The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17
o., HE. Illness
STAND ROGET
SHOWS, HATRED

I. SHOWS. HATRED.
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3 c assat tii5II III Ii fe court -nartial desired.
C0i0neli Jl(sl q$t having. .eN planned to the
.Wifts@sS a jT;t the .:do2rt IN artial, :" had no
tsOglifZaI3 CT :s}f Prey l1us 3 proceedings NJ.
.tSlier,igis: proceeded 10 :repeat his evidence
as. gfyTal}s befere the Court OF. Cessation,
saying. at the end of. October, after
cabinet council, ft{le &: Premier. invited
hiIn:'io lis room. where: General Mereier
Joined t5eInis and: explained that Tor some
.tinle:@ past documents had been missing
from =tEe heaQqualtSrs. stan and IN con, con-
.to-Dr.svf Us:: G(l elierar Nrercier. the witness
.ContinteYls added lEat: he was conVinced'
Drey1us was. the:. cNlprft. lie f. SAID ne
founded -his. EQnYtcricn on three facts.
The bordereaAX, the: author Of Whlch was
.undisIQvq,rai)ic. untl C@lenel- Fahre on
returning: fran the. Ilai1euHe eES i1nnleQfate-
. ''WkY IT :: is. DEcyfJlS handwriting.
Secondly&. the:natGre&of the documents
enumerated IN the. bordereanX IN CON
junction: with -Dr1y tls employment III
" Different: detartnitllts, proved con-
rlifsiWe}g% according to General MERCER,
that. Dreyfl3s alone had cogniZance OF all
. these p3.TJgrs and he alone could have dlS-
closed tEeyn. e<TAirQly-. the dicta{lonr test
ard Drevfus. perJuberation at the time.
-. .CeGar5ik MGrCi6r, AI. Guertn then SAID,
In CONSEQUENCE. of these convictions, de-
.Clared his: FnrintiO1 To ask the cabinet
To- aJttlfttriZe. tAe+ prosecution of Dreyfus.
,. A s9ocial c 'aJjinet. met November /. 1894,
F. {. .ClIH siderstHe matter. The witness for
got: Whether AZ; CasiInir-P erfer or NJ Du-
pQy%jlEesided: General Mereier handed the
4 abfHG Gt%<n0tfing but the bOrdereauX.
"A fJt2r the Minis ter of War had. related his
<TGas6Ns. for his suspicious he.Cabinet
::s1aT1tmnN sly authorized the: prosecution
*of.z. l1reRf}ls... M HanotauX alone
Ifa1e@ .ss<Ille= g %dtlons OF .oiploiltilc
#obJertiQnS, based on the place where. the
:ClOs5 HtfiG(t t was found, but il WAS agreed
th@t in tl event of: .:C6Grt- -nldrtlaling
:52Te5:Sus: I1iaasgFes .shopld he taken; TO pre-
NC5If hes nlerfttOr Of: any power From
: that $diCN.e on tie WITNESS had learned no.
thiIG5 of. the case; PERSONALLY, as II was IN
tire. 3a IitS 90f : the military: authorities,
NJ. & fuerIf' at: that time had never heard
= OF The Sc cret 4dtiGliInentS and -nene was
ever .:COIlrrfII III Cate ed:* TO 1.-THE Cabinet lie
only fejlrned of thu eXfstenee: OF. the al
legged SECRET, Documents. during the Zola
.trial ii nd on}S:| earned of the alleged con
= 164Sior. :Qf +Elre.gf5ls to' Captain lyebrun-
/" Rep9Glitt. frclrI he newspapers. General
+ Mercer meyer mentioned the confession
=. C95l9y16l: .lpuaust* then. questioned. the
Nftlt s IS Il y III e. NJ. GQbert;. an expert.
has. declared. you summoned him 10 your
.:0fiic3= To: gfA q you: inf 9Enatiph about the
! Dreyflls "A ff9ir.' 3. Do. XQu remenlber the
q q Hid ,ilie not say on enter
+ Ing pointing TO the clock: . Monsieur le
A4fiist er. #de :JlIstt{:c; L fear lest at this
Hour a: :gr:aIe Inistake isibeing committed"
- Is i {; not a: fact ithat you did not reply,
lI4ehded him to .o41$erAe extreme caution,
.as. the. Governments was desirous of keep
ing. Il he% &tfa5fsOn secret dreading lndls-
erection: on'%the part of the press and,
above. all, upon the part of the Libre
: Parole, as the suspected officer was
Jew?2. -:
M NJ. Guerin. replied; Y, cannot affirm
whether or not |: received NJ. Colbert, but
what can affiTn IS that if he came l did
not employ the: language mentioned, and
i made. none of the statements he attrib-
NJ. Lebon, former Minister of the Colo
MES, was then Summoned 10 testify re
sgarding his. treatment of the prisoner. He
said that when the Cabinet was asked to
Intervene :: :inIe favor of a revision he
thought the: executive should not inter
fere with the Judiciary, and his respect
for. the chosen. Judge was strengthened
by his personal opinion Of the culpability
OF the cQndemnnd.
"On my soul and conscience" declared
NJ Lebom, dramatically, Il say | regard
the Tnensures;I took relative TO the pris-
oner On the He du Diable as warranted,
and If had to:repeat them l would not
hesitate" 49,.
NJ LebQr. Their, explained the reasons for
the. rigorous. rleasures against Dreyfus.
Hessaid a"certdf!T telegram sent to French
Gutana, disapileared. 1t was traced out
of EEance but: If 1t reached the English
: lines it t.tsi sappedreG;: showing, the wit
ness; said f:tBar; elf0rts were being made
10 enable; the prisoner to cEade the reSu-
lations. -IttgOrous:pyen painful measures
were .Jflertf orc; tGkQn::to prevent his es-
cape. y NJ. Il 4eh0n~. therefore issued orders
that If necessary tEe~prisoner was TO be
:fred .QDoili (Sensatiou)
. ,:.CGrtihuing> NJ. Lebon said he also issued
= orders: that cnly copies Of the letters atf-
dress6H TO. the prisoner should be deliv
.ercf TO: HIM :. the, originals being retained.
The WitneSs>Tas Informed August 10 that
an AJnerican. vessel: passed the lies du
Salut,- and orders were then issued that
!. Dreyfus was to *3e .shot on. the slightest
! Referring TO the Iycyler. forgery, which
d was intended. to convey the impression
that Dreyfus vas: IL coinln Unication with
outside synpat hiz6rs: M: Iebon said he
= frankly adfnitted that he believed in its
authertidty;" us did = ColQnel Picquart
until long after its ..prcduptiQIi. ::
. NJ. Lebon 1lext refGTred to.:the numerous
rough +QraGts the prisoner made of his
Letters. before. finally disRatchIng: them
At:this@ point N. d Delnarige Interrupted the
..: II pass. from: surprise: to surprise: Yes
:tcrday twas a witness. playing the part
OF prosecutor: To-day one witness de-
fends. himself by SAYING his conscience is
TRANQUIL. II rs; welcome, to: q TRANQUIL
conscience. But ask him if he finds il
- surprising If this man, alone out there on
a lost island should have poured out his
soul on"paper. :: / ask. .agiiiu why YOU all
: lowed tho forged 'Weyler letter in which
a. andwrittng was indicated TO reach
. TO this. NJ Lebon ,replied: I'VE could
not give UP the original. But the idea
never occurred to any agents of the ad-
mintstration. to subject Dreyfus 10 the
savage ard atrocious treatment which has
been spoken Of"
Colonel .Jouaust, addressing Dreyfus,
saidi,. Did you receive the letter just re-
J. ferred to?".
preyfus replied: 'Yes. my colonel"
WHAT impression did it make on your,
=, II. understood nothing of what it con-
:: tQined,.. answered the prisoner. (Sensa-
.tion. J. e.
Is, At this. iuncture some time was occupied
In reading a long report from the Minister
Of the. Cplonics to the Minister of War
giving the various reports of the Governor
of French Guiana. Passages describing
the dread the prisoner expressed to doc
> tors when he feared he was losing his
reason. caused an immense impression
Tears were even seen TO glisten In the
eyes of General Billot, the former Min
lster Of War.
AT the conclusion of the report NJ. Le-
bon asked leave to. explain. He said: II
DO not dispute the accuracy of the report
but it IS partial. Reference has been
most carefully made TO the precarious
health. OF the prisoner: put the doctor
never made a communication to me on the
subject. l do not hesitate to say that II
he had done so | should have given orders
to have the prisoner treated as all ipvalids
should be treated. It IS with deliberate