The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20
JUSTICE FOR BREYFUS.

NhS tpiip"iiS OAbldNlS from
Partisan cablegram will be rea,
with satisfaction by the many VIII,
have followed the intricacies O
the famous Dreyfus case with in
terest and the convection that he il
the sacrifice for the sins of Others.
The communication sets forth the
intentions of Premier Brisson il
tho matter, and the promise by
hlm of fair trial by jury. The
guilt of Esterhazy, it is claimed,
will be established, and the acquit.
tai of Dreyfus is practically as,
sured. The information is furn.
ished by the correspondent from
an interview with an intimate
friend OF Premier Brisson:
The Prime Minister IS convinced
of the imperious necessity to set
tie, once for all time, in regular
judicial manner, the Dreyfus case,
by means of n revision of the trial,
which he is the first to admit was
illegal. He realizes that it is idle
to look to the military authorities
in the matter, and is resolved that
the reconsideration of the ex-
Captains case shall be brought
about purely by means of the civil
tribunals. He admits that this can
not be done straIghtaway, and
especially with the condition Of
popular feeling in France. But
both he and the majority of his
colleagues in the Cabinet are re-
solved to accord fair play in all
the various law suits and proceed
ngs now pending in the ordinary
criminal tribunals in connection
with the Dreyfus affair, being of
the opinion that by means Of these
proceedings more and more hight
will be she'd on the innocence of
Dreyfus of the particular offenses
of which he was convicted, and
that in this way popular feeling
will be prepared for revision Of
his case.
The government has authorized
the criminal prosecution of Col.
Patty du Clam, of the general staff,
as an accomplice of Esterhazy, and
of the latter's mistress, Nine.
Pays, on charges of sorgery. The
forgeries are in connection with
letters and dispatches addressed to
Col. Picquart, which figure in the
court-martial of the latter, as we'll
as in the Zola trial.
One of the forgeries of which
Col. Patty du Clam stands accused
is alleged to have been committed
by him alone, and for this he is,
as an officer, amenable only to a
court-martial. But the other, per-
petrated in completely with Nine.
Pays (Esterhazy's mlstress), brings
him and Esterhazy within the
scope of the civil tribunals, since
the law declares that any officer or
soldier who acts as accomplce OF a
civilian in the commission OF a fel-
ony is amenable to the ordinary
criminal tribunals,
Col. Patty du Clam, in spite OF
being a cousin of the Minister of
War, and Notwithstanding his hay:
ing the backing of the entire gen
eral staff, has now been regularly
indicted for forgery by Magistrate
Bertulus, who, dlsdaining the ef-
forts to bulldoze him and secure in
the protection promised him by
the Premier, has brought true
bill of forgery against the Colonel.
The latter, it may be remembered,
acted as prosecutor of Dreytus,
made up the entire case against
him, and has conducted the anti
Dreyfus case ever since.
1t is expected by Premier Bris-
son that the criminal trial of Col.
Esterhazy and of Col. Patty du
Clam and Of Nine. Pays for for
gerry will bring to light many
points which we're ruled out in the
Esterhazy and Picquart court-mar-
tials, as well as in the two Zola
trials.
incidentally / may state that adj
ditional evidence has just been
furnished of the ignoble and Grim
inal character of Esterhazy by a
charge which has been brought
against him BY the latter's wild
owed mother for embezzlement of
a sum of $4,000, which he had
induced them to con6de to his care
for deposit with the Rothschilds,