The herald., 1898-10-29
The DREYFUS REVISION
FAILS TO STIR THE PoPULACE OF
PARIS
THEY WANT A NEW SENSATION
Or They May Be Holding Their Breath
for a Particularly Tremendous
Explosion
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
PARIS, Oct. 2s.-At today's session of
the Court of Cessation in the Palace OF JUS
tice, NJ. Bard, the reporter, concluded his
report of the Dreytus case, the first part
Of which was presented yesterday. He said
this morning that the court did make every
investigation necessary to enlighten them
and place the whole truth in evidence. 1t
was for the court to decide what remained
to be done. The task was delicate one,
but that was no motive to avoid it. He
CONCLUDED:
"You have great duty to fulfill. Do what
your conscience dictates
M. Mornard, counsel for Nine. Dreyfus,
charged that an investigation be ordered
concerning the diveryency Of the testimony
OF the experts who examined the Border
eau in 1894 and in 1897, and also to ascertain
whether secret documents were communi-
Gated to the members Of the court martial
The court was less crowded than yes
terday, but the SAME stringent precautions
were taken. There was no excitement out
side the Palace of Justice. Only a few
people assembled about the building and
the streets in the neighborhood presented
their everyday appearance.
The prosecutor, M. Manua, followed M.
Monaud. Discussing the case he said:
Nobody can now take the Dreyfus affair
out OF your hands, nor can You relinquish
without dereliction Of duty Your decisions
must constitute for everybody the express
sion Of truth and justice. Revise the trial
then, gentlemen, or at least prepare the
road for its revision"
NJ, Manua declared the court could not
annul the sentence imposed upon Dreyfus
without u retrial of the prisoner. He ad.
ded: "You must fix the responsibility. If
Dreytus, is innocent the culprit must not 20
unpunished." ~
The. public prosecutor continuing. pro.
ceeded to argue on the same lines as M.
Bard, the reporter Of the case, urging re-
visor, of the trial and dwelling upon the
faliibility of the writing experts He also
suggested that Major Esterhazy should tes.
tlty on the subject of the Bordereau, saving:
ne can admit its authorship with impunity,
since court.martial has acquitted him Of
being the author of it. But what service
be has rendered ia the country in confessing
that he is it's author and what service he
will lender the unhappy Dreyfus."
M. Manua concluded with denouncing the
"villainous attacks upon the partisans of
revision, and made a strong plea that the
but that it decide in favor of revision of the
case and the immediate provisional liberia
ton Of Dreyfus.
AT this stage of the proceedings M. Bard
read Q Letter from General Come to the
president of the seurt of cessation, in which
the general said:
Il have just heard of memorandum in
troduced in court yesterday in which Pic.
quart accused me OF dishonorable action.
have never previously heard of this memo
raidum, and wish to deny most formally
Picquart's allegations. think my word is
Of greater value than that of man impris-
onsd on the suspicion Of forgery"
The reading of the last statement called
forth loud protests in court. The reporter
added that, as Colonel Picquart's memoran-
dunn was publicly read, it was only justice
to read General Comes denial.
The president of the court ordered that
the generals letter be added to the docu-