The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-21
CONVICTION or DRRYFUS
So Ssys General xsroier, One Of
tho Chief Prosecutors.
ONLY A NATTER OF TEE DAYS.

~ Will DO Necoive0 WIN JOY Dy inc
French Peopie-Labori win Not APP
pear At Court Martial Until We'd
nesday.
Rennes, Aug. 21.-General Mercier,
who was minister Of war when Captain
Dreyfus was condemned, and who in
the present trial 10 the virtual prose-
cutor. was called upon yesterday after
noon by press correspondent who in
vfted him to make statement of the
position Of the ti-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 1t 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-
domination 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
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, it will be because 1t is
just and merited."
The correspondent then called upon
Maitre Labori. who lives near General
MERCER, the houses Of both being
guarded by gendarmes and detectives,
who sit in chairs in the roadway in
front of the houses. NJ. Labor 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
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
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 a vast network of espionage
under the direction of foreign military
attaches and of negotiations on the
subject of the Dreyfus case between
several French notablities and the
representatives of foreign powers. The
dosser, moreover, contains proofs that
tHe sum VI oo,uUV,UUU francs was re-
ceived in France from abroad for the
purpose of prosecuting a pro-Dreyfus
campaign"
The Suppressed Cuban Newspaper.
Havana, Aug. 21.-El Heraldo, pub
fishes letter sent to Mayor Lacoste
by the editor and assistant editor of
the recently suppressed Reconcentrado.
The letter says: I'm order that we may
rid ourselves of the stigma of crimi-
mails and fugitives from justice, we
offer to bind ourselves not to publish
newspaper in Havana of any kind,
not to insult any authority and not to
disturb public order. We offer to un-
dertake to live quietly and honestly
as good citizens. We hope you will
give us this chance and suspend the
order of arrest against lis so long as
we do not break our pledges" This
letter was addressed to the mayor
while the writer's were yet in hiding
and avoiding arrest. The mayor says
it was entirely voluntary and that they
were given the opportunity.