The Portland daily press., 1899-09-11

Press this afternoonl interviewed M
| Coupoie, the clerk of thu court NATAL
on this point Ho vas most emphati,
n declaring that Dreylus must sery.
datIon, ths ooui t-mnrtlnl having consIi.
cred the cr So rs beginning when Dreyful
| appeared before them, disreRnrdinr alto.
gether bis previous sentence.
NJ. Coupois said:
IL have no doubt whstsver that. nc
corcirR to the military code Dreyfus
must undergo degradation again, ss be
was reinstated as captain in the army,
ana ne appeAred before the court In uni.
form. That he will anfually be nut
through this cruel ordeal JZthlnk doubt.
ful. II II dsrended on me. / know what
l should do and the president Of the Re
public may think with ms.''
Col. Jouarst also declared that Drey-
rus must serve ten years, but speaking
with friends today, he expressed convlc-
tion that there would not be fresh de-
Rreuat1on. This ceremony requires treak-
ins the prisoners sword, and tearing on
his exnlefs But Dreyfus never had his
sword restored to him and he only wore
undress uniform without epnulettes,
SO that IL would be impossihle TO carry
out the regulations for degradation. This
Is Col. Jouaust's view.
Those who think Dreyfus will be re-
leased in October because the i've years
- @<1Ntt . tetHha VIII WlR6 Out tut 0ftH-
ent sentence, raw in the fact that he was
sentenced for exactly ten years a con
nrmation OF their views but they are mis-
taken. de WAS sentenced to ten years not
because That happens to be double his
term on DEVILS Island. but because, ac.
ooruing TO the military code the record
ing OF the two votes In his favor fixes the
term OF detention az ten years Had
the verdict been unanimous he nj st have
peen sentenced to 20 years. Those pro-
Tossing 70 have ascertained since the
verdict the opinion of the judges declare
.nat tne vote OF to 2 was not given
by mutual consent. but because the tvs O
voted in bis favor from conviction of
his Innocence. The present procedure
Is the application for revision signed by
Dreyfus today. It will he sent 20 pari 1.
Ihs clerk OF the court-martisl must send
a complcts dossier OF the trial, includ-
Ing all the documents submitted. A re-
porter viii be appointed t, examine it
minutely and ascertain whether there be
any faw In the proceedinRs The result
viii be submitted TO the court Of rows ion
which viii maintain or snnul the sent.
ence. An interesting fact developed TO-
day, Is that the police had taken every pre-
caution to get Dreyfus safely out Of Rennes
In the event Of scquittal, In which Gaze.
~ was unanimously agreed there would
have been serious disorder aud probab ly
an attempt upon his life. The police had
arranged TO conduct him back to the mill.
tary prison after the verdict with the
same precautions as during the trial. He
was 60 have been given civilian attire
and false beard and th,n to have left
the prision by the small door or the re-
curiting Office leading to the avenue de
Ia Gars.
No one would have expected to leave
through that building which is attached
TO the military prison and, thanks to the
ntGQniRn. tina f3nttna H..x "A A.
the station safely where special train
was waiting to rush him off before the
crowd could have learned CT his leaving
the prison