The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-19

| all which mad occurred he remarked
So mistake has been made
After my interview with General
Gonse | did not work my longer on
my own initiative | said nothing more
until the return of General Gonse, Sep
tcniher 10Th AT That time Esterhazy
was ~ the GRIND Man0ucyrcs.'
Describing his interview with General
Gonsc, September 18th. Picqiinrt said
when asked General Gonse for
| permission to continue the investigation
insisting up6h itlle danger OF allowing
/ the Drgfus family to proceed with
the investigation alone, tbe General re-
! piled Tint i was impossible IN his opn-
! ION and ia the opinion Of General De
Ruisdoilre md the Minister Of War to
re-ofpA the aifHir When ! pressed the
| point In order 10 make General Gonse
| understand that nothing could prevent
| his re-openng II II nc could believe
! Dreyfns WINS innocent General Gonse re-
| Piled
"If you say gothing nobody will
know
General, | replied, firmly, What you
| tell me is abominable. II do not know
what | shall do But | won't carry this
secret with met Great sensation).
III once ieIl LIle room, duutu tllt
witness. "That is what occurred.
know my account is disputed, but
positively swear it," said Picquart, as
he emphatically smote the bar in front
of the witness box, and looked IN the
direction of the generals.
The next feature of Picquart's deposit
tion was HIS recital of the intrigues
against him and the pressure exercised
by Henry with the view of fixing on the
witness for communicating information
to the newspapers.
Then turning to the distant mission
upon which he was dispatched, Picquart
described the Irritation he felt when he
saw he was being removed because he
was no longer wanted as head Of the In
Negligence Department. He explained
that if this disgrace had been frankly
avowed it would have been much less
painful to him. The Colonel also said
that during his absence his correspond
ence was tempered with.
Colonel Jouaust, having asked for
explanations ON certain points, Picquart
SAID:
IL / tell you all this, gentleman, it
is to show what must have been the men
tai attitude towards me of the members
OF the court martial which tried Ester
hazy" (Murmurs of assent)
When he resumed his deposition, the
witness said he regretted he had not
been given the opportunity to contradict
his accuseFs at that court martial.
Il have almost finished my task add
ed Picquart "biIt | ask permission to
refer to the way the bordereau came
to the War Office. ] have doubts in
regard to the person who brought the
bordereau Two quite different persons
could certainly have delivered the bor-
,lerau in 1891 But, if an intelligent
person had delivered it, he would GER
fa:nly have insisted Gun the value of its
contents
The court then adjourned
GEN. MERCIER'S WATERLOO.
(Copyright. 1899, by Associated Press.1
Rennes, France, August 1S.-A Sc
we're blow to the military set it was
when the Schneider dispatch was l.ade
known at five o'clock this morning in
the refectories and the hotels. 1t was
source of publications ON the other side.
General MERCER had greatly enrha-
sized it's Importance when giving his
evidence. His manner was victorious
as he handed the alleged letter csCol-
onel Schneider to he president of the
court martial, to be adde's to and filed
with the other papers connected With
the trial. These generals at Rennes
have no standing counsel TO advise them.
They show forensic ability in making
speeches when they ought to give evil
dence, but they lack lawyee like pru-
dence and legal practice.
Any advocate would have felt bow
risky it was to dwell ON such .laeu-
ment as am intercepted letter from
military attache, especially in view
of the forgeries with which Tie secre!
dossfer teemed. After all that had
transpired about the letters of military
attaches to each other in 1894, the at
taches in self defense were bound -
discredit everything in the secret des-
siers These letters wee supported by
police reports Were they published
the world would read them aghast. As
at least 127 persons in all must lave
seen them. the authors, real or alleged,
would find themselves on the defensive.
But these considerations never pre-
scented themselves to Gneral Mereier's
mind. That he believed in the authenti-
city of his document and pinned HIS
faith to it, is now laughed at every
where. His best friends ,all him a
donkey and his enemies raioicp.
Colonel Panizzardi trumps Colonel
Sehneider's denial of his alleged letter
by writing. and branding as a forgery
the report that General Roget said he
GanizzardD wrote to the late Signor
Rossman, the Italian Ambassador. re-
garding the relations of Col. Schwarz-
koppen with Dreyfus.
The Austrian and Italian Embassies
attest the genuineness of the Schn@iceec
and Panizzardi dispatches. Merelar
feels that he has thrown the fat into
the fire, and he looked depressed ard
out of countenance today. SO did
Roget, who is stronger man, notwith-
standing the tears he shed at the Close
of his deposition yesterday.
Colonel Picquart was again a witness.
lie was allowed to sit in an arm chair
with which the generals had been sue
cessively accommodated. Picquart's
figure is younger than his face. He
is clean built 1.-the, tall, graceful lie
remains the guardian angel of Drayfus,
standing between him and tine implacabla
enemies who sit on the front seat OF
the witnesses quarter.
The Dreyfusites greatly fear for Pic 4