New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-13

tirely of mon who are avowedly In rayor n,
separation from Sweden. by force Of arm. !.
niece ssary.
! But most serioIs Of all are the strained rela.
tons between Germany and France. which a.,
more strained ut the present moment thar .,
any time since the war Of 1870 This Is er,,.,
due to the Zola trial, concerning which cer,usn,
has yet to be- heard. B)th Prince Hoh,roh.
the venerable Chancellor ~ the German Enni,.
ard subsequently the Kaser's Minister Of Po,.
eiGn Affairs. Baron Won B;illw solemn,y AZ.
trmsd IN the name Of the Emperor and on ,hei.
honor in the Reichstag that ex-Captaln Drey.
fus had never done any spying On behalf .
Germany. IL is known that even William him.
self pledged his word 10 his effect To NJ Cas-.
ir-Perier who was President " the French
Republic at the time Of the Dreyfus court.mar.
tial Yet, in spite OF this, the chiefs u the
French headquarters staff, notably General Do
Boisdeffre General De Peeux and General
Bilot, the Minister Of War, did not hesitate 10
insist during the lola trial that the treachery q
Dreyfus ad been perretrated on behalf " IN.
German War Department, that Is to say they
gave the lie direct to Emperor William, 10 hi,
Chancellor and to his Minister Of Foreign Az.
fairs. 1t is said that demands for explanations
tending In the direction Of an ultimatum. have
already been addressed by the German Govern.
ment to that of France. and that If the matter
is not pressed just il is because the En-.
reror wishes 20 whether the Supreme Court
of Appeals will not quash the decree which
brought the Zoa trial u a close and annul the
entire proceedings az Illegal.
A FRANCO-GERMAN WAR
Unless this is done a war between Germany
ard France is by no means improbable. |, r. a
topic of genera conversation IN the Govern.
ment circles at Berlin ard among military men
who consider that Germany has been shame
fully insulted ard falsely accused by the heads
Of the French Army-falsey. because il Is
pretty well known throughout Europe tina, the
spying for which Dreyfus punished was
dCne not for Germany but for Russia, prior 10
the conclusion of her alliance with France. and
that the person who did the spying was not
ex-Captain Dreyfus, but an officer who Is now
ore Of the principal commanders Of the French
Army. who during his term of service as Mil.
tary Attache to the French Embassy at ST.
Petersburg formed many close associations
there and who believed after his return that
~ furnishing Russia with Frances military
secrets he could promote the alliance between
the two countries. II is quite possible tha.
Germany got hold Of these secrets from Russia
Indeed. il is believed that a compact formerly
existed between Germany and Russia for the
exchange Of military secrets which they CD.
tained concerning foreign Powers. But Ger.
many had no direct dealings either with ex-Cap.
tain Dreyfus or with the General in question,
and thus has every reason to resent the intro
ductiOn OF its name ana the impugning Of is
honor by the chiefs Of the French headquar.
ters star during the Zcla trial. Perhaps il is in
consequence OF this that the Emperor -
nan.festirg all of a sudden so much friendship
ana goodwill TO Great Britain. and has aban-
doEed his long -projec;cd plan # visiting The
Holy Land this spring. He had set MS heart
on this tour and would certainly rot have
abandoned il after the Satan had already spent
millions Of dollars in pr parations TO welcome
ninl had there not been some very important
matters indeed, 10 keep him at Berlin.
EX-ATTACHE