The times., 1899-09-10

and LIE Brun- Renaud, since that, in effect,
there cannot be seen in this conversation
an avowal of guilt, because ii not only be-
gins with protestation of innocence, but
also because it is impossible to fix the ex-
act and full text, owing to the difference
existing between successive declarations of
Renaud and those of other witnesses, and
that as there is no reason &c pay further
regard to the deposition of Depert, contra
dicted by that Of a depot director who ON
January 5, 1895, was near him; and coIisid-
ering that by the application of article AS
il is necessary to proceed to a new oral
hearing; for all these reasons and without
it being possible to pass upon other rea-
sons, we hereby break and annul the YER
diet of guilty rendered on December 81, 1894,
by the first council of war. of the military
government of Paris and send the accused
before the council of war of Rennes, Sc
lected after special deliberation in the
council chamber for a decision OF the fol-
lowing question:
" Is Dreyfus guilty of having, in 1894,
practiced Vaccinations or entertained re-
lations with foreign power or its agents
to engage it TO council hostiiitles or un-
dertake war against France, and of having
supplied it the means thereto by delivering
to it notes and documents contained in a
document called the bordereau?
Unchecked EntE,usiasm.
The crowded court listened to the long
statement of the basis of the judgment un-
til almost in the last sentence the words
were pronounced. Then there was a dem
onstration so spontaneous and so over
whelming that the president and the forty
two red-robed judges of the highest court
in France made no effort TO check it, This
continued for some moments, and before it
was finished the court had adjourned.
The news was all over Paris within a
few minutes, and although the newspaper
extras We're eagerly purchased. there was
no visible effect upon the public mind
The decree had, in fact. been discounted,
and all but the most vicious and most in
sane anti-Dreyfusites were determined to
accept it in silence, however much they at
heart resented it.
On Thursday, June %, President Loubet
announced his new cabinet as follows:
President of the Council and Minister of
the Interior. NJ Waldeck- Rousseau; Min
lister of Justice, M. Monis; Minister of
Foreign Affairs, M. Delcasse; Minister of
War. General the MARQUIS de Gallifet;
Minister of Marine, d. de Lanissan; Min
lister of Colonies. NJ. Decrais: Minister of
Commerce. NJ Millerand; Minister of Pub
lie Works, NJ. Pierre Bauden; Minister of
Public Instruction, M. George Leygues;
Minister of Agriculture, M. Jean Dupuy;
Minister of Finance, M. Caiueux.
A Victory for Dreyfus.
II was said in France at the time that
the choice of this ministry was victory
for the partsans of Dreyfus: that 1t would
ensure the acquittai of the prisoner on
DEVILS Island. 1t was said that this min
fctr ole vii Jxr ctfnn
further indications OF military restless
ness, and would also probably prosecute
the offending military witnesses at the
previous trials. The arrest of General
Mercier and of NJ. Quesnays de Beaure-
paire was hourly expected by the French
people. The Nationallsts and Hnti-Drey-
fusards were furiously Indignant at the
ministry and they threatened to overturn
it when the members appeared in the
Chamber of Deputies on the following
Monday.
1t was said throughout France that the
Cabinet was formed for the single purpose
of liquidating the unhappy Dreyfus affair.
The Prisoner at Rennes.
Captain Dreyfus arrived at Rennes on
Saturday morning, July /, at 6:1O o'clock.
| He had landed from the cruiser Sfax at
| Quiberon in Brittany at o'clock on that
| morning The place of his landing had
| been kept secret and there were very few
| persons present. He was conveyed as
| quickly as possible to train that was
awaiting him and the start was made for
Rennes The train stopped at Bruz, twelve
| klometers from Rennes. Here Dreyius
was placed in carriage which was guarded
by twenty-five policemen and was driven
directly to Rennes. The streets were de-
serted and the appearance of the carriage
was the first intimaticn which the inhaol-
tants had of the arrival Of the prisoner
But the news spread with wonderful ra-
pidity and there was great rush OF people
| toward the prison in which Dreyfus nae
been lodged. force of police came III
and barred the street leading TO the prlsof
and at the same time surrounding the
walls. The prison authorities sent sol