The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-11-07
Tho nrevfuS Case.


| attracting the attention of the ClVlllZcd
| world for many months, is no longer
| the mystery that it was. The friends
| of i,Istjco in France, and out OF 1t, nave
pulled to pieces the screen behind Whlch
| the facts were hid, and they nave eA-
| posed to view the most cruel, the most
| cOrrupt. the most cOld-blOOded consplTa-
Cy against Justice and humanity lIlaI
| the world has ever seen.
The case began, in the first instance,
| with the knowledge of the trcnch au-
thorities that some official, having the
confidence of the army, was selling I'M
| DOrtant military secrets to the German,
| tho Italian and the Austrian govern
| ments. The November Forum has an
| Illuminating article on the subject rom
| the pen of Yves Guyot, editor or Inc
| Paris Steele; but it is not more illuml-
| mating than recent articles by Mr.
| Mayse. editor Of The London National
! Review, and his correspondents. Com
| bining the facts set forth in all these
! contributions, the matter may be pre-
scented In all its depravity.
First. then. there is the knowledge
that military secrets have been peddled
out to foreign governments. VINO is the
guilty party? He must be found ana
punished This was made the duty or
Colonel pcquart q very accomplished
officer of the army. He had no trouble
whatever. Tho guilty party had neg
Iected to cover his tracks. The facts
collected by Colonel Picquart showed
that EsterhaZy, an officer in the army,
had been selling secrets to the foreign
military attaches IN Paris. The PROOF
was complete then; since that time IL
has piled mountain high.
AS a result, Colonel Picquart was not
only eXlcd to TuniS, but was sent on
an expedition which would have result
ed in his assassination but for proVi-
Dental warning. Meanwhile, Dreyfus,
with not one sclntilla of proof against
him-indoed. with the fact Of his inn0-
cenco as clear as day-Was secretly tried
and condemned to exile; condemned con
trary to French law, even supposing he
had been guilty He was not allowed
to SEQ the accusation against him and
his counsel was not permitted to examine
the documents on which the charge was
based. He was arrested in 1891. de
graded" In 1895, and sent to Devils
island. where ho is to this day injured
as a prisoner, being allowed to speak
to no one but his keeper
1t is not necessary 10 follow chrome
logically all the events that have taken
place 1t is sufficient 10 say that in the
early part Of the present year E5terhazy
was subjected to d mock trial and
promptly a'q"4oIed' AZ 'H'S nio''I'"'
Colonel Picquart, who discovered Ester
hays guilt, is in prison. The only
crime he has committed was in tracing
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DLcyIus had Deen IN communication
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INVESTIGATING the matter assured him
that bfeyIuS had never been IN com
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r"ctly or indirectly. RMS fact was com
mun!cated to too French government. |
similar disclaimer was made by Italy
and by Austria. Ihey had no reason
for shielding Drey1us beyond the fact /
that he was innocent. 1t is perfectly |
well known to the French officials that /