The Van Buren press., 1899-06-03
JUSTICE FOR THE INNOCENT.
sh. pro.n~.f. for Revision and U1tf.
mate tequitfaI of Dreyfus Grow
Ing BrIght-Right to Conquer

Paris. Nav 31.-In his plea before
The court of indictment yesterday fora
re, sion of the sentence against DreY-
fus and retrial by court-martial. NJ.
De Beaupre said that if in 1894 the Of
fieers of the court-martial had thought
il was not their duty TO show DreYfus
the documents concerning him, the
judges. not being lawyers. had erred
theegh aefing in good faith.
Considered Opponents Arguments.
N. DE Beaupre then entered at
length into consideration of the ar
grFaents Of the anti-reyisionists. who.
he said. contend that even if the doen-
ment &c Ganaille de d" should be
shown not TO refer TO Dreyfus. II
would be no reason for revision. be-
cause the document was not RESPONSE
be for the conviction of Dreyfus.
The Vaccinations of Col. Du Patty de
Clam and Iieut.-Co oil. Henry. il had also
been argued. gave no ground for reYi-
sion. because they had also been disa'
vowed BY Gen. Gonz. assistant chief of
the general staff, and by his superior.
Gen. Boisdeffre.
Erterhazy the Guilty Man.
M. DE Beanpre created deep SEN
sation by solemnly declaring that he
had become convinced that the bor-
dereau was written by Maj. Count
Ferdinand Naslin Esterhazy.
PIecurator Generals New Report.
VI. De Beanpre read a fresh report
drawn by VI. Maneau, the proeurator
general. on Saturday last, in view of
the recent developments enumerating
flesh facts in favor of Dreyfus, viz:
/. The Henry forgery.
. The changing of the date of the
bordereau to August instead of April.
:. Contradictions of the handwriting
experts.
4. The absolute identity Ct the paper
upon which the bordereau was written
with Maj. Esterhazy's letter paper.
5 The sentence. Am starting for
the Maneuyers.' which could not have
been written by Dreyfus.
8. The police report withheld by the
court martial.
:. Lieut.-Gol. Henry's weeping con-
fe:sion in Burtulu's office.
:. The Fanizzardi dispatch.
9. Official documents proving that
Dreyfus had no relations with foreign
embassies.
10. \ document demonstrating that
Dreyfus never confessed guilt.
n Nauaa4a.e papor@ oo1aIrt1aI
an expression in favor of retrial Of
Capt. DreYfus.
AnpIified His Indictment.
NJ Ballot de Beaupre amplifed lis
indictment of Mai Esterhazy. saving
that one new fact. from a legal point
of view, was the discovery that the
bel dereau was written upon precisely
the same paper as that used by Maj
Esterhazy. The judges in 1894 did not
know this. and. NJ. De Bcaupre de.
clared. that on his soul and con.
science. according TO his conviction,
the bordereau was written by Ester.
hazy.
Honor Not Maintained by Injustice. |
lie deplored the attacks of revision.
lists upon the army, but said that the |
honor of the army was not dependent |
npun the retention of an innocent man |
9n Devils island.
81. De Beaupre c1lcluded:
Only Asks for Justice.
al do not ask you to proclaim the
innocence of Dreyfus. but" cried he |
with profound emotion, 1T is with a
frm CONVICTION and high sense>of my |
duty and responsibility that l say
there is reason TO grant revision of
the trial of 1894. and send Dreyfus for
reirial before another court-martial, |
whose task will be TO give a decision |
~ith a full knowledge of the facts.
'~"Mt report is ended said NJ. De |
Bcaupre. while cries of Bravo and
other marks of appreciation filed the
eCuri ROOM
VI. Maneau Begins His Report.
Amidst great excitement. NJ. Maneau
the procurator general. began his ad |
dress TO the court. He claimed that |
reau constituted new fact apart from |
numerous other new facts, and de.
oiared that the bordereau was really |
thu work of Maj. Esterhazy. NJ.
Maneau dwelt upon the strangeness of
the general statf's protection of Ester.
lazy and the latter's ambiguity.
The cAnti-Revisiontsts stupefed.
The news that NJ Ballot de Beaupre
had directly ascribed the authorship
OF the bordereau TO Mai. Esterhazy |
PFC duced condition of stupefaction
members of the League of |
Patriots in the ISecincts of the court.
They made no attempt TO conceal their
chaerin.
"It is the collapse of our charges"
shoUted Maurice Barres. the novelist,
and deputy from Charmes-sIr-Mosel |
The anti-Semites generally bitterly de-
nounced NJ. De Beaupre, whom they
accuse of having sold himst>f.
Queen VIII Undergo an Operation.
London. May 31.-Truth says that
Queen Victoria has decided TO undergo |
an operation for cataract when Prof. |
HERNIA Pagensteicher. director of |
the 0pthalmic hospital at Wiesbaden,
thinks the proper time has arrived. |
The operation will be performed. ac-
cording 10 Truth. either at Osborne or
Balmoral. probably after the parlia-
mentary session.
Cheyenne Honors SchIey.