Evening journal., 1898-09-03
KAISER DID IT.
10 Emperor Said to Have
|ed Henry's Exposure.
R TOCLEAR SCHWARzKOPPEN
che Assured His Sovereign That
Had No Connection with Drey-
--latest Developments In
Frances Great Scandal.


Had No Connection with Drey-
--latest Developments In
{Franoe's Great Scandal.
81 Sept. 3.-At last It may be af- |
NTH a reasonable degree of GER |
HAT the prisoner Of the lie du
4-ill soon be brought to France |
n ed for the crime for which he
Tally sentenced. A revision of
sentence has not yet been
+ the cabinet, but seven of the
Rs are known to favor it. TWO
MN. Cavaignac and Marue-
& mister of war and minister Of
ne respectively, oppose 1t, or
&punsel delay, M. Cavaignac be-
has not finished his investiga-
g. is still confident that Dreyfus
& and M. Maruejouls because
Y is bad and the country would
s #verely through the disturbance
which would certainly follow
national scandal and excite
81 But the French people, even
GERS, recognize that revision is
e, and public sentiment is
Demanding that the crisis be
s to the quickest possible end.
evaporation. now that the
se how easily they were fooled
e rest Of the world outside of
vas not deceived, grows greater
+ of subsiding. 1t win not per-
1present impossible situation to
long. The decision Of the gov
b may be delayed for a few days
{ NJ. Cavaignac to finish his in
nd in the hope that the public
g mt will subside.
$ will not be a special session Of
Hnber of deputies. Every effort
nade to avoid the summoning OF
~ mt, even If the cabinet splits.
ue history Of these latest de-
S hts is as follows: About a
go the continued gibes Of the
anti-Dreyfus press led Colonel
koppen, formerly German mill
ache in Paris, to make a per-
peal to the German emperor to
e persistent attacks upon him.
& Schwarzkoppen again assured
error on his honor as a soldier
never knew Dreyfus and never
dealings with him while he
Paris. The letter which It is al
3 olonel Panizzardi. the Italian
s. attache in Paris, had written
mentioning Dreyfus by name
4 lionel Schwarzkoppen assured
'eign. forgery.
ponse to this appeal Emperor
instructed Chancellor Won HO-
again to inform the French gov
of these facts and to insist
8 continued repetition Of the ca
France must cease. Count vcn
r, the German ambassador 10
returned specially to Paris or
Ind delivered the above message
elcasse, minister Of foreign af-
The latter informed President
N. Brisson. the prime minister,
-avaignac Of the message.
this second warning from Ger
at led NJ. Cavaignac once more
h all the documents relating e.
yfus case. He intrusted the in
his friend and aid de camp,
Cugniet. The latter found con-
evidence of forgery in the doc
supposed to have been in the
ting of Colonel Schwarzkoppen.
ported to his chief on Aug. ~.
vaignac was appalled, and en-
He determined TO fix the crime
author. Confidential communi-
passed with Berlin and Rome
b result that Emperor William
Id Colonel Schwarzkoppen Il
statement as soldier 20 soldier
h de Foucauld, the French mill.
ache in Berlin, and the ItaliaE
#hent allowed Colonel Panizzard
to Colonel Girard- -Pinsonnierc
nch military attache in Rome
lonor as a soldier that he nevei
ne letter ascribed to him nam
yfus as the person who had solI
rs Of a certain fortress. Coun
cauld and Colonel Girard- Pin
were then summoned TO Paris
ere in the anteroom OF the wa
hen M. Cavaignac sent Cor Lieu
Colonel Henry.
few questions at that dramat
yiew NJ. Cavaignac declared tina
Henry had been imposed upol
prgery. Colonel Henry declare
document was genuine, where
e two attaches confronted hin
e respective statements Of Colo
.hwarzkoppen and Panizzardi
Cugniet pointed out the intrin
ence Of the falsity OF the docu
rhen the minister Of war turne
y on Colonel Henry and, shal<
letter in his face. Numbered:
letter is a forgery, and you ar
ber!"
guilty man did not attempt t
he charge. The details of hi
on have not been allowed to be
iblic. It is well established, how
hat one at least Of his superio
is implicated. In fact, 1t is i'm
to deny that the French arm
tration Is now so seriously com
ID that public confidence ha
Is astroyed and the gravest crisi
ms.
now universally believed tina
Henry committed suicide by ol
d it cannot be denied that h
couraged, IL not urged, to max
With himself. AS for the other
-e guilty, enough is known a.
indicate that in this, as in otf
dals in France. it is necessar
rcher la femme"
known that General Boisdeffr
chief of the general stan. WI
pst active in shielding Major FL
.> and therefore in proving Dire!
ilty, is the friend of a woma
n roughout the case devoted he
1 exculpating Major Esterhazy.
ST. ssible to give the details Of tn
of the story or TO dwell upC
sational reports attributing atrt
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