The herald., 1898-09-02
surrien. has already taken steps to grant
Dreyfus a re.trial.
Some Ancient History

| Minister for War when Dreyfus was tried
Of being the accomplish at least through
weak intelligence In the greatest iniQuity
Of the century. I accuse General Billo
(Minister for War during the late Dreyfus
! agitation) Of having In his hands the Ger.
4, tain proofs Of the innocence Of Dreyfus ant
Of having suppressed them. thus Of having
rendered himself guilty Of treason against
| humanity and justice for political reason
and In order to save the compromised stan
accuse General Boisdeffre (the chief Of
the general stsff) and General Gonse (tht
assistant chief OF the general staff) Of
being accomplices In the same crime, the
one through religious animosity doubtless
the other perhaps through the esprit d.
corps which makes the War Office sacred
and unassailable ark. I accuse General de
Pellieux and Major Ravary Of having
made fiagitious investigation, whereby
mean an injury Of the most monstrous par
tiality. I accuse the three experts In hand
writing. the men Belhomme, Varlenard and
! Caouard, OF having drawn up false and
fraudulent reports, unless a medical exam
ination shall prove them to be victims Of
disease Of sight or Judgment. I accuse
the officers OF the War Offics Of having Or
ganixed a press campaign in order to lead
public opinion astray. Finally, I accuse
the first court-martial Of having condemned
man on q document kept secret, and /
accuse the second court martial Of having
covered this illegality by order, and Of COM
hitting In Its turn the crime Of knowingly
acquitting a guilty person."
After a long trial IN February, M. Zola
was sentenced to one years Imprisonment
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legged libels, and M. Perrieux, manager of
the Aurore, was sentenced to four months
imprisonment and to pay 5000 francs hne.
On his way to and from tho court house
during the trial M. lola was continually
hooted by mobs and at Its conclusion mar
rowly escaped personal violence. When
the French author heard the verdict he ex-
claimed. They are cannlbals."
General Boisdeffre, chief Of the general
staff Of the French army. who has just
resigned. is understood to be in high favor
at st. Petersburg. He gained considerable
popularity by his attitude in defense Of the
army during the lola trial, and at one time
was looked upon as possibly aiming at a
military dictatorship.
Prince Henry of Orleans, who Is credited
with hoping for military movement
against the French republic, also tried to
make capital out Of the trial. He showed
himself daily In the hall Of the court house.
and one day embraced Major Esterhaxy,
another Of the French officers implicated
In the scandal. crying. "vive rarmee,"
which aroused enthusiasm among his Or
leanist friends, but which did not other
wise excite the crowd present to any de-
gree.
Patty du Clam Arrested
PARIS. Sept. Late today La Patrie
announced that Colonel Patty du Clam had
been arrested for completely in the Drey-
fus forgery.
The minister for war this afternoon re-
ceived In audience General Renouard, d.
rector of the military college, who has ac-
cepted the office of chief Of the general
STAFF. vacant owing to the resignation Of
General de Boisreffre. The latter bid fare
well to the officials Of his bureau this morn
ing.
Colonel Henry left letters addressed to
the minister for war and General Boisdeffre
in which he protested that he had not real
lied the gravity Of the act which he COM
United, SOLELY for the good Of the cause"
Wild Rumors Afoat
PARIS, Sept. 2.-The Dreyfus case pre-
sents no new features. but there is a plen-
tiful supply Of rumors. The first Of these
is that n-r--s'io Is dead. no letter having
been received from him for some weeks.
Another report is that General Boisdef-
fire.. who has just resigned the post of chief
Of the general stan. has committed sui
eide. Both these rumors are without foun-
dalton. Patty du Clam is on vacation trip
In Switzerland. and there Is no confirma ton
Of the statement of La Patrie that he has
been arrested for completely in the Henry
forgery.
General Gonz, assistant chief Of the gen.
eral STAFF. who rendered his resigna ton yes
terday to M. Cavaignac minister for war,
has been persuaded to withdraw 1t, as his
retirement under the age limit will occur
next month.
The lull in news, however, has In no way
diminished the popular excitement. The
latest cartoon of M. Forain hits Off the
situation. 1t represents two soldiers, one
standing, the other sitting on a bench read
ing newspaper
What are you reading?" asks the former
-"about the czar's letter."
Nop SHt th0 AattSE Replies, ABOUT the
Henry affair.""
Speculation is keenest over the motives
for Colonel Henry's suicide. Looking 10 the
view the whole nation has adopted regard
ing the guilt Of Dreyfus. 1t is argued that
Henry may have supposed he was acting
In the country's interest even In forging the
letter, which would satisfy the nation of
the Justice OF the sentence without produce
ton Of the real evidence. which would be
undesirable on the highest political
grounds. In that case Henry might have
posed as a martyr to misguided patriotism.
The tradition Of the Intelligence depart
ment, which at the time Of the condemna-
tion Of Dreyfus was under a conspicuous
Colonel Sandherr, would prob
ably have led blunt mind like Lieutenant
Henry's to construe the slightest hint from
above Of the desirahi lity Of killing OF the
agitation into an order to do
80 by any means.
Colonel sandherr, who was then suffering
from an incipient paralysis. seems to have
been the head Of general conspiracy to
hunt Jewish officers out Of the French
army. Dreyfus, a man Of naughty de-
meanor but OF vast strategic knowledge.
would naturally be selected az a victim Of
these Vaccinations.
It q asserted that Colonel sandherr's last
days were haunted by fear amounting TO
terror lest the illegal and fiippant nature
Of the evidence upon which Captain Drey-