Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-29
AN ANTI-DREYFUs VICTORY
DREYFUs CAUSE ADVANCED BY THE
DAYS PROCEEDINGS. HOWEVER.
Members of Ministry at Time Dreyfus
Was Convicted Declare They Knew
Nothing of Any Evidence
ASainSt Him-Zurlinden
May Resign.

| uties to-day refused TO intervene in the
Picquart affair. and the house approved
| the governments declaration regarding ehe
| separation of military and civil powers by
vote of 437 TO %.
The vote in the chamber enables the
| anti-Dreyfusites to sing song of victory,
since the Dreyfusite demand WAS for the
| government to order the Picquart court
| martial postponed.
Nevertheless. the whole debate served to
! advance the cause of Dreyfus. NJ. Dupuy' s
speech is admitted on all hands to have
| been a masterpiece of craftsmanship. He
| did not deny that the government had
| power to intervene with General Zurlinden,
| but explained that it would be better for
| the court of cessation to do so. He said
| that fortnight ago the court of cassa-
| ton demanded the documents concerning
| the Picquart affair At that time, for le-
| gal reasons. he continued. only copies could
he given. Now, however. if the originals
| were demanded by the court they would
| be placed at its disposal.
NJ. Ribot, who was back of the demand
| for postponement, followed NJ. Dupuy, ana
| although he still contended that the gov
| ernment ought not to allow itself to be
| a passive instrument in General urlinden's S
hands. he had. perforce, to be contented
| with NJ. Dupuy's assurance.
| Pehaps the most significant feature of
the debate, after Mr.. Poincare's revelation,
| which served to draw even closer the bonds
! of suspicion surrounding General Mercier
| is the changing attitude of the chamber
| toward NJ. Cavaignac. The latter's speech
| before the period of the Henry suicide was
| accepted and placarded throughout the
| country as proof Of the guilt of Dreyfus
| Now he is received with the howls of the
| deputies when he attempts to justify his
| attitude.
The general belief is that the court of
| cessation will now demand the Picquart
| dossier. thus delaying the court-martial
Among the rumors current this evening
| Is one that General Zurlinden. military gov
| ernor of Paris. has already resigned. There
| Is also a report that Colonel Picauart will
| be released on bail
| Slight demonstrations continued in tie
! streets up 10 midnight, but there was
| nothing serious.
NJ. Poincare, Republican, made an i'm
| passioned speech in the chamber. in the
| course of which he said it was not neces-
sary to confound the army with a few i'm
prudent men, While the members of the
court-martial We're above SUSPICION. the
prosecution of Picquart savored of re-
prisals. (ApplauseD Colonel Picquart's Sc
cret imprisonment, NJ. Poincare further
asserted, was beyond all precedent and
there were guilty persons, he claimed who
We're enjoying scandalous immunity (Ap-
-. There are other forgers beside Picauart
the deputy These injustices will end by
eXasperating the nation
NJ. Poincare, who was minister of publjc
INSTRUCTION In 1885, created sensation
by adding:
we were attacked for the Dreyfus pros
ecution in 1884, but learned of the Drey-
fus AFFAIR through the newspapers" Ire
mend2us nsnd applause and uproar followed this
Nj t,,
of public works in 1894. here interjected: Il
am ready to indorse the words of NJ. Poin-
care which are true"
This called forth more applause and ex-
clamations of 1T is absurd 1T is incon-
eeiyable.", Thereupon NJ. Poincare added:
consisted of the bordereau No cabinet
minister. nor even the president of the
council of ministers. heard any mention of
made to Captain IcbrunRenault.' Gap
plause)
NJ Cassagnac the former minister of
war. said: General Mercier secured those
confessions
General MERCER was minister of war at
the time of the Dreyfus trial.
NJ. Poincare continued:
Captain Lebrun-Renault when he was
examined by the president of the coun-
ell. did not mention the Dreyfus confess
This statement caused applause to break
forth from all parts of the house, during
was howled down. although one deputy
shouted Let US hear the hero of the for,
gerry
Nj. Poincare concluded by saying:
Silence has weighed heavily upon me-
and am happy to have had the opportu-
nj. n5;y to tell what | know of the case"
After an appeal from VI. Millerand for
postponement Of the Picquart court-mar-
the Dreyfus affairs must remain purely
judicial. as the only means of reaching
the truth: which may now be attained
care, M: Dupuy asked why that deputy
had waited so long before astonishing
the chamber with his revelations.
We decline to order q postponement of
the court-martial." !" said the premier. ITO
give such an order. even if we had the
ers. 1t is not within the province of par
lament or the government to adjust the
vention would he calculated to hamper the
work of the court bf cessation. We will
respect the decision of the law. We are
government of law and refuse to be Il gov
ernment of arbitrary measure CPro-
lonsed cheers.)
The order Of the day. approving the
statements of the government respecting
slei,p the principle of the separation of the .ju-
adopted by vote of 431 to 10. In the lob
bies of the chamber. NJ. Dupuy's speech
was interpreted as an invitation TO the
court of cessation to ask for the prodt,c-
ton of the petit bleu and other documents
IN the PIcquart case. which the govern
ment would Immediately produce thus in
directly leading 10 a postponement of the
court-martial which the government has
refused to grant under duress. 1t was also
held that the premier had admitted the
right of the government to intervene re-
gardinG General Zurlindens action but had
only refraIned from fear that Intervention
would be misinterpreted.
An immense mass meeting was held this
evening in favor of Colonel Piuuart Thou
sands Of people, shouting "Conspuez
marched to the Cherche-MiGi prison. where
Plcquart is confined and cheered and DEM
onstrated thus on his behalf. The anti
Picquartites rallied. and there were sew
eral conflicts between the two bands
BERLIN, Nov. 2S.-It is learned from an
authoritative source that Colonel Schwartz
kopf, the former German military attacbe
at Paris, while supping with Emperor Will
lam at Potsdam on Sunday. detailed the
whole of the inside history of the DreyflIs
Jesty, who contemplates taking some action
in the matter. The imperial Chancellor
Prince Hohcnlohe: She minister of foreign
affairs, Baron Won Buelow, and General
Won Hanke, the chief of the emperor's
military cabinet, will be summoned to Pots
dam this week to discuss the advisability
of an official German pronouncement on
the subject.
1t is said that the emperor. during his re-
cent tour, converSed with several persons
that the new points which he has heard
have prompted him TO his present action.
Good Gas Flow mt Cherryvale.
CHERRYVALE. KAS. Nov 2s.-(spe-
cial.) The gas well which was being sunk
for the Coffeyville Vitrified Brick Company
one-haif mile from town. by Sweeney