The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
The Foreign Correspondents
Would Be the First to
Suffer at the Hands
of the Mob.
ARE ENEMIES Of FRANCE
Populace Stirred Up by Anti
Dreyfusard Newspapers-Fa-
vorable Reports Suppress
ed by the Prosecution.

Rennes, Sept. 4.-As the end of the
Dreyfus trial comes within sight the
French government Is beginning to dis
play fear that the verdict may give
rise to troubles, and orders have just
been received by two regiments of in
fantry and one cavalry regiment. all
ready within hail of Rennes, to hold
themselves in readiness to march on
the town at the first sign of disorder
to occupy all strategic points and re-
press all manifestations in their incep-
ton.
Local anti-Dreyfusard organizations
by their anti-foreign articles have al
ready singled out foreigners as enc
mics of the country, and there is lit
tie doubt that foreign journalists viii
be the first victims Not so much An
Eio-SaNons as Austrian, German and
Russian Jews, who form a majority OF
the press representation of their re-
Spective countries.
To-day'S session opened rather tadly
for Dreyfus. as surprise was sprung
upon the defense in the advent Of an
Austrian political refugee. Eugene Ger
nuschl, who came out with a f1at-footed
remuneration of the accused which.
even though II may eventually be prev
en- pure fairy tale, is bound for TIE
moment to exercise d malignant infir-
ence upon the French people who tavs
not seen Cernuschi and are thus unabIs
to form a personal opinion of the man
who launched the direct accusations
against Captain Dreyfus. Cernuschis
appearance is undenably 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
N n ttt Is..s
asked to have him at to-morrow's ses-
sion behind closed doors, in order that
he might be punished if guilty of per-
jury. He left the court room and was
not seen again
Cernuschrs testimony, which was in
the form of a letter to the president
of the court martial, Colonel Jousaust
said the officers showed him documents
emanating from Dreyfus and that this
officer left France hurriedly two DAYS
prior to the arrest of Captain Drey-
fus. The allusion was evidently to
Colonel Schwarzkoppen, the German
military officer in Paris, whose move
ments were coincident with those de-
scribed as the movements of the Off
Ger in Cernuschi's deposition
Now this evidence is of transcenden-
tai importance to the prosecution, and
1t is incredible unless Cernuscli is
proved to be humbug that the gov
eminent commissary. Major Carriere,
should have admitted that he had re-
ceived a letter from him Offering i'm
portant testimony and thrown il aside
on the ground of it coming from a po-
litiCal refugee. The deposition evoked
expressions of incredulity. One suspi-
clous feature was the fact that al
though the witness said he could not
speak French fiuently, his letter tn
Colonel Jousaust asking an opportunity
to testify was drawn in perfect French.
He explained that he had been assisted
by his wife in writing the letter,
An Important Request.
This introduction of a foreigner as
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 Jousaust. though
this is exceptionally doubtful, would
certainly have momentous conse-
quences.
NJ. Labori announced his intention, in
view of the step taken by the prosecu-
ton in calling foreign evidence, to ask
that inquiry should be made through
the regular diplomatic channels as to
whether the documents mentioned in
the bordereau were actually communi-
Gated, and If So by whom? This in
wolves an application to the German
government which the court martial is
scarcely likely to approve. In any case
the application means the lengthening
of the trial for several weeks.
The introduction of Cernuschl and the
other developments of the day, it is
generally predicted, imply another
fortnight's sitting at the least.
CernusChi will be heard tomorrow
behind closed doors At the same time
there will probably be an examination
of the secret dossier TO which Captain
Cuignet referred this morning, and
which NJ. Labori Immediately asked to
have produced in court.
This dossier consists of Il or II dOcu-
ments. and it is difficult to see why, if
they had any value. the state have not
had them produced earlier. The state
is not in the habit of holding back doc
uments calculated to prove of the slight
est service to their cause, as Is shown
in the case of the note concerning NJ
Hadamard's doubts Of the innocence Of
his cousin, which was incorrect, but
which was nevertheless included in the
secret dossier, while the important
document stating on the authority OF
the French minister that an Italian
attache paid Esterhazy TWO
hundred thousand francs was omitted
from the secret dossier. 1t Is perfectly
evident that the Italian attacne