The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-09-08
IT HANGS ON A WORD.
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus' Fate Rests With
Emperor WiIliam-His Decision is
Anxiously Awaited.

OoPC' OACJ ASS 1dASS Oh d HOTO 1TOn
Emperor William. This was the gen.
eral opinion here Wednesday night.
If the kaiser consents to allow Col.
| SchwartzkOppen, the German military
attache at Paris in 1894, to testify be-
fore the court-martial or to send a
| deposition or what is considered still
more probable to allow his deposi ton
to be accompanied by the actual docu-
ments mentioned in the bordereau.
/ then Dreyfus is saved. If the emperor,
! however, decides that it is not in the
interests Of Germany for Col. Schwartz
koppen to intervene, then Dreyfus'
case is hopeless and his condemnation
certain.
Wednesday night the eyes Of France
were looking across the frontier to
Stuttgart, where the kaiser is staying,
and anxiously awaiting his decision.
He is in the position of the spectators
of a gladiatorial combat in the Coli
scum in ancient Rome with Dreyfus
lying at the foot of his antagonist and
watching whether the emperor points
his thumb up or down. At late hour
Wednesday evening he had given no
sign either way, and Frenchmen are
awaiting with breathless interest the
first indication of his will.
To all intents and purposes Emperor
William stands to-day the arbiter of
the internal peace of France, for every
one anticipates that King Humbert
will follow his lead. This is probably
the explanation of the delay. EN-
peror William has gone to Wurtem-
burg from Alsace-Loraine and King
Humbert is at Turin. Communication
between the two monarchs is, there
fore, somewhat complicated, and as
they will undoubtedly agree upon iden-
teal measures in replying to NJ. La
BORIS appeal, it is possible that several
days will elapse before their decision
is known.
The opinion generally held here is
that Emperor William and King Hum
bert will allow Col. Schwartzkoppen
and Col. Panizzardi to be examined by
a rogatory commission and their depo-
Sitions to be sent to Rennes with sup
Elementary evidence from the original
of Esterhazv's reasonable writings
The anti-Dreyfusards are extremely
exasperated at what they characterize
as NJ. Labori's trick" He had long
been seeking an excuse to invoke the
| nf Of tho
Italian sovereigns and seized the ap-
pearance of Cernuschi as his opportu-
nifty declaring that the admission of
the evidence of this foreigner justified
his application regarding Schwartz
koppen and Panizzardi.
NJ. Labor insisted that the appear
ance of Cernuschi on the witness
stand was quite without precedent, but
the anti-Dreyfusards point out, and
with a certain amount of reason, that
the counsel for the defense were really
the first to introduce foreign
testimony as they summoned the
English journalist, Rowland Strong,
on the question of Esterhazy's confess
sion to having written the bordereau.
RENNES, Sept. AT the opening of
the Dreyfus court-martial Thursday
morning NJ. Labor announced that he
had received semi-official intimation
that Col. Schwartzkoppen and Col.
Panizzardi would be unable to appear
personally before the court and so he
proposed that rogatory commission
should be telegraphed to receive their
dispositions.
NJ. Paleolouge and Maj. Carriere did
not oppose this proposition only the
latter pointed out that the proposed
step would involve a deviation from
the general procedure in necessitating
long adjournment. NJ. Labor re-
piled that the court was entitled to ad-
iourn for As hours and in case longer
period was required he suggested that
short session be held Friday when
the court adjourns until Monday.
He then drew up formal applica-
ton that Coils. Schwartzkoppen and
Panizzardi be cited as witnesses, and
that seven questions should be tel
egraphed them, to which they should
reply under oath. The first question
was if they had ever received
the documents mentioned in the
bordereau, and he also requested
that they also be asked if they had re-
ceived the firing manual; when, and
from whom; whether either had sent
to Esterhazy the petit bleu, copy
whereof had been telegraphed, and
finally if, directly or indirectly, they
had had any relations with Dreyfus.
, The court deliberated on NJ. Labori's
application for rogatory commission
for quarter of an hour, at the eXpira-
ton Of which time Col. Jouaust read the
decision, declaring that the court was
incompetent to grant the application.
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