The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-14
EV ENTS CROWD FAST.
Military, Clergy and High Society Opposed
to Hebrews and the People Both
Sides INSCRIPTIONS Wealthy Jews
Unloose Purse Strings Emily
Crawford Reviews Situation.

General Mercier's deposition vas In
audible unless to the judges and short
hand reporters. 1t fell fiat, bis voice
and delivery being bad. But we have it
now in print. 1t has qualities for
which we did not give 1t credit during
delivery. They are easy, flowing state
ments with plalIsibflity and ant Of lull-
Ing suspicion The deposition appears in
fuu in the reports; it will everywhere
be read with delight by those already
persuaded that Dreyfus is a traitor
They viii not see what was. Pecksnif-
nan, what was of feline perhdy. Fig
uratively speaking, the deposition
which was really speech for the pros
ecution, shows Mercier to be a casu-
list of the highest order. He never loses
his way IN the most intricate variations
and keeps in view the motif, namely,
that Dreyfus is a cool, calculating,
we'll informed traitor
The immediate issue. of the fight is
the freedom Of Dreyfus, but yesterdays
incidents and episodes are the begin
ming of a struggle of far-reaching
CONSEQUENCE. 1 must give the nation
alists credit for having, from the very
beginning, foreseen what revision
would lead to, They, in many things.
showed blindness. They accepted the
mad map Quesnay de Beaurepaire as
their spokesman. But they had keen
instinct for the ultimate trend of the
revisionist movement.
Dreyfus is generally unfortunate in
the use Of the pen. He lacks artistic
sensibilities and cannot disassociate
himself from his ego to enter into the
feelings OF others. One sees this harsh
egotism in his correspondence with his
wife. He was never more unfortunate
than in the letter complaining that M
civ -ff.Va n n
to him. 1t exasperated Casimir- Perier,
who treated as a foul libel the asser-
ton that he, as president Of the repub-
lie. entered into a pact with an officer
accused Of treason. Casirnir- Perter
has habit of thinking moFbidly. He
has taken deep offense at several as
sertions Of Merciex and will try con-
illusions with him tomorrow. We ex-
pect fur to fiy-in Casimir- Perier's
case, canine: in Mercier's, feline.
Some Of Countess Marie Won Mum
ster's letters in the secret dossier we4e
to Nile. Lucie Faure. They may be
forgeriss. I cannot imagine that she
gave them TO the minister OF war as
proof that the family of the German
ambassador took an interest In Drey-
fus.
The Schwartzkoppen letter, speaking
of the iinpetous Intervention in the af-
fair Of the German emperor for rea-
sons unknown even to HDheplohe Is be-
heved to be genuine. In this co1heo-
ton 1t is said In nilitary ORIOLES that a
lady in whom Emperor William took
deep interest, had hshed out for him
Dreyfus as a persop competent to in
form his majesty on French military
questions This lady, It IL said. was a
relative Of the latN Jacques Saint Cere.
Of the Figaro. who was condemned, to
thirteen months imprisonment for
Matchmaking the late millionaire Max
Lebaudy. She came to Paris as a pic
torial artist, as the story goes, and ex-
hibited in the salon.
There was such a lady, but should
be sorry to declare her the mistress OF
the German emperor and the temptress
of Dreyfus What the offlceys say
about her may be another lie, which
should be nailed to the counter. Mill
tary credulity is boundless.
EMILY CRAWFORD.