The age-herald., 1898-10-29
WAS DEVOID
 OF SENSATION Court Of Cessation Listens to Proceedings
 in DreyiuS Case. ONE SIGNIFICANT POINT
Gen. BOiSdeiire Ordered the DfeyfuS Dos
 Sier Burned, Including BOrdereau.
WAR OFFICE NOT REPRESENTED
But Little Hope of the Secret Dossier Being Introduced if MT. Dupuy Suc- ceeds in Organizing Cabinet,
 Which is Very Doubtful.

Which is Very Doubtful.
 Paris, October 28.-Today's proceedings at the court of cessation were devoid of sen- sation. The only emotion caused ensueo upon the reading of pathetic letters from Dreyfus.
 A significant point was the revelation or the fact that General Boisdeffre gave or ders, after the Dreyfus case was supposed closed, for the dossier, containing the bor- dereau, to be burned, and expressed sur prise afterwards to find that his orders had not been executed.
 Thus far the war office has not been represented in the proceedings, and there is still but little hope of the secret dossier being produced. especially if-as, however looks somewhat doubtful-M. Dupuy suc- ceeds in forming cabinet. He was pre- mier during the Dreyfus trial, and his ap- pointment 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. It is asserted that the father-in-law of Dreyfus has received a letter from the prisoner in
 
 of his letters were transmitted, and the new departure is regarded as favorable sign. At today's session of the court of cassa- tion in the palace, Justice M. Bard, the reporter. concluded his report of the Drey- fus case, the first part of which was pre- scented yesterday.
 The Whole Truth
 He said this morning that the court should make every investigation necessary to enlighten them and place the whole truth in evidence. It was for the court to decide what remained to be done. The task was a delicate one, but that was no motive to avoid it He concluded: You have great duty to fulfill. Do what your conscience dictates"
 M. Mornard counsel for Madame Drey- fus, urged that an investigation be ordered concerning the divergency of the testimony of the experts who examined the bordereau in 1894 and 1897, and also to ascertain whether secret documents were communi- cated to the members of the court martial.
 The court was less crowded than yester- day, but the same stringent precautions
  side of the Palace of Justice Only few people assembled about the building, ana the streets in the neighborhood presented their everyday appearance.
 The public prosecutor, M. Manau, follow ed M Mornard. Addressing the judges, he said:
 Revise the Trial
 Nobody can now take the Dreyfus af- fair out of your hands, nor can you reiin- 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 prepare the road for it's revision
 M Manau decarde the court could not annul the sentence imposed upon Dreyfus without a re-trial of the prisoner. He add ed: You must fix the responsibility. If Dreyfus is innocent, the culprit must not go unpunshed."
 The public prosecutor, continuing, pro- ceeded to argue on the same lines as M. Bard, the reporter of the case, urg ng a re- vision of the trial and dwelling upon the fallability of the writing experts. He also suggested that Major Esterhazy should testify on the subject of the Bordereau, saying: .'He can admit its authorship with im- punity since courtmartial has acquitted him of being the author of it,. But, what a service he has rendered to the country in confessing that he is it's author, and what a service he will render to unhappy Dreyfus.'' .''
 Influence of Outside Pressure
 M Manau concluded with denouncing "the vllainous attacks on the partisans of revision" and made strong plea that the court be not influenced by outside I,,t hot in foxyn of .. revision of the case and the immediate provisional liberation of Dreyfus.
 At this stage of the proceedings M. Bard read letter from General Gonse to the president of the court of cessation in which the general said "I have just heard of a memorandum introduced in this court yesterday in which Picquart accused me of dishonorable action. have never previously heard of this memorandum and I wish to deny most formally Picquart's allegations. I think my word of greater value than that of man imprisoned on the susp.c .cion of forgery"
 The reading of the last statement called forth loud protests in court. The reporter added that as Colonel Picquarts memor- andum was publicly read it was justice to read General Gonse's denial. The pres ident of the court ordered that the gener- al's letter be added to the documents in the case and the court adjourned.
 Painful and Discouraging Y London. October 29.-In Moderate circles. according to the Paris correspondent of the Times where a serious effort is be- ing made to discover the truth in the Dreyfus affair. the impression left by the report of M. Bard, official reporter to the court of cessation and by the petition of M. Manau, the procurateur general. is "profound, painful and discouraging.''
 The correspondent of the Times contin ues:
 "The thought which weighs like pail on the country seems to be a reluctance to believe in the innocence of Dreyfus, be- cause such belief would involve such ter rible censure of those responsible, know ingly or unknowingly, for his condemna- tion."