The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-08-21
OF DREYFUS
So Says General Mercier, One Of
the Chief Prosecutors,
ONLY A MATTER OF TEN DAYS.

It WIN BE Received with JOY by the
French PeopIe-Labori VIII Not APP
pear at Court Martial Until Wed
nesday.
Rennes. Aug. 21.-GeDeral Mercier,
who was minister of war when Captain
Dreyfus was condemned, and who in
the present trial is the virtual prose-
outor, was called upon yesterday after
noon by press correspondent who in
vited him to make a statement of the
position Of the anti-Dreyfusards AL
though unable to receive the cores
pondent in person, General Mercier
sent his oldest son to convey the fol-
lowing expressions Of his views.
General Mercier considers it use
less to attempt TO convert foreign opin-
ion regarding the Dreyfus question, in
which, moreover, 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 Mer-
cier considers the best reply to Drey-
fusard statements abroad will be the
condemnation of Dreyfus. This con-
demnation is only a matter of ten days
or a 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
receive the news of the conviction Of
Dreyfus as joyful tidings, is not COM
posed Of fools. and that. II the ma
jority of the French applaud the con-
demnation, 1t will be because 1t Is
Just and merited."
The correspondent then called upon
Maltre Labori. who lives near General
Mercier, the houses Of both being
guarded by gendarmes and detectives,
who sit in chairs in the roadway in
front of the houses. M. Labori was
taking the air in the garden. The
wound has not made the progress the
doctors hoped for, although there has
been no relapse. In view of his general
condition, his medical advisers op-
posed his going to court today. Tues
day or Wednesday, therefore, will
more probably see his temperance in
court. He will be provided with a
| specially constructed chair that will
| enable him to conduct the cross-ex-
animation at the outset without rising
from his seat.
| According to The Echo de Paris, as
a consequence of Captain Cuignet's
| evidence, General Chamoin. who took
/ the war office secret dossier to Rennes
has started SUDDENLY for Paris. That
| paper in commenting upon the testi-
mony offered 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: Captain Cuignet's evil
dence shows that the whole secret
| dossier has not been communicated to
the court martial. A document has
been withheld which proves the ex-
istence of vast network of espionage
under the direction of foreign military
attaches and of negotiations on the
subject of the Dreyfus case between
several French notabilities and the
representatives of foreign powers. The
dossier moreover, contains proofs that
the sum of 35,O00,000 francs was re-
ceived In France from abroad for the
purpose of prosecuting pro-Dreyfui
campaign"