The record-union., 1899-08-23
RETRIAL OF
CAPT. DREYFUS.
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this case in all it's amplitude before
tribunal of soldiers That was my as
.piration. and that will explain to you
my emotion and sorrow, as well as my
joy. to-day.
Il will not revert to that, but l wish
to thank all friends or foes or indiffer-
ent people who have honored me with
these signs of sympathy, of which l am
deeply sensible, and | thank you, Mr..
President and members of the court
martial, and also all these eminent men,
though | have not the honor of know
ing them except in the course of these
long struggles in which we have met
and in the progress of which the faces
of adversaries ended by smiling little
like the faces of friends, or at least like
those Of old acquaintances who have
expressed their sympathy. l thank you,
friends and colleagues, even the hum
blest correspondents who have done
me the honor to write to me without
giving their address, because their
marks of sympathy, though coming
from the humblest abodes were also
the most sincere and the most touch
ing.
Il resume my place in court, rather
to hear than to speak If l am less
active, I shall bring no less conscien-
tciousness, no less good temper, into my
work 1t is a difficult task we are all
performing You who are the arbiters.
and who will render justice-we the
auxiliaries. But all of this will help us
on, for we shall have the sense of duty
done
Let us now know the proceedings
in which we have yet to pass through
have many YicisSitudeS. Thanks to
the fullness of these Investigations, we
shall see emerge from them perfect
truth and complete justice making for
peace"
In conclusion, M. LabOri said that
they now had the right to hope and de-
clared that protests and recriminations
after the success of the work of justice
must be regarded inadmissible and that
it must be known that error has ever a
larger share in human affairs than
treachery. (Applause)
AS the eminent lawyer whose face
showed fatigue and emotion. seated
himself, there was prolonged hand-clap-
ping.
M. Grenier, former Prefect of Belfort,
was the first witness called. He said
that he considered Esterhazy to be an
irresponsible parsonage. Esterhazy, he
continued, was the orderly of witness
father, who always praised his fidelity
and devotion, but Esterhazy even then
was a disappointed man. He was al
ways complaining of deception, grum-
bling at fate and living in great style
without means to uphold it. He squan-
dered successive legacies. The witness
said he introduced Esterhazy to Nj.
Jules Roche, reporter of the Budget
to the Minister of War, who wanted an
educated, intelligent officer capable of
explaining military technicalities. No
one, according to NJ. Grenier, was bet
ter qualified for this than Esterhazy,
who spoke every European language,
and was thoroughly posted on military
science and the general and military
history of Europe.
AT EsterhaZy's request, witness made
numerous attempts to get him into the
Ministry of War, which Esterhazy de-
clared was necessary in order to enable
him to pass for Lietuenant-ColQnel.
NJ. Grenier continued that at that
time Esterhazy attributed the resist
ance which he encountered to various
people. including the late Lieutenant
Colonel Henry, but when the witness
reassured Esterhazy on this point he
exclaimed: 1T is the last thing I
should expect for Henry to be nasty"
Colonel Jouaust - Did Esterhazy tell
you he believed in the innocence of
Dreyfus?
The witness could not reply definite
" TO this question. He said his recol-
lections were not sufficiently exact. He
fancied Esterhazy had said so, but he
could not swear to it.
Lieutenant-C Colonel Rollin, of the In
telligence Department, was the next
witness. He described the spy, Lajoux
employed in the Department as "a bad
spy" whom it was found necessary to
suppress.
NJ. Labori asked the witness whether
he knew Lajoux had offered to make
revelations in the Dreyfus affair. and
the witness replied that Lajoux wrote
TO the Minister of War asking for as
sistance and referring to the Dreyfus
case.
The Clerk of the Court read a letter
dwelling upon his services. Lajoux
said it was in consequence of Henry's
actions that the spy Cuers had become
an enemy instead of an ally. He also
described a conversation with Cuers,
IN WmCn IueTS declared DTeyIuS naQ
never been heard of at army headquar-
ters in Berlin, and that on the news of
the arrest of Dreyfus, General Count
Won Waldersee summoned all the Ger
man military attaches in Europe TO
Berlin and then declared that not one
of them had ever had relations with
Dreyfus. Cuers said that he himself
had never heard of Dreyfus. Lajoux
g Il hon a
by the headquarters staff, and the
measures taken against him by officers
of the Ministry of War. He spoke of
the promises of Colonel Sandherr and
Henry, who gave him credit for most
of the success of their work in the In
telligence Department.
After the reading of this letter, M.
1abori inquired: "Can Lieutenant
Colonel Rollin say how az man regarded