The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-22
ASPECTS OF DREYFUS TRIAL
He is Now becoming HIS Own Advocate
.-Maitre Demang eNIorc Alert i'm Check
Ing Anti-Drcyfus Vitnesses-Tho
Court-martiaI Degencrat ating-Famili-
arity of the Gcner with the Judges,

| London. Aug. 22.-The special corre-
spondents of the London papers at Rem
mes are beginning to comment upon the
changed aspects of the trial. To begin
| with, Captain Dreyfus is becoming his
own advocate. He has ceased his pas
sionate, mechanical blank denials and
now defends himself by we'll arranged
| arguments and short speeches. He
takes frequent notes. This, together
with Maitre Demange's careful checking
OF statements, is beginning to discon-
cert the witnesses for the prosecution,
who are now making more positive de-
tailed statements and are observed put
ting their heads together and whisper
ing. Maitre Demange's cross examina-
ton shows that the witnesses are quite
unprepared, and scowls and shakings of
the head, indicating displeasure, are not
lhfrequent on the part of General Roget
ana other generals when their subordi-
mates are nonplussed. The Rennes cor
respondent of the Times says:
Inc sittings of the court mar
tlal are fast degenerating into medium
Tor pouring out odious and irrelevant
tlttle-tattle. The greater portion of the
matter put in as evidence to-day (Mon-
day) would shame the gossip Of an af-
tefhoon tea party of village spinsters.
IN the presence of such debauch Of
OLD wives tales, no wonder the little
messenger who sits upon the platform
OF the prosecution ready to run errands
Ior the court went asleep. Most of the
rest OF us We're tempted to do the same.
Ihs reiteration of twice-told tales.
the lrrelevancy of which was long ago
demonstrated, is becoming intolerably
monotonous. The generals and ex-min-
listers sit there on the. front benches of
the witnesses like little clot of con-
federates whispering in each others
ears While comrade is at the bar or
comparing notes with one another. Dur
ing the recess they are actually seen
promenading with members of the
oench OF judges in the court yard Of the
Lycee. General Roget, for instance.
accosts a judge after having affection
ately tapped him on the shoulder. Be-
fore the close of these astonishing pro-
ceedings some. hundreds of kodaks will
have recorded for all time numerous
tell-tale proofs of the surprising intinl-
acy between the judges and the mill
tary witnesses.
Colonel Jouaust provoked a burst OF
spontaneous disapproval at the close of
to-day's proceedings by exclaiming,
What! Again? when Colonel Picquart
asked him leave to speak. ! am still
convinced for many reasons that in the
between Picquart and the staff
officers it is this brilliant champion Of
light who is winning. Nobody has yet
caught him tripping; but his adversa-
ries are each day revealed in chameleon
like attitudes of lf-contradiction
which are gradually becoming so nu-
merous that it seems absolutely impos-
sble for the judges to fail to draw the
necessary conclusions.
I'm fact, begin to believe that per-
haps Colonel Jouaust has decided to let
the enemies of the prisoner talk and
pour out the Walls of their vindictive-
ness to their hearts content In this
am not so sure that he is wrong. He
humors these witnesses, and, in letting
them do and say their worst, whether
or not, he is making them
'idiculous. Moreover, he is polite and !
correct in his treatment of Dreyfus and
possibly his exclamation of impatience
20 Picquart was really, meant to say
hat it was needless to trouble to reply
% such seurrility"