New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-06

eral Roget next attempted put "i'nou'
IN refute the testimony given on SATURDAY oy
NJ Des Fons Lamothe relative to the sentence
II am going to the maneuvres, saying the q"
cular issued may have been indefinite
1v,,h regard 10 the spy Cormnges General
p,oo, declared that Corminges's Information
VAS va1ueless He was n man OF pad cndi"'
tor a,d had recently written a letter 70 Nj. La
bori
Cantain Dreyfus at this juncture pointed OUT
,,,b reforence to the sentence. Il am going 10
| tho ,,anouvres" that the court possessed the
circular and could Judge whether 1t contained
definite Instructions The prisoner recalled the
tact that i'm August the probationers we're asked
which regiments they desired to join me Sill
nation was very clear. All the probatloners at
the staff headquarters had participated III the
1uno Journey made by the General stan. tie
l,d NOT know whether or not certain officers re
talned doubts but he absolutely certain ne
had never asked for leave to attend the ma
nnuyres The sentence In the bordereau / am
going to the manPuvres' expressed positive
/ idea He not only never went to the ma
,oo,,vres but never could have attended them.
NJ Denes, correspondent Of The Temps
testified that Major Esterhazy told him In Lon
don that he was the writer Of the bordereau.
A Judge-Did it not occur to you to ask the
/ obvious question VINO delivered lHt uONuH'~'i'"
mentioned in the bordereau?
NJ Dcnes-Never.
TRARIEUX'S IMPRISONED SPEECH
Senator Trarieux. OK Minister Of Justice. was
the next witness He looked straight at the
Judge while tcstifying He preceded his evil
dence 10y saying that he wished to throw full
light upon his conduct in this case. When Drey-
f,s was convicted. the witness said, he was con
vlnced Ike every body else. OF the prisoner :
guilt. but violent diatribes on the fact that
Drevfus was a Jew awakened his suspicious.
He therefore consulted VI. Hanotaux. late Prime
Minister Of France. and the latter Informed the
witness II the existence Of the "Cette canallie
10 D." document though NJ Hsnotaux
failed 10 inform him that it had been Impaired
10 the Judges Of the first court martial without
being known to the prisoner This fact the wit
ness learned later
Senator Trarieux. whose statement was prac-
ticalv an imprisoned speech for the defence,
proceeded % denounce the secret communica-
tion of the document as mOnstrous Illegally,
and q violation Of the most sacred rights Of the
defence He described impossible the by
potheses advanced by NJ. Teyssoniere to con-
vince the witness that Dreyfus was guilty. The
,,itnoss's doubts were confirmed when he heard
NJ scheurer- Kestner had secured proofs Of the
innocence Of Dreyfus and the guilt Of another.
NJ Trarioux dwelt upon the noble devotion Of
NJ Scheurer- Kestner. who. although unac-
quainted with Dreyfus. passed seepless nights,
tcrnented with the thought that an innocent
man was shedding tears Of blood When VI.
Scheurer- Kestner revealed what he knew the
Witness vas greatly surprised especially when
he learned that Lieutenant Colonel Pcquart
had not succeeded in obtaining the support Of
the chiefs of the army. The witness said that
he was amazed that the latter had not eagerly
crashed the opportunity to work together for the
rehabilitation II an innocent man
GENERAL GONsE DIsCREDITED.
NJ Trar;eux said that he could not agree - a
single conclusion reached by General Gonse IN
his correspondence with Lieutenant Colonel Pic
quart. and said that the latter's removal from
the Secret Intelligence Department was the re-
suit Of underhand plotting by some one opposed
10 revision The witness enumerated in support
~ this statement various forged documents
which. he asserted. had emanated from the
Secret Intelligence Department. namely: The
| .Cette canaillo de D." document. in which
the name Of Dreyfus had been substituted for
Tie Hypothetical De D; the We'll forgery
deroau.
Lastly" said NJ Trarieux there appeared
the Henry forgery All these facts created a
great impression regarding the Headquarters
staff accuse no one but assume that the
chiefs were deceived" The witness pointed out
that II any proof whatsoever Of tho guilt Of
Dreyfus existed in 1906 General Gonse would
have shown Lieutenant Colonel Picquart an or
dor ~ ston tho Investigation
After an interview with NJ Scheurer- Kestner.
the witness said he became convinced Of the
guilt Of Esterhazy and saw his duty as a con-
scientious citizen and Senator. and perhaps as
an ex-Minister. and that to fulfil this duty he
must devote himself TO a work Of Justice
In describing the steps taken in support ~ re-
vision VI Trareux mentioned an interview he
had with a foreign Ambassador who. I'm tones Of
the most profound and affecting sincerity, de-
clared that Dreyfus never had relations with
hin, nor with any military attache officer Of
the army Of his country. NJ. Trarieux asserted
the importance Of this statement to the Ambas-
sador. who theoretically reaffirmed the absolute
Innocence of prevfus The Ambassador added
that he hal investigated and found nothing 10
inplcate Dreyfus. Further the Ambassador
said he had seen in the hands Of Colonel Paniz-
zardi a letter from Colonel Schwarzkopper prov
ing The guilt Of F,sterhazy. VINO generally com
municated information of minor value. More
over. at the time Of NJ. Scheurer Kestner's reve-
atlons Major Esterhazy called upon Colonel
Schwarzkoppen. and IT was then that dra-
matte scene Of violent recriminatons and threats
took place The Ambassador also showed the
witness that the "Cette canae de D." phrase
did not apply TO Dreyfus.
RELATIONS WITH SCHWARZKOPPEN.
~ he proceeded VI. Trarieux became more and
more impassioncd. and tramped back and forth
upon the PLATFORM NJ Trarieux explained that,
Notwithstanding the confidential nature Of his
revelations. the Ambassador had accorded him
nn1luisslnn ~ communicable II 70 the ildiclal