The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-31
DREYFuS REVISION.

ceart % caasasion noF Has Ahsellts
Control Over the caso-A Curious Dli
lrmula now Presents ItseIf
PARIS. Oct. So.-5y SATURDAYS d6cls
ion the, court Of cassation obtains the
most Absolute control over the DteFfpl
case. It can demand and examine any
document whatever, Including the dos
8ier, OF any case bearing upon The
Dreyfus matter and can examine under
oath any witueSB however high his po-
sItion.
In short, if the court makes q sincere
use OF It's powers che truth viii have 9
much better chance OF being discovered
than would have been the case had L
merely ordered revision before anothef
co1rtmartial whose members
have been sctuated by desire 70 Enssi1
the general stan.
Having concluded its inquiry 4 can
present a new dossier 70 either civil
or military court for the final decia-
Ion.
Its proeeSilnRs win not be public and
there can, therefore, be no objection 70
communication 20 II OF che alleged ae4
cret doBSier, II this is stiil IN existence,
while the numerous generals who have
expressed their belief IN the guilt OF
DreyfuS viii now be called upon 10 exc
plain the grounds Of their convictions.
Although the liberation cf DreBfus
has not been ordered. the court can or
der him brought to France at any mos
ment and Will probably do 50 at an
early stage Of the inquiry. The court
refralnGd from ordering his release od
Saturday because Il would have been .
presumption Of his innocence.
- "a htsIf
League turned the pTtriotic manltesta-'
don at lie Bourget to-day ia memory
OF the soldiers who fell there IN the
Franco -Prusslnn war OF 1870 into rey-
olutionarg demonstration agltnst the
decision OF the court OF cessation. BE
delivered a violent antl-Dreyfns speech.
Marcel Habert, member Of the cham.
( Der OF deputies, followed with sui
more inhammatofY harangue. There
were, however, no diBorderg.
AS President Faure left the grand op-
era house tonight, about II o'clock be
was greeted with prolonged shouts OF
''vIve L,Armee" and "A bas le 1ults.
Count Egterha7y, It is reported, has
written 10 several generals, deuRnding
money under threats Of exposure.
The, anti-semite papers vainlY endea-
vor by abusing the judges Of the court
or Ct4hlhtlOus 10 lhSu IuG VuBtNS lHlV =
hostile denomination, but the people
seem rather Inclined TO resent the col-
pabIIlty or imbecility OF the high oiii-
GERS Of the general stan who allow
themselves 10 become forgers. This re-
fers especially TO the officers deputed
10 Investigate the DfeVfua AFFAIR Il is
believed even now that important facts
are being concealed in order to shield
the headquarters sts&.
Most Of the Paris papers approve the
decision Of the court OF cessation, els
though the Gauiois and the Eeihc de-
clare that even now revision 10 by no
means certain. The Llberte bows 70 the
decision, but does not think II WIN end
the agitation. The Figaro announces
that Comte EsterhaEV has been deprive
ed Of his membership In tha Legion oE
Honor.
The Dreytus decision seema to have
delayed a solution Of the cabinet crisis
NJ. Defrycinet is again hesitating to &C.
cept the portfolio OF minister OF war on
the ground that In view Of the role the
protestants have played In the Dreytus
case, 1t would be inadvisabie for two
protestants, himself and n. Rfbot, 70
hold the portfolios Of war and Justce.
The French press Is beginning %
manifest much more conciliatory
spirit regarding Fashoda, apparently
with view to preparing the public
mind for the recall OF the Marcnand e1-
ueditton,