The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-29
KAISER MAY TAKE ACTION
INSIDE HISTORY OF DREYFUS, ES-
 IERRAzY AND PICoU1RT CASES.
Report in Berlin That Former Military Attache at Paris Has Detailed it all to the Emperor-To Discuss Advisability of Some Move-Stormy Discussion in French Chamber of Deputies.


 Schwakoppen, the former German mil itary attache at Paris, while supping With Emperor William at Potsdam on Sunday, detailed the whole inside his tory of the Dreyfus, Esterhazy and Picquart cases to his majesty, who contemplates taking some action in the matter, The imperial chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, Baron von Bulow and Bar on Hahnken, the chief of the emperor's military cabinet, will be summoned to Potsdam this week to discuss the advis- ability of an official announcement on the subject.
 Paris, Nov. 2S.-The minister of war, M. de Freycinet, in the chamber of dep- uties to-day refused to intervene in the Picquart affair and the house approved the governments declaration, regarding the separation of military and civil powers, by vote of 4S7 to 73. The scenes leading to this decision were very animated and at times most pas- sionate. At the opening of the session M. Paul Deschanel, republican, an- nounced that he had received request to interpelate the government regarding the Picquart proceedings, and the pre- mier, M Dupuy, proposed an immediate discussion of the matter.
 A radical deputy, M. Bos, opened the discussion. He said that while there had been some honesty in the Dreyfus prosecution there had been nothing but dishonesty in the Picquart affair. These remarks caused an uproar. M. Bos detailed the history of the Picquart persecution" recalling Colonel Pic quarts exile to Tunis, and asking the minister of war, M. de Freycinet, why he had permitted a court martial to be summoned for December 12. The dep- uty also accused General Surlinden, the military governor of Paris, who he said, had promised a revision of the case, with having broken his word. This caused another uproar. M. Bos concluded with insisting that the gov ernment ought to postpone the trial of Picquart by court martial, the charges against him being the disclosing of the contents of certain military documents to his counsel, for legal purposes grow ig out of the Dreyfus case, until the de- cision of the court of cessation in the revision of the Dreyfus trial shall be made known. This brought forth live- ly applause from the majority of the deputies.
 M. Millerand radical socialist, spoke in similar strain. He said it was ab- solutely necessary to postpone the Pic quart court martial, in order to avoid the scandalous contradictions which otherwise were likely to arise between the verdicts of the court martial and Of the court of cessation. The president of the chamber at this stage of the pro- ceedings was frequently obliged to in- tervene in order to quiet the uproar.
 M. Poincare, republican, then made an impassioned speech, duFinS the course OL WHICH ut Selitt IL "ea5 Ai'' 'tN~ essa1y to confound the army with q few imprudent men. The members ot the court martial were above suspicion, but the prosecution of Piciuart sav3red Of reprisal. (Applause) Col. Picquart secret imprisonment, M. Poincare further said, was beyond all precedent, and there were guilty parties who were enjoying scandalous impunity (Ap- plause) There are other forgers be- sides who ought to be prosecuted" ex- claimed the deputy. "These injustioes will end by exasperating the nation" M. Poincare, who was minister of pub lie instruction in 1S9395, created s IT, sation by adding: We were attacked for the Dreyfus prosecution in 1894, but I learned of the Dreyfus affair through the newspapers" Tremendous applause and an uproar followed this assertion.
 M. Barthou, who was minister of pub lie works in 1894, here interjected: T am ready to endorse the words of M. Poincare, which are true" This called forth more applause and exclan at ons of 'It is absurd Tt is inconceivable f" Thereupon M. Poincare added The only proofs of Dreyfus guiltiness in 1894 consisted of the Bordereau." No cabinet minister, nor even the presi- dent of the council of ministers heard any mention of the confessions Drey- fus is alleged to have made to Capta n Lebrun-R -Renault.'' (Applause.) M. Cas- sagnac the former mister of war, here interposed Gen. Mercler secured these confessions" Gen. Mercier was minister of war at the time of the Dreyfus trial.
 M. Po;ncare contined: "CGptlin I e. brun- -Renault when he was examined by the president of the council, did mention the Dreyfus confession" Ths statement caused applause to break forth from all parts of the house, dur ing which M. Cavagnac tried to speak but was howled down, although one deputy shouted: Let us hear the hero of the forgery" M. Poincare conclud- ed with saying: Silence has weighed heavily upon me, and I am now haupy to have the opportunity to tell what I know of the case" (Renewed ap- plause.)
 M. Cavaignac reasserted that Captain Lebrun-Renault's evidence was given to General Mercier. His report ex-