The Portland daily press., 1898-09-05
BLIND FRANCE.
The Nation Waking Up to the Dreyfus
Fraud.


Hints of Appalling Corruption in the All
my-Did Col. Henry Obey Orders When
He KILLED Himself.
New York, September "a Paris de-
snatch to the Sun says:
At last it may be affirmed with
reasonable degree of certainty that the
prisoner of the lie du Dlable will soon DO
brought to France and retired Tor tne
crime for which he was lllegaily
sentenced. A revision of Dreyrus's
sentence has not yet been voted oy Ohe
cabinet. but seven of the ministers are
known to favor it. Two of them, M.
Cayaignac and Maruejouls, minister OF
war and minister of commerce respective
". oppose 1t, OF rather counsel delay, M.
Cayaienac because he has not finished his
investigations and is still confident that
Drey fus is guilty, and N. Maruejouis be-
cause business is bad and the country
would suffer severely through the disturb
ance of trade which would certainly Ioi-
low great national scandal and excite
ment. But the French people, even army
officers, recognize that revision Is ineVlta-
BILE, and public sentiment is wisely de-
manding that the crisis be brought to the
quickest possible end.
Popular evaporation, now that the peo-
pie see how easily they were fooled while
the rest of the world outside of France
was not deceived, grows greater instead
of subsiding. 1t will not permit the pres
ent impossible situation to continue long.
The decision of the government may Ee
delayed for few days to permit M.
Oavaignao to finish his inquiries and In
the hope that the public excitement Will
subside.
There will not be special session OF
the Chamber of Deputies, as was reported
yesterday. Every effort will be made to
avoid the summontqg OF parliament
even If the cabinet splits. .en
The correspondent of the Sun has re-
oeiyed from a confidential source the true
history of these latest Developments
About a month ago the continued gibes
of the French anti Dreyfus press led Col.
Schwarzkoppen, formerly German mill
tary attaohe in Paris, to make per sonal
appeal to the German Emperor to check
the persistent attacks upon him. Col.
Schwarzkoppen again assured the Emper.
or on his honor as soldier that he never
knew Dreyfus and never had any deal
ings with him while he was in Paris.
The letter which 1t is alleged Col.
Panizzardi, the italian military attaohe
in Paris, had written to him mentioning
Dreyfus by name was, Col. Schwarzkop-
pen assured his sovereign, forgery.
In response to this appeal Emperor VIII
liam instructed Chancellor Won Hohenlohe
again to inform the French government
of these facts, and to insist that the con-
tinued repetition of the calumny in
France must cease. Count Won Muenster,
the German Ambassador to France. re.
turned specially to Paris on August II
and delivered the above message to Nd.
Delcasse, minister of foreign affairs. The
latter informed President Faure, ID.
Brissop, the prime minister, and M.
Cavaignao of the message.
1t was this second warning from Ger.
many that led III. Cavaignac once more
to search all the documents relating to
the Dreyfus casee He instructed the in
quiry to his friend and aide.de-camp.
Capt Cugniet. The latter found, as ca
bIed to the Sun on Wednesday, convicing
evidence of forgery in the document sup
posed to have been in the handwriting o.
Col. Schwarzkoppen. He SO reported tx
his chief on August IL.
H. Cavaignac was appalled, and en-
ragged. He determined to fix the crime
upon It's author. Confidential communi
nations passed with Berlin and Rome