Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-05
TAKES NEW TURN
The Foreign Governments May Have
a Chance to Show Who Was
the Traitor.
The TALE OF ESTERHAZY
The Court Does Not Desire to Ask France
to Invite Revelations from Foreign
Governments As to Whether Drey-
fus Sold Secrets.

lub OUiu OtCTcS,
Rennes, September 5.-The session 0
the Dreyfus court martial behind close
doors lasted until SIS this morning.
On opening the public hearing Labor
asked that certain Iareign diplomats
| meaning Colonel chwartzkoppen, for
mer German military attache in Paris
Colonel Panizzardi, italian military at
tache, and Colonel Schneider, militar.
attache of the Austrian embassy, be al
lowed to attend the trial or be exam
ined by a commission. He pointed ou
| that a new phase of the case had beer
entered upon.
Major Carriere, government prosecu
tor, thought it would be inconvenient tt
admit the Intervention of foreigners.
Paleologue, Of the foreign Office, also
dwelt upon the gravity of the step. The
court took time to consider
Examination of the secret dossier was
the sole occupation of the court martial
during the secret sitting, the decision
having been reached probably in view
of message telegraphed here yester-
day by General De Gallfet, minister of
war, to hear the rest of Cernuschi's ev-
idence in open court.
The first witness called to-day was
Reporter Basett whom the Matin sent
to London to interview Major Ester
hazy. The witness deposed that Ester
hazy confessed that he wrote the bor-
dereau under orders from Colonel Sand
herr who was. chief of the secret intel
ligence bureau. The order EsterhaZy
received was to catch a traitor at the
general headquarters, who Esterhazy
afterwards said was Dreyfus.
Major Carriere here burst out with an
extraordinary protest against Esterha-
zy's insinuations against Sandherr. II
protest" he cried, lin the name and
memory of Colonel Sandherr, against
insinuations introduced against him."
Labori ignored this protest, which he
styled a ridiculous pretension. Labori
then called upon General Roget to testi-
fly regarding letters he received from
Esterhazy since the opening of this
trial. Roget replied that he only opened
one letter from Esterhazy, which he
forwarded to Colonel Jouaust. He said
he declined to receive other letters. La
bori then asked Jouaust to have the let
ters read. Jouaust at first declined, but
finally consented. Jouaust explained
that he opposed reading the letters be-
cause they contained personal attacks
upon various parties, and would only
lead to prolongation Of the trial. Roget
then read the Esterhazy letter which he
admitted having opened. In this Ester
azy says he could not prove the exist
ence alleged of a syndicate organized
in the interest of Dreyfus and COM
planned that the general staff had re-
fused to give him a fair hearing. Labori
then put a series Of questions intended
to bring out the fact that the general
staff had made use of Esterhazy even
after he was known to be unreliable.
M. Demange asked General Roget his
opinion of Major Esterhazy.
II have absolute conviction" replied
Roget (cries of "Ohn' from the audi
ence), that Major Esterhazy is a
stranger to treason
M. Deffes, reporter for the Temps,
testified that he saw Esterhazy in Lon
don, and the latter confessed he was the
author of the bordereau.
M. Trarieux, formerly minister Of JUS
tice, made a long deposition in favor of
Dreyfus, which closed the public ses-
sion. He made telling speech, describ-
ing how his original belief in the guilt
of Dreyfus was first spoken, and then
completely changed to conviction of in
nocence by subsequent developments.
Trarieux recounted a conversation with
foreign ambassador, who declared in
tone Of greatest sincerity that Drey-
fus never had relations with him nor
with any officer of his country, while,
the ambassador added, he possessed
documents proving the guilt Of Ester
hazy. Trarieux delivered an impressive
passage, recalling the execution of the
English admiral, Dying, on charge of
treason, who was afterwards found to
have been unjustly condemned. Ira
rieux said that Frenchmen might well
dread to have such blood stain upon
their history. Trarieux said General
Roget and Captain Cuignet were wrong
in the conclusion they had drawn from
correspondence agents "A" and "B''
that Dreyfus was guilty. He declared
in an emphatic tone, which made a deep
impression upon his hearers, that no
parallel ought to be drawn between a
model officer like Dreyfus and Esterha-
zy, who had not even the soul of a
Frenchman.
Trarieux, on alluding to the border
eau, was interrupted by Major Car
riere, who said while he opposed a d.
| rect official application to foreign gov
ernments for documents mentioned by
the bordereau, yet If it could be pro-
duced he certainly would be personally
| much pleased. This is practically an
invitation to Germany to volunteer tC
communicate documents in question
At the conclusion of Trarieux's testi-
mony, which apparently made an i'm
preston on the judges, the court-mar.
tial went behind closed doors and ex-
amined in secret espiona~e the dossier
| The court also decided to reject La.
boris request that application be made
to Germany for documents described ir
the bordereau on the ground that the
court was incompetent to- invite the
government to take diplomatic steps te
obtain the documents in question. II
was decided to hear Cernuschi behind