Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-08-21
GENERAL MERCER DENoUNCES THE
FOREIGN PRESS.
SAYS JEWS HAVE BOUGHT IT
THAT IS WHY, HE SAYS, 1T Is yIo-
LENTLY DREYFUsARD.
Dreyfus Is a Matter of but n Few
Dnys-Recovery of VI. La
bori Disappointing
ly Slow.

PARIS, Aug. M.-The Liberte says that
the Dreyfus trial will not finish before the
middle Of September.
RENNES, Aug. 2n.-General Mercier who
was minister of war when Captain Dreyfus
was condemned, and who in the present
trial is the virtual prosecutor. was called
upon this afternoon by the correspondent of
the Associated Press who invited him to
make statement of the position of the
anti-Dreyfusites. Although unable to re-
ceive the correspondent in person, General
Mercier sent HIS oldest son to convey the
following expression of his views:
General Mercier considers it useless to
attempt to convert foreign opinion regard
ing the Dreyfus question, in which, more
over. foreigners have no right to intervene
Foreign peoples have been misled by their
press. which is violently Dreyfusard, for
the very good reason that a majority of
the foreign newspapers have been bribed
by the Jewish syndicate. General Mercier
considers anything he might say explaining
his position, which is that of a majority of
the French people. would be useless The
best reply to Dreyfusard statements abroad
Will be the condemnation of Dreyfus
This condemnation Is only matter of
Ten days or fortnight, for condemned
Dreyfus certainly will be. Foreigners will
then see that their journals have deceived
them, for they will recognize that the
mass OF the French nation, who will re-
ceive the news of the conviction of Drey-
fus as joyful tidings, Is not composed of
officials. and that if the majority of the
French applaud the condemnation 1t will
be because 1t is just and merited."
The Associated Press correspondent then
called upon Maitre Labori. who lives
within 800 yards of General Mercier, the
houses of both being guarded by gen.
darmes and detectives. who sit In chairs
IN the roadway in front of the houses.
VI. Labor was taking the air in the gar
den. He has been suffering severely from
insomnia. and to-day was feverish and
excited. The wound itself has not made
the progress the doctors hoped for al.
though there have been no relapses.
In view of his general condition. his med
ical advisers oppose his going to court to-
morrow, as he had desired. They predict
that the exertion would so overta his
strength as to compel him TO take to his
bed, which he would probably not leave,
in that event, for a month.
Tuesday or Wednesday, therefore will
more probably see his temperance in
court. He Will be provided with spe-
cially constructed chair that will enable
him TO conduct the cross-examination at
the outset without rising from his seat
N. Labor is intensely anxious to return
TO court, even If he has to be carried ther
in an ambulance. He is dissatisfied wi h
NJ. Demange's conduct of the case, thus
far. and on his return he intends TO have
General Mercier and the other generals
back upon the witness stand. After read
ing their evidence he is confident of his
ability to crush Mercier, and he expects
10 use the SCHNEIDER and Panizzardi tele-
grams also TO confound Mercier.
Shortly after midnight noisy crowds be-
gan demonstrating in the Rue de Chabrol,
but they were soon dispersed by the po-
lice.
PARIS. Aug. 2O-According to the Echo
ue Paris, as consequence of Captain Cuig-
nets evidence. General Chamoine, who
took the war office secret dossier to Rennes,
has started suddenly for Paris
The Echo de Paris, in commenting upon
the testimony offered at Rennes yesterday
by Captain Cuignet, the former attache of
the ministry OF war, to whom was assigned
last year the task of collecting matter
bearing upon the Dreyfus, Picquart and
Esterhazy affairs, says:
The dossier. moreover, contains proofs
that the sum of 81, 100000 francs was re-
ceived In France from abroad for the pur-
paign.
the whole secret dossier has not been COM
municated to the court-martial. A docu-
ment has been withheld which proves the
under the direction of foreign military at
taches and of negotiations on the subject
OF the Dreyfus case between several
French notabilities and the representatives