nill you allow
me, in gratitude for the kindly wolcoine
you ence gave me, to say to you that your
star, so lucky until now, is threatened
with the most shameful. the most !ncrncr-
dbie of stains?
What a mud stain on your name--I had
almost said ON your reign--is ths abom-
Unable Dreyfus airair a council OF var,
Under orders, has dared TO acquit All Es-
terhay--a final blow 10 all truth aad JUS
ticc. And II Is ended. France aus this
stain upon her check history san write
down that under your presidency such Il
social crime could be committed
Since they have dared, /. 700, VIII dare,
even / | will say the truth. for , have
promised 10 say IL in case that justice, In
it's regular course should not disclose II
whole and entire. My duty is 10 speak
The man OF evil, who directed everything,
who did everything, liz Colonel III paty de
Clam, then only a major. He Is the whole
Dreyfus affair. He seems TO have q MIND
clouded and complicated TO the highest de-
gree haunted by romantic intrignes. 'sh-
ing pleasure in the maneuvers OF penny
dreadfuls- stolen documents. anonymous
b.
terious women that hawk about by night,
overwhelming proofs. II is he who l'nag-
ined the dictation of the bordereau 20 ORGY
fus; 1t is he who thought OF studying MIN
in q room cased in by mirrors.
lis II then true that there are unuttorable
things, dangerous things. ut TO set Europe
on fire, which they have been forced TO
bury carefully behind their closed doors!
No! There was behind them nothing but
the romantic and crazy imagipntions oil
Major du Patty de Clam.
All. the nothingness OF this act OF ac-
That man could be condemned !
on such a document is Il wonder or IN
EQUITY Dreyfus knows several languages |
lit is n crime, they have found no com
promising paper about him-crime; he |
goes sometimes to his native country
crime; he is laborIous Is anxious TO know
everything crime: he does not show MIN
self troubled crime, he is troubled
crime. Then the simplicity with which II
is drawn up, and is formal assertions
about nothing. We had been told of four
cen heads OF accusation. we only find one
when all Is oycr-that of the bordercau.
There remained then only the bordereau.
bout which the experts had not come to
in understanding. II is said that In the
,ouncil chamber the Judges were going 10
lcuuit as n matter OF course, And. from
hat time on, how we understand the des-
,erate obstinacy with which, 10 justify the
they declare The existence
II document. secret and overwhelming.
he document which they can not show.
which legalizes everything. before which
We ought to bow our heads as TO some kind
lefty invisible and unknowabie. deny
t. this documeDt--l deny 1t with all my
trength
We now come TO the Esterhazy affair.
Lieutenant Colonel PIcquart had become {
bief Of the bureau OF information. In tho
exercise OF his office there came one day
nto his hands Il letter telegram addressed I
O Major Esterhazy by the agent OF for
ign power. IL was bis strict duty TO be- ]
An an investigation He accordingly sub
nitted HIS suspicious to his superlors In
ank--to General Gonse. then To General
g BoIgdeifrc, and then TO General BiIlot q
Who had war. The researches last from
Day TO September, 1896. and-~something 4
Which must be declared very loudly--Gen-
raj G0Dse was convinced OF the gum OF 4
,-terhazy. and General de Bolsdsnre AM !
,eneral Btlot did not express a doubt that {
he bordercau was In the handwriting OF I
The investigation made by
lieutenant Colonel picquart had
nded by establishing this fact as certain
Tut great was the emotion. for the con-
emnation OF Esterhazy involved ineyll-
bly, the revision OF the Dreyfus case. and
his the general stan would have at no
rice.
For year General Biliot and Generals
g Boisdeffre and Gonse have known that
)reyfus Is innocent. and they have kept
he fearful thing 10 themselves And they
leep and have wives and children whom
hey love!
Men asked with stupefaction who were
he protectors OF Major Esterhazy. II was,
rst OF all. back In the shade. the Lieu
hDant Colonel du Patty de Clam. who has
damaged everything. directed everything,
text. II is General de Boisdeffre. II Ia
'eperai Gopse. II Is general Billot himself
They have pronouuced al Ubiquitous SEN
ence. which viii forever weigh on orr
oupcils OF war. which will hencefrrth !
brow suspicion on all their decisions. The
r5t council Of war may have bsen without
the second Is necessarily
utility.
| accrue Lieutenant Colonel du Patty de
lam ~ having been the diabnlieaI WORK. 4
ran Of the judicial srror--uncorscioinly.
wish 10 beIievc--and n baying afterwsrd
offended his nefarinus work. during three |