The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-22


thank you, Mr.. President and members OF
| the Court-martial and also all the emf
nent men who, though I have not the
honor of knowing them, except in the
course of these long struggles in which
we have met and in the progress of which
the faces of our adversaries end by smil-
ing a little, like the faces of friends. or
at least like those of old acquaintance
who have expressed their sympathy
thank you, friends and colleagues, even
the humblest correspondents who have
done me the honor to write to me with
out giving their addresses, because their
marks of sympathy. though coming from
the humblest abodes, were also the most
sincere and the most touching.
Il resume my place in court, rather
to hear Than to speak. If I am less ac-
| tive l shall bring no less conscientious
ness. nor less good temper into my work.
1t is difficult task we are all perform
| ing You who are the arbiters and who
| will render justice-we, the auxiliaries
! But, all of this will help US on for we
shall have the sense of duty DONE
| "Let us now continue the proceedings
many vieissitudes. Thanks to the fulness
pOS
emerged from them perfect truth and
complete justice making for peace"
i In conclusion, NJ Labori remarked that
they now had the right to hope and de-
elared that protests and recriminations
after the success of the work Of justice
must be regarded as inadmissible, and
that it must be known that error has
ever larger share in human affairs tAan
/ A 1ircn
lawyer. whose face showed emotion and
fatigue. seated himself amidst prolonged
hand elapping
NJ. Grenier, former Prefect of. Belfort
was the first witness called. He said he
considered Esterhazy to be an irrespon-
sible parsonage. Esterhazy, he continued
was the orderly officer Of the witness
father, who always praised his fidelity
and devotion But, nevertheless. Ester
hazy, even then, was a disappointed man.
He was always complaining of deception.
grumbling at fate and living in great
style without means to uphold IT, He
squandered successive 1egacies.
The witness. continuing, said he intro
duced Esterhazy to NJ Jules Roche, re-
porter of the Budget of the Minister of
War, who wanted an educated intelligent
officer capable Of explaining military tech
niealities. No one. according to NJ
Grenier, was better qualified for this than
Esterhazy, who spoke every European
language and was thoroughly posted on
military science and the general and mill
tary history of Europe
AT Esterhazy's request. the witness
made numerous attempts to get the for
mer into the Ministry of War, which
/ Esterhazy declared was necessary in or
der to enable him to pass for Lieutenant
| Colonel
M. Grenier continued that at that time
Esterhazy attributed the resistance which
he encountered to various people, includ-
ing the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry.
But when the witness reassured Ester
hazy on this point the latter exclaimed
1T Is the last thing should expect for.
Henry to be nasty
Colonel Jouaust-"Did Esterhazy tell
you he believed in the innocence of Drey-
fus?"
The witness could not reply definitely to
this question He said his recollections
were not sufficiently exact He fancied
Esterhazy had said so, but he could NOT
swear to it.
Lieutenant Colonel Rollin of the Intel
ligence Department was the next witness.
! he described the spy Lajoux, employed
in the department as a bad spy," whom
it was found necessary to suppress.
NJ. Labori asked the witness whether he
knew Lajoux had offered TO make revela-g
tions in the Dreyfus affair, and the wit
| ness replied that Lajoux wrote to the
Minister of War asking for assistance,
and referring to the Dreyfus case.
The clerk of the court read a letter in.
which, after dwelling upon his services.
Lajoux said it was in consequence of
Henry's exactions that the spy Cuers had
become an enemy instead of an ally. He
also described a conversation with Cuers.
in which Cuers declared Dreyfus had
never been herd of at Army Headquarters
in Berlin, and that on the news of the
arrest of Dreyfus, General Count Won
Waldersee summoned all the German
Military Attaches in Europe to Berlin
and they unanimously declared that not
one of them had ever had relations with
Dreyfus. Cuers added, that he, himself,
had never heard of Dreyfus.
Lajoux then complained of his aban-
donment by the Headquarters Staff and
the measures taken against him by Of
ficers of the Ministry of War. He spoke
of the promises of Colonel Sandherr and
Henry who gave him credit for most Of
the success of their work in the Inteili-
gence Department.
After the reading of this letter NJ. La
bori enquired:-
sCan Lieutenant Colonel Rollin explain
how a man, regarded as a rogue and
bad egg, is now receiving a pension Of
geo francs monthly?"
To this the witness 5renliPd -
"It is no doubt in recognition Of his
previous services" Gaughter.)
Then M. Labori asked if the witness
assumed responsibility for the report of
November 80, 1897. which was attributed
TO a Foreign Military Attache?
The Government Commissary, Major
Carriere, protested against this question
saying 1t referred to affairs of State, and
should not be answered except behind
closed doors.
NJ. Labori pointed out that he had not
named anybody and Lieutenant Colonel
Rolin replied that he had no knowledge
regard the translation of the document
in question.
AT this. NJ Labori called the attention
of witness to the cautious nature of his
reply and asked him how the document
came into the possessio nof General Mer-
cier? General Mercier thought the wit
mes was ont justified in answering. But,