The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-09-19
NEARING the EMO.
Arguments Reached in
the Dreyfus Case.
Extraordinary Measures Taken BY thu
Frene b Government TO Prevent ANY
Pub k Demonsn. tioas.

RENNES. Sept. To-day came the
beginning of the end of the Dreyfus
trial. With the speech of the Govern
ment Commissary. Major Carriere,
the case entered upon the final stage
of pleadings and the verdict will be
delivered on Monday. There is even
talk tonight Of the trial ending to-
morrow by holding an extra afternoon
session for NJ. Labori's speech and the
deliberation of the judges. This, how
ever. is considered unlikely, as the
Government Is anxious to have the
judgment withheld over Sunday in or
der to avert demonstrations which
would probably cause bloodshed on a
day when the workmen are free.
The Government Is not only fearful
regarding Rennes, but is particularly
concerned regarding Paris and other
large towns where passions have been
! heated, and the verdict, whichever
way it Is given, Is practically certain
| to give rise to trouble. 1t is under
stood that the Government has init
mated its desire to the president of the
court-martial, Colonel Jouaust. and
there is no reason to believe that he
will not fall in with its views.
Colonel Jouaust this morning gave
| the most important decision yet given,
and gave it entirely upon his own re-
! sponsibility, although he is undoubt-
eddy only the mouthpiece of the whole
body of judges. His decision to ex-
clude the testimony of Colonel
! Schwarzkoppen and Major Panizzardi
was most significant, as ii meant that
the court had already reached a con-
clusion, and that the pleadings of
counsel We're merely waste of time
and might be dispensed with If they
were not necessity.
| The court has made up its mind, but
which way? This is the view point,
and forms the sole topic of discussion.
Both sides are equally confident that
the court will decide in accordance
with their views. The Dreyfusites de.
clare that the judges cannot condemn
| Captain Dreyfus after rejecting the de-
cisive evidence which Colonel
Schwarzkoppen and Panizzardi would
have given in his favor. The anti
| Dreyfusites. on the other hand. eX-
plain today's rulings on the ground
that the judges recognize that the ev-
idencc of the two military attaches
! would be worthless, because they
would he morally bound to save their
agent at any cost A sample of this
reason was given by an antiDreyfus-
tie journalist. who, when praising
Colonel Jouaust's decision, explained
What weight could he attach to the
testimony of Schwarzkoppen and Pan
/ iZZardi? The receiver of stolen goods
must shield the thief as much as he
/ can
From the popular point of view the
scene in court when Colonel Jouaust
delivers the judgment will be Invested
of its most sensational feature. owing
to the absence of tie central figure
Captain Dreyfus will be taken to an
adjacent room. when the judges retire
to consider their verdict A moment
before they are to re-enter bell will
be rung. and as they take their places
behind the hong table on the stage the
infantry guard will present arms and
remain at present arms while Colonel
Jouaust, standing in the center of the
platform, reads the verdict.
Captain Dreyfus will not be brought
back to the courtroom and will not be
present at the meeting of the judges,
but when the courtroom has been
cleared by the gendarmes, which will
be done as soon as Colonel Jouaust
concludes, the reading clerk of the
court will proceed to the room where
Dreyfus will be waiting and read to
him the verdict in the presence of a
couple of gendarmes. The public will
thus be robbed Of the spectacle of his
emotions, which are bound to be most
profound whether the decree sends
him to the arms of his family or back
to the penal settlement.
The verdict may be a condemnation