The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-15
,sp,ciai cable Ds,patch to THE Sun.

IN ,aians in Paris, but the strange quiet serves
N.n,nhosiye the gravity Of the situation. which
:. harnesses itself on everybody. The Paris
...snondcnt of the London Times goes so far
- sav that many people are looking Tor the
s-..,.s,inu sword, and declares that II q Bona
s.r,e would now appear he would destroy the
r..noh Rcnublic at one stroke. This utteranoe
a. ,oo extreme. The antagonism between the
.ns,arv and civil powers in France which Ia
.or,,in to result from the great Stato trial now
,.nrorrcss has not yet reached the acute stage.
-, IA impossible to deny that the present
calm is ominous.
Ths nn,i.Jew prejudice, which was the chief
,.atpre of the popular agitation before the trial.
Il certainly subsiding. and its place has been
tslen HI cries Of "Nivc rArmee' on ono side
nd "Viye la Republique on the other. The
i,,,or crv IA now small and weak. but 1t will not
LAM continue so IL the French people once gain
a true understanding of the situation.
The Government is not strong. Primo Minis
ear N.jIn, IL A clever. but weak man, who Is
oo,nletely dominated by tho military element
IN his Cabinet. Whether he will remain so
when public opinion changes 1t Is impossible to
,ay. but 1t is feared that he is not fit to deal with
such o crisis as may arise.
To.say's proceedings at the Palace Of Justice
-o.o ogain of n sensational character. The
s,.rcrowdinr of tho courtroom, which has al
,oued nearly 9. 600 persons to occupy the space
vnicb would accommodate only about half that
number comfortably, was not permitted to-day.
and other measures for the preservation Of Or
Ssr At the lola trial were improved. To-day's
,esslon of the trial opened at 1910 p. NJ. A
latter wa. read from NJ. Papillaud. editor of La
Jib-, Parole. protesting that the statement
made on the witness stand by NJ. Jaurcs, the So
cIall,t leader in the Chamber of Deputies. on
saturday. that he (Papillaud) had affirmed that
Count Esterhazy lad practically admitted his
ruut to him. was untrue.
NJ. Jauros was recalled to the witness box and
reaairmed his statement. adding that M. Papil-
land had said that there was no doubt that
rsiorhazy was the writer of the bordercau.
N. Bertilion, the handwriting expert, resumed
his te,timony. He refused to produce the pieces
torn from tho telegram which had first directed
su,picions against Esterhazy, and also refused
10 answer questions regarding the telegram by
order OF the chiefs Of tho War Department.
The defence made o telling point of this, en-
phasixing the fact that tho chiefs Of the arm
were determined to conceal the truth regarding
the Esterhazy affair. as we'll as tho Dreyfus mat
ter.
The crosseramination of NJ. Bertillon re-
suited chiefly in his refusal to answer questions,
despite the fact Of his admission that he had
treated OF the points inquired into by counsel in
regard to the handwriting of tho borderedu in
published interviews. He denied that he had
discussed the matter with friends. w%heraupon
thedefence called NJ. Dupuy Hubbard. a cousin
Of Bertilion, who testified as follows:
In November last BertiIlon underworld to
convince me that Dreyfus was guilty and ex-
planned his system of analysis of the 6ordereau.
produced a fac-simile of tho bordereau pub
lished In the Matin and tried to apply Ber-
tillon's system thereto. 1 said it resembled tn o
handwriting OF Drevfua ana Rertillon renIied !.
Id not wish to see 1t. 1t is the handwriting
Of Esterhazy and a false document. The Drey-
fus case must not be reopened.'
Tho testimony of the next witness produced q
great sensation. This witness was NJ. Teys-
s%oinieres. one Of the Governments official hand
writing experts in 1894. The famous borderea.
was submitted to him before the Dreyfus trial.
H~eeraminod 1, by aoo,,o,u
systems OF analysis and his report was to the
effect that it had probably been written by Drey-
fu& Ten minutes after I handed in my re-
port, he continued, my name was stricken
from the list Of official experts. Last July, ut
the request Of NJ. Scheurer-K esther. 1 examined
aspecimen OF Esterhazy's handwriting and COM
pared 1t with q facsimile of the bordereau. I
agreed that the handwriting of the bordereau
strongly resembled the natural hand of Count
Esterhazy. This, however, did not alter my
original opinion that the bordereau was realIv
the work OF Dreyfus"
The witness then went into a long technical
demonstration OF his reasons and conclusions.
and finally, in reply to Questions. said. an
Crepieux famine came IN mo one dav ana soid.
Your report brought you 200 francs. II mipbt
have brought you 200, 600 franos'" This arc.
eestion, witness believed, was made TO him in
CT Dte'tus'
ria,~ Ie' "' ieSesoihieFes saiu: NJ. Cre-
doubt as N nv oonou nav 'ne ieas'
o., ~ eonclusions. L replied to him
my opinion would never change, and ! re.
peat the same 10 you, gentlemen of the iury."
NJ. Teyssoinieres yos o,o.o,.
revs,d ..ao.hue ""' e'ose'y cross examined IN
change his conclusions but his ,aa.,nn.am -
unshakon u hiS testimony was
III.
iHe audience was greatly excited and fire..
Quently interrupted tho nrocoad;noa ,.,,h 80
testations o.noai.u. WIN pio'
povss ~ o'pcoialy when Maitre Laberi, an.
So'eu oy the demonstrations. exclaimed: 1--WE
snail see II they have been abIa N huv momho..
- institute. NJ. Trairieux, ex-Minister OF
justice, controverted certain points of NJ.
the reauo, HN uOS'oiou bhat