The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-19

he asserted. was particularly necessary,
owing to the weight the document had
with members of the court martial in
1894
Analysing the Dossier.
This dossicr." continued the Wit
ness. may be divided into two parts.
| The first contains three documents One
document known as the d'Avignon
| document. the terms of which are
about as follows:
Doubt the proofs: service letters:
| situation dangerous for me with French
| officer; no information from any Off
| Ger of line; important only as coming
| from ministry; already somewhere else.
TWo-Document containing the
words. Cette Canaille de D..
Three-Document which is nothing
put report of the journey to Switzer-
land made in behalf of a foreign pow
err
The second part of the dossier,"
continued Picquart, consisted chiefly
OF supplementary review of the first.
lt contained the gist of seven or eight
documents, one of which 'Cette Canaille
de D. will serve for the purposes of
comparison. 1t also contained corre-
spondence of attaches A and B. These
initials, it should be borne in mind
represent Colonel Schwartzkoppen, for
merly German military attache at
military attache of Italy at the French
capital"
At this tuncture the colonel said It
would facilitate his explanation if he
were permitted to see the secret dCs-
sier, adding: Il have already had it
in my hands, but I fear my memory
may fail me on some points,
What you ask" replied the presi-
dent of the court martial, 'is impossi-
Bile. The minister's orders are abso-
lutte. The. secret dossier can only be
examined under certain conditions"
L regret it," answered Picquart but
l will try to refresh my memory.'
Applicable to Esterhazy.
The witness explained why Major de
CLAIMS translation of the d'Ayignon
| document, which has been passed as
| idiotic, was open to doubt, and why
| the document. if it had any meaning
+, whatever, was as applicable to Ester
hazy as to Dreyfus. Regarding the
correspondence Of the military attaches,
| the witness demonstrated the insignif-
canoe of the information asked for
While de Clam regarded the Corre-
spondence as convincing and as clearly
indicating an officer of the second bu-
reau, Picquart maintained the terms of
correspondence indicated the writer in
tended to ask a friend. and not spy.
for the information desired. Many
headquarters officers, he pointed out
were on cordial terms regarding abso-
lutely legitimate matters with foreign
attaches.
Picquart then took up the "Cette
Canaille de D" document. He called
attention of the court to the fact that
it was addressed by Schwartzkoppen to
Panizzardi. and not vice versa as long
believed. After giving his reasons for
believing Dreyfus was not the person
referred to in that document Picquart
showed how de Clam ascribed the au-
thorship of the document to Paniz-
Zardi with view which really did not
exist between various documents in the
indictment against Dreyfus.
The document referring to the French
agents journey to Switzerland. Of
which SchWartzkoppen is said to- have
been informed, was only slightly COM
mented upon by the witness, as he did
not attach Importance to it. The minute
detail with which the colonel dealt with
the evidence, tie clearness of his Ian
guage and his deductions had a great
effect upon the audience and ELECTED
general admiration. The former chief
of the intelligence department conclud-
ed his examination of the first portion
of the secret dossier by saying:
May ] be allowed to express deep
regret at the absence of Major de Clam.
1t seems to be indispensable that this
officer who wrote the commentaries on
the secret dossier, should be summoned
to give evidence here. He will give us
his "reminiscences, and ! would help
him." Uaughter)
But" added Picquart, permit me to
point out to you that this document
was not the property of any particular
minister. 1t was classified as belonging
to the intelligence department and, as
you see, it formed part of the we'll de
fined dossier which was shut up in my
desk and which was distracted from
it." (Sensation.)
Documents Are Forgeries
Turning to the second part of the
dossier, Picquart said number Of doc
uments in it are forgeries, and said the
police reports therein contained showed
nothing serious against Dreyfus. He ex-
planned that they embodied them and
were mostly utilized by police spies in
order to dupe the intelligence depart
ment and asserted their information
was mostly worthless. embroidered or
false. or prepared in order to make in
teresting reading.
Dreyfus displayed the keenest inter
est in Picquarts protracted analysis of
the dossier, to which the whole audi
ence listened with profound attention.
Members of the court martial and for
mer ministers of war were equally in
terested. Of the latter. Blot and Eur
linden We're in full uniform. Mercier
was attired in civilian clothes. Near
them sat Bertulus, the examining mag
strate, who gave such strong testi-
mony for Dreyfus yesterday.
70 tIereau Written BY Esterhazy
Concluding his examination of the
secret dossler, Picquart explained how
he had acquired the conviction that the
bordereau was written by Esterhazy
and how he ascertained that the anti
Dreyfus proofs We're worthless
He began by detailing low he first
learned of the existence of Esterhazy
and his efforts to discover some thing
about him. The witness earnestly as
serted the first occasion on which he
saw Esterh2Zy was when he read the
address of the retit bleu. He said be