The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-30

Rennes, Aug. 29.-Neither side was
pleased with the outcome of todays
proceedings before the courtmartiaI
that is trying Captain Dreyfus. The
Dreyfusards expected that Colonel Cor
der, who was deputy chief Of the intel
ligence department under the late Lieu
tenant Colonel Henry, would testify
that the bOrdereauS was received d.
rectly by the late Colonel Sandherr
Had the expectation been realized the
testimony would have been a strong
point in favor of the accused, because
it " ould have been a reply to the anti
DreyfuSards who have all along con-
tended that Henry received the border
eau and forwarded it to Sandherr a
thing he would not have done had the
bordereau been as the Dreyfusards as
serI, written by his accomplice, Ester
haZy, for, in that event, Henry would
have recognized the handwriting when
he received the bordereau from the
German embassy and would have sup
pressed it, instead of forwarding it TO
Sandherr.
Colonel Cordier, however, testified to-
day that he was absent from the in
telligence department when the border
eau arrived, but that he believed it was
received by Henry. Naturally, this
statement eiated the anti-DreYfusards,
but they had no good reason to COM
graduate themselves upon the remain
der of Cordiers testimony, as it was
wholly in favor Of J9reyfus.
Witness Is Confronted.
On the other hand. the procession of
generals and officers of the general
staff who demanded an opportunity to
confront Colonel Cordier was a good
piece of tactics from the point of view
of the anti-Dreyfusards, because all
points they contested were not of the
first Importance. yet their very appear
ance on the stage and the contradic-
tionS of some of Cordiers statements
left a disagreeable impression.
TIE appearance of General MERCER to
question Colonel COrdier came as a sur
prise TO many in the audience, who had
supposed that after last Saturdays
scene, when MERCER was confronted
with Captain Freystmetter, he would
remain quiet. But MERCER is game to
the death.
His action today is interpreted as in
tended TO show that he is not going to
throw UP the sponge. The part he play
ed in 1894 lays him open 10 arrest. and
this is a constant topic of discussion
in the cafes and at other meeting
places in Rennes. There appears, how
ever, 10 be a good reason why the gov
eminent viii not take any such serious
step until the trial is over.
Colonel Jouaust. president OF the
courtmartial. could adjourn the trial
indefinitely if MERCER, who is an i'm
portant witness, were arrested. If the
trial were adjourned for more than for
ty-eight hours, it would lapse, and the
proceedings would have to be gone
over again from the beginning.
Was a Large Attendance.
Today's attendance was the largest
since the opening of the trial. Every
body was on the qui Vive TO hear the
testimony of Charles de F'reycinet, SEN
ator. formerly premier. former minister
of foreign affairs and former minister
of war. This adrOit politician, the
white mouse" of Fench politics. sat
upon the fence as well as he could His
expression of a fear that the Dreyfus
agitation would injure the discipline of
the army greatly annoyed the Dreyfus-
ards. as calculated TO influence the
judges against the accused. But he
followed it with a eulogy Of the pioneer
OF the Dreyfus campaign, NJ. Scheurer-
Kestner. former vice president of the
senate, whose character he said he held
in the highest esteem.
NJ. Labor then secured another con-
cession favorable to Dreyfus by get
ting NJ. dc F'reycinet to admit that he |
could not recall single fact going to |
prove that money had been sent into
France from abroad to promote cam
paign in favor OF Dreyfus. The general
feeling, however, was that his appear
ance on the stand has not materially
halnpQ the accused