The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-17
Gen. Pel!isux Causes a Sensation by His
Remarks Regarding the Case.
The House Committee on Elections
Authorizes a Favorable Report
on a Resolution Proposing an
Amendment to the Constitution
Extending Terms of Congress
men to Four Years.

PARIS, Feb. 1.-THE Palais of<Jus-
tice on the ninth day of the trial of M
Emile lola and Perrieux was crowd
Ell as usual.
The presiding Judge rejected M.
Clemenceaus request of yesterday that
he appoint a magistrate to question
Nine. De Boulancey, if among the let
ters she had from Major EsterhaZy
there is not one containing the follow
ing expressions:
Firstly, General Saussier (then the
Commandment of the French
army and military Governor of Paris)
is a clown. In our country the Ger
mans would not show him in a circus.
Secondly, if the Prussians got as far
as Lyons they might throw away
their guns and keep only their riding
whips to drive the French in front of
them
General Pellieux. who conducted the
investigation into the charges brought
against Major ESterhaZy, created a
sensation by protesting against the &C
ceptance of the evidence of amateur
experts who have not seen the original
boredreaus," adding that he also de-
sired to raise his voice lin the most
emphatic manner against ISLANDERS
which are calculated to destroy conf
dence in the heads of the army at a
time when danger is perhaps nearer
than people believe"
This statement of the General had a
marked effect in court.
For a time" added the General,
there has been much talk of handwrit-
ing, people discussing who could have
written the bordereau. Well, l Will
prove to you here, with the papers IN
my hand, that the officer who wrote
the bordereau belonged to the Minis
try of War was an artilleryman, and
was seconded for service on the staff.
An analysis of the bordereau indicates
that only an artillery officer attached
to the War Ministry could have known
the facts or have used the technicali-
ties employed in the bordereau. An
infanttryman could never in his life
have spoken of the things of which
the bordereau speaks. (Sensation)
And now" exclaimed the General.
raising his voice what remains OF
all this fabric? Not much. Yet they
accuse officers of acquitting a guilty
man in pursuance of orders" pro
longed sensation.)
The General also said: Il have the
soul of a soldier. which revolts at
hearing the infamous aspersionS
showered upon US, and | can keep ST
lent no longer. l cannot stand still
and see men trying to detach the army
from its chiefs, for. if the soldiers cease
to have confidence in them, what Will
the chiefs do in the day of danger,
which. is perhaps, nearer than people
think? Then, gentlemen of the jury.
your sons would be led to simple
butchery, but at the same time NJ. lola
will have gained a fresh victory, and
will have achieved new debacle and
will be able to lay his history before
Europe, from which France has been
wiped out.
The effect of this outburst was in
tense.
In conclusion General PellieuX said:
Eve should have been glad if the
court-martial had acquitted Dreyfus,
as it would have shown there was no
traitor in the army, for all of us to
mourn
Leaving the witness stand the Cen
eral was long and loudly cheered.