New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-02
THE DREYFUS CASE FORGERY
,,,orIOV IN FRANCE OVER CoLoNEA
UENRYS CONFESSION AND
SUICIDE.

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por,e Sept Colonel henrys cohieSS'o" u
,orced the famous document upon the
.,.,+, - which General De boisdei're
s.or If the French Army. in his I'M
,oo, 20 the jury in the Zola trial
a,o,od his own reputation and the n0hor oi '''e
.no Colonel Henry's suicide IN 'he ior-
= - Mont valerien have caused ah e''o-
..rorgbout France which has not oeeh
u.,,raesed since the fall of Sedan
co,ore, Henry. PEASANTS son. proii'o'e' i'o'''
o,,a ,,,hued with all the instincts low
,orrow personal animosty often
o,or,s,,c of French peasants had no con-
s..o ororn,Itv of his crime until over
,,ha,rned by It's detection Ihis ola'e p"' HI
x-...,od chief of the Intelligence department
-. .,o French Army embodied the whole heao
. ~ Drevfus's conviction. Of Zola's con-
sor,,.tion. Of Esterhazy's acquittal and OF nc
ouart.s degradation and imprisonment
.,.houeb the document which Colonel Henry
,oreed in 1896 cannot technically have any ei-
,o, On the Dreyfus trial. which took place IN
,oo, :. e rover,heless with CONSERVATION that
,o.6av people are asking what sort OF evidence
copld Dreyfus have been convicted upon H. III
the Judgment Of Colonel Henry. 1t was 50 n'SS
that he thought 1t could not stand lnVes'isa-
,,or without being propped up by official for
gerry.
N CAvAIGNAC AND THE FORGERY
N Cavaignac. the Minister Of War. in his
memorable speech in the Chamber on July L.
based his declaration upon the authenticity OF
this forged document. which, embodied IN MS
ministerial discourse was printed and posted
on the walls throughout France
After conversing with representative French
,nsn ~ every class and after mixing this even
ing with excited groups in the streets and
cafes. It is evident that popular tide is at last
turning in favor Of a revision OF the Dreyius
trial. no matter what the consequences may be-
II ,s significant that such newspapers as the
"Gauois." the Echo de Paris" and journals
which are known 10 he in close touch with the
army now declare that the feeling of military
men is out ard out for revising the court-mar-
tial. anG that many prominent officers insist
that it is the honor Of the army itself which
necessitates such revision.
General De Bosdefre whose monstrous threat
to resign with the whole general staff OF the
army II Zola was acquitted. has now. by his
resignation, admitted that he the blind
dupe of a forger
GENERAL STAFF PROBABLY DUPED.
This inspires grave anxiety to whether or
not the present general staff has been duped In
other natters-that Of national defence. for in
stance Henri Rochefort who still champions
the validity Of Dreyfuss condemnation. is au-
thority for the statement that all the officers Of
the French general staff employed in Paris
have applied TO be relieved Of their present
duties and sent back to their respective regi-
ments
The Minister Of War is conscientiously sub
jectng all documentary evidence used in the
Dreyfus and zola trials TO expert tests TO as
is every indication that the army and people
now demand that the prisoner on Devils Island
shall have new and fair trial. hut this cannot
take place for many months
Although firm confidence In the sincerity and
good faith Of the Minister OF War is expressed
on all sides, there is much comment on the fact
that ex-Colonel Picquart is apparently the only
astoundcd at the news OF Henry's confession
and suicide When the news was communicated
TO him in his cell at La sante prison this morn
ing Picquert listened without manifesting the
slightest surprise. and exclaimed: The poor.
unfortunate devil What terrible and heart
rending blow 10 his young wife and 10 his little
SON.