The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-25

the famous Dreyfus bordereau, which
he wrote at the request of Colonel Sand
heur low d adj.
1t was intended, he said, to constitute
material proof Of Dreyfus' guilt.
at was Known through French spy in
the service at Berlin that certain docu-
ments had reached the German general
stan which Dreyfus alone could have OBJ
tanned. 1t was a LIST Of these documents
which constituted the bordereau. Dreyfus
Lad BEEN tested In several ways For IN
sAnce, d pan Tor the concentration OF
troops on the southeastern frontier had
been dictated to him, which was quite fan
tastc. A snort time afterwards our spies
In Italy informed us that the Italian STAN
WAS making notifications In the forunca-
ticns around Nice, which corntsponded
TO changes announced in the imaginary
scheme dictated to Dreyfus.
Then Dreyfus managed to spend long
holidays IN Alsace without being apparent
" fouri out by the German duthoriues-a
very suspicious sign. for it was almost I'M
possible for a Ere ch officer to remain for
any length of time IN the conquered prov
lnces without being found out In TACT,
there was considerable moral proof against
Dreyfus before the TRIAL took place, but no
material proof
"ColoneI Sandheur, who was an AlsatiaD
like Dreyfus. but intensely and-Semitc,
determined 10 forge this proof. He was
convinced of the accused mans guilt.
II was attached to the intelligence de-
partment, my duty being TO watch the
movements of military attaches accredited
by the powers of the triple alliance. When
Colonel Sandheur told me TO write out the
bordereau | did so without the slightest
computations | am one OF those men VINO
are soldiers by profession cling to old me-
dleval traditions OF military discipline.
When | received an order l obeye1 1t I'M
plicltly and without ueston. l wrote the
bord.reau because Colonel Sandheur tod
me to do So / knew OF course, the pur-
poses II was intended to serve. knew
was committing forgery, but also kne
that all intelligence bureaus in all coun-
tries were run on exactly the same lines,
and that It was impossible TO obtain the
information in any other way.
1T is nearly always necessary TO manu-
factura material evidence against spies. be.
cause otherwise they would never be pun
ished. The borderfau having been written
IL became necessary to give it the ndis-
pensahle air OF an authentic document, as
! you know 1t was supposed 10 have beer
stolen from the German embassy. Colonel
Schwarzkoppen, formerly German military
| attaohe in Paris, denied ever having seer
| 1t. What he said was perfectly true The
| intelligence department 10 the porter o.
| the German embassy who was SPY In oul
service. the porter gave 1t TO another
| agent and by him IL was brought to thu
Intelligence department and there docketet
| and numbered as document obtained from
the German embassy in the usual course
| 1t thus received official baptism.
at was exclusively upon the evidence o
| the border5au that Dreyfus was condemned
The document privately shown by the Off
| GERS OF the court martial was fetched from
| the war office during the huls odes with thu
object of convincing the judges should the!
show signs Of wavering. 1t Was the lette
containing phrase de canaille de D.
Now this letter. which is genuine, and wa
really written by Colonel Schwarzkoppen
did not refer to Dreyfus at all. The gen
eral staff was absolutely aware of the fac
that D. was 4 certain 'Dollfulls,'
building contractor who years before ha'
supplied the German attache with plans o
the fortifcatlons
The ak major added that the case agains
him was quashed in defiance OF all law
and justice, He said the yelled lady VIII
appeared in the case was no other tina
the wife of Colonel Du Patty de Clam.