The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17
SOUNDSAN ALARM
General PeIlieUX While Testi-
flying in the lola Trial
Warns France War is Nearer
Than Generally Supposed.
ALL ONE SIDED STILL.
lola Has No Chance Before the
Court
Which Refuse to Let His COun-
sci Make Reply.
ALL ONE SIDED STILL.

| AAIS presiding Judge rejected NJ. C1emen.
eeau's request that he appoint magis-
trate to question Madame De Boulancey
If among the letters she has from Major
Esterhazy there is not one containing the
! following expressions:
| Firstly, General Saussier (then the
! commander-in-chief of the French army
and military governor of Paris) is a
clown In our country the Germans would
not show him in a circus'
| Secondly, If the Prussians got as far
as Lyons they might throw away their
| guns and keep only their riding whips to
drive the French in front of them"
| M. Laborie, counsel for NJ. lola, re-
| nounced the examination of the members
/ of the Esterhazy court martial, but he
| energetically demanded tnar General Bill
| lot, the minister of war, be called to tes-
| tify.
The presiding Judge, NJ. Delagorgue, in
vited NJ. Laborie to present a conclusion
to that effect
General Pellieux, who conducted the in
vestigation into the charges brought
| against Major Esterhazy, created a sem
sation by protesting against the accept
ance of the evidence of amateur experts
who have not seen the original border
eau" adding that he also desired to raise
his voice, lin most emphatic manner,
against ISLANDERS which are calculated to
army at time when danger is perhaps
nearer than people believe
This statement of the general had a,
marked effect in court. General Peuieux
said the first fac smile which appeared
in the Matin was the nearest correct of
all He added that there was writing on
both sides of the paper, which was f1imsy,
and he believed that when the bordereau
was photographed it was impossible to
from showing through. AS the ink was
somewhat faint, witness thought it neces-
sary to touch up the writing in order
to render it more distinct
Continuing, General Pellieux said he
considered the proceedings showed that
the defense attached no weight to the evil
dence of sworn experts who had seen the
original bordereau and had compared it
with the acknowledged handwriting of the
accused, while the testimony of anna
tours, one a dentist and another a for
eigner, was received with full confidence
''Such tactics do not surprise me-" add
ed the general, ''since they were foreshad-
owed in my office by Matthew Dreyfus.
when bringing charges against Major Es-
terhazy.
81 asked him if he desired a second exc
pert report on the bordereau, and as he
did not reply, I concluded that if the ex-
to him he would have demanded another.
For some time there had been much
talk Of handwriting, people discussing
who could have written the bordereau.
Well, I will prove to you here, with the
papers in my hand, that the officer who
wrote the bordereau belonged to the min
istry of war, was an artiIleryman, and
was seconded for services on the staff
The statement of the general caused a
sensation. NJ. Laborie here interrupted
the witness, saying: 81 ask that Colonel
Picquart, who at the present moment is
at the house of Magistrate Bertulus, be
summoned to hear this evidence"
1T is not your turn to speak," replied
the presiding judge
NJ. Laborie, however, returned to the
charge, protesting and insisting that Col
onel Picquart be called. When General
Pellieux was allowed to continue his evil
dence, he said:
"An analysis of the bordereau indicates
that only an artillery officer, attached to
the war ministry, could have known the
facts or have used the technicalities en-
pIoyed in the bordereau. No infantry
man could, never in his life, have spoken
of things of which the bordereau speaks"
(SensatiOn.)
ing his voice, what remains of all this
fabric? Not much. Yet they accuse Of
fcers of acquitting a guilty man in pur-
suance of orders prolonged sensation.)
The general also said: Il have the soul
of a soldier, which revolts at hearing the
infamous aspersions showered upon us,
and I can keep silent no longer. I can
not stand still and see men trying to de-
tach the army from it's chiefs, for if the
soldiers cease to have confidence in them.
what will the chiefs do in the day of dam
ger, which is, perhaps nearer than peo~
pie think? Then. gentlemen of the jury,
your sons would be led to simple butch
cry, but at the same time NJ. lola will
have gained a fresh victory and will be
able to lay his history before Europe from
which France has been wiped out
The effect of this outburst was intense.
In conclusion, General PelIieux said:
1--WE should have been glad if the court
martial had acquitted Dreyfus, as it
would have shown that there was no
traitor for the army-for all of us-to
mourn for
On leaving the witness stand. the gen
eral was long and loudly cheered.
The presiding judge refused to allow NJ.
Laborie to make a reply to General Pei
lieux.
M Laborie then lodged formal protest
against the ruling of the presiding judge.
At the request of the defense Colonel
Picquart was then sent for. In the
meanwhile, NJ Schuerer- Kestner called at
tention to the alleged inaccuracies in the
evidence of NJ. Teyssoniere the handwrit-
ing expert. He said it was quite fmpos>
sible that he, NJ. Schuerer-K estner. had
ever spoken to NJ. Teyssonniere of Major
Esterhazy, because at the time referred
to he had never heard Major Esterhazys
name.
At this stage of the proceedings. court
was temporarily adjourned