Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-09-07

time, when Gen. Chanoine and M.
Paleologue were brought upon the
stage to explain Commandant Cuig-
not's statements, there were five wit
nesses at the bar, all speaking at once
and interrupting one another. The
testimony throughout was interspersed
with heated scenes between NJ. Labor
and Col. Jouaust
Rennes, France, Sept. 5.-M. Ger
nuschi, the political refugee and re-
puted scion of Servian royalty who
appeared yesterday before the Dreyfus
court-martial as witness for the
prosecution, was not examined by the
courl during the time it sat behind
closed doors today. The examination
of the secret espionage dossier mem
toned by Cuignet during yesterdays
sitting of the court-martial occupied
the greater part of today's secret ses-
sion of the court.
When the open session of the court
martial began, M. Labor presented a
formal application to the court for an
order upon Major Carriere, the gov
eminent commissary, to request that
interested foreign governments, through
| diplomatic channels, communicate to
| the court various documents relating
| to the bordereau.
Major Carriere replied that he did
not think the government could ask
another government for the restoration
of documents. He suggested thar the
defence should obtain and submit the
papers semi officially to the court. He
saw no objection to hearing Col
Schwartzkoppen and Signor Paniz-
zardi, if they consented to come.
Col Jouaust said the court would
decide the matter later, and would
proceed with the communication of
evidence.
The first witness called to the bar
today was Reporter Bassett, whom the
Matin sent to London to interview
Major Esterhazy. The witness de-
posed that Esterhazy confessed to him
that he wrote the bordereau under
orders from Col. Sandherr, who was
then chief of the Secret Intelligence
Bureau. This order, Esterhazy said,
was to catch the traitor at the head
quarters of the general staff, whom
Esterhazy afterwards said was Capt.
Dreyfus.
M. Deffes, reporter for the Tempts,
testified that he saw Major Esterhazy
in London, and that the latter con-
fessed that he was the author of the
bordereau.
M. Trarieux, formerly Minister of
Justice, made long deposition in
favor of Dreyfus, reviewing the history
of the case and his own part in con-
nection Herewith. He made very
telling speech, describing how his
original belief in the guilt of Dreyfus
was first shaken and then completely
changed to conviction of innocence by
subsequent developments and the noble
conduct of NJ. Scheurer- kestner, form
erly Vice President of the Senate. M.
Trarieux, on abiding to the bordereau,
was interrupted by Major Carriers,
who said that, while he opposed direct
official application to foreign govern
ments for documents mentioned in the
bordereau, yet, if by side wind the
documents could be produced, he GER
tainly would be personally very much
pleased. This is practically an invi-
tation to Germany to volunteer to COM
municate the documents in question.
At the conclusion of M. Trarieux's
testimony, the court-martial went be.
hind closed doors, and examined the
secret espionage dossier.
The court deliberated upon M. La
, BORIS request that application be mede
to Germany for the documents de
scribed in the bordereau, and unani
Z mously decided to reject the appli
/ cation, on the ground that the cour
was incompetent to invite the govern
/ ment to take diplomatic steps to Obtain
. the documents in question. 1t wa
also decided to hear M. Cernuschi be
/ hind closed doors tomorrow.
Further proceedings on NTH page.l