Arizona republican., 1899-08-29
PHGNIx. AUGUST 20. 1899.
THEIR TURN WILL COME.

Whatever may be the result of the
court martial at Rennes, in the long
run there is good reason to believe
that the real culprits, traitors and
conspirators will be exposed, disgraced
and punished. Some of them already
have fallen. Three of the staff coterie
whose Vaccinations resulted IN the
outrageous Injustice to DIeyfus have
gone to shame, .@he fcrgar Henry a
suicide or victim of murder, the
fo1ger Esterhazy a fugitive, Kissed and
hocted On the streets of London, the
diabolical schemer Patty de Gam de-
graded and under arrest. The turn
of the others will doubtless come
Mercier is already demonstrated the
acccrnplice in forgery, if nc the au
thor of 1t, and in treasonab.e posses
SION CT secret state documents. The
nco.e and clear sighted Labori whose
brain unweaves without enbarrass-
ment the Infamous enlargement of
the plot, has put his finger on MERCER
and says: Il shalt have other ques-
tions to put to Canecnl Mercier'
When minister of war al the time
Drey -us was convicted, he must have
known the proofs CT his innocence, the
4nes of the conspiracy and was re-
spOnsible for the illegal use by the
court, CT evidence unreveaIed to the de-
Tense. If he I'D not know the inno-
cence OF Dreyfus then, he has seen the
ligt.s many a time since and has pre-
ferred the darkness 10 the light With
his hands full of documents which he
knows to be forgeries and his Lips re
peating lies and calunnies eft refused,
MERCER cannot stand long
Then there is Elliot who succeeded
MERCER to the war portfolio. Pic
quart revealed 10 lin the whole plot
and he still solemnly declared: ION
my soul and conscience as Il soldier
declare the sentence we'll deserved
Win Zola's appeal was pending before
the court OF cessation, this genera.
whose command never won a victory,
compelled a decision adverse to the
defendant and when the president Of
the court professed against the pres
sure brought upon it by the army, |
Bill0t declared: Then you are pre-
pairing the way for revolution of
which you will be The first victim
Then came Cavaignac, who was a
civilian and at first advocated re-
vision, for he saw the wrong that had |
been done, but then he covered before |
the army chiefs and became AS rabid |
as they. And after Cava:gnac came |
Zurlinden. who was no better, and |
then General Ckanoine, who impris-
oned Pfcquart because PicqUart knew |
the truth and would not suppress it.
These are the ex-war ministers who |
have made disgraceful spectacles CT
themselves. Besides these, are the
chief of the general s.aff, General
Bo.sdeffre, and his assistant, General
Gonse. Their testimony has also besa
given. Nothing could be more ubsurd
Bc.sdeffre said he believed that Drey-
fus had confessed to Captain Lebrun-
Renault. He was convinced Of the /
guilt of the accused in the beginning
and had never changed his opinion.
Picquart, he said, never doubted the
mans guit5 when he took over the
duties Of chief of the intelligence de-
partment. PicqUart had been warned |
that he must not mix Esterhazy up
with the affair. The general was
sorry that he had himself been taken
in by forgery. He was competed
to admit that there were Ieakages from
military headquarters after Dreyfus5'
condemnation. According to .his te5-
timOny the witness believed because
he believed, and Ftcquart erred BE-
cause he was not a mule like Bots
di3ffie. That '-he colonial was orig
inally against DTeyfus and reversed
his Judgment on the appearance OF
new evidence should help, and not, as
Boisdeffre thinks, harm the defendant
Moreover the recital Of the warning
concerning Esterhezy was a b,under.
It showed too plainly that these gen
erals were resolved en- preventing an
GCnse was, if possible, weaker than
Boisd'effre. Fe i1Gllgod in lie usual
vague allegations and could prove
nothing definitely. On cro7s-exa nina
ticn he beeams mG1h involved over
this conduct # an ''hcno. able" spy 10
wh3m h: hsd Ez:d tflPU:s. and hg al .