The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-09-05
THEY FEAR
TROUBLE |
French Government Preparing to Re-
press Any Violent Outbreaks.
THE ANTI-FORBIGN SENTIMENT
May Make Foreign Journalists the
victims of the Fiery Frouchmen at
the End of the Dreyfus Trial-Aus-

trIan Refugee Denounces Prisoner.
Rennes, Sept 5.--As the end of the
Dreyfus court martial trial comes with
In sight the French government is be-
ginning to display fear that the ver-
dict may give rise to troubles. and or
ders have just been received by two
regiments of infantry and one cavalry
regiment, already within hail of Rem
nes, to hold themselves in readiness
to march on the town at the first sign
of disorder. to occupy all strategic
points and to repress manifestations
in their inception
The local anti-Dreyfusard organs,
by their anti-foreign articles, have al
ready singled out foreigners as enemies
of the country, and there is little doubt
that foreign journalists will be the
first victims of the violence of the mob
not so much Anglo-Saxons as Aus
trian, German and Russian Jews, who
form majority of the press represent
alton of their respective countries.
Yesterdays session opened rather
badly for Captain Dreyfus, as a sur
prise was sprung upon the defense in
the advent of an Austrian political
refugee, Eugene CeFnuschi, who came
out with a fiat footed denunciation of
the accused, which even though it may
eventually be proved a pure fairy tale,
Is bound for the moment to exercise
malignant influence upon the French
people, who have not seen Cernuschi
and are thus unable to form a personal
opinion of the man who launched these
Dreyfus.
Ceruuschi's appearance is undeniably
against him. Nobody even suspects
that he is what he claims to be, a
scion of the royal Servian house. On
the contrary, one would take him to
be a groom dressed in his best Sunday
suit. 1t was remarked that as soon
as he had delivered his testimony and
Nj. Labori had asked to have him put
on oath at today's session behind
closed doors in order that he might be
punished, if guilty of perjury, he left
the court room and was not seen again.
Cernuschi's testimony, which was in
the form of letter to the president Of
the court martial, Colonel Jouaust,
was most unequivocal He claimed
that on three distinct occasions, twice
in France and once at Geneva, he was
told by high placed foreign officer
that Dreyfus had communicated treas
enable documents to a foreign power.
In the third instance Cernuschi said
the officer showed him documents ema-
mating from Dreyfus, and that this Of
ficer left France hurriedly two days
prior to the arrest of Captain Drey-
| fus. he allusion was evidently to
Colonel Schwartzkoppen, the military
| attache of the German embassy in
Paris in 1894.
Now this evidence is of transcen-
| dental importance to the prosecution,
and it is incredible, unless Cernuschi
is proved to be a humbug, that the
| government commissary, Major Car
riere, should have admitted that he
had received a letter from him Offering
important testimony and thrown It
aside on the ground of its coming from
political refugee. The deposition
evoked expressions of incredulity. One
suspicious feature was the fact that.
4 although the witness said he could not
speak French fluently, his letter to
Colonel Jouaust, asking an opportunity
to testify, was drawn up in perfect
French, He explained that he had
been assisted by his wife in writing the
letter.
This introduction of a foreigner as
a witness for the prosecution gave NJ
Labori an opportunity to submit the
most important request he has made
throughout the trial. request which
If granted by Colonel Jouaust, though
this is extremely doubtful, would GER
tainly have momentous consequences
NJ. Labori announced his intention, in
view of the step taken by the prose-
cution in calling foreign evidence, to
ask that inquiry should be made
through the regular diplomatic chan
nels as to whether the documents
mentioned in the bordereau were actu-
ally communicated, and If so, by whom
This involves an application to the
German government, which the court
martial is scarcely likely to approve
The introduction of Cernuschi and
the other developments of the day, il
is generally predicted, imply another
fortnight's sitting at the least Ger
nuschi will be heard today behind
closed doors. At the same time there
will probably be an examination Of the
} secret dossier to which Captain Cuignet
referred yesterday, and which NJ La
bori Immediately asked to have pro.
duced in court. This dossier consists
of 12 or IA documents, and 1t is diff.
cult to see why, if they had any value
the etat major have not had them pro
duced earlier. The etat major are moi
in the habit of holding back documents
calculated to prove of the shghtest
service to their cause. as is shown IL
the case Of the note concerning M
Hadamard's doubts of the Innocence
of his cousin, which was incorrect, bu
was nevertheless included in the secre
dossier, while the important documen
stating, on the authority of the Frenel
minister in Rome. that an Italian mil
itary attache Dafd EsterhazY 200 0Ol