The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-30

on the major, as, raising his hand, he
cried:
quite true. I was an anti-Semite. but
| never bore false witness against the
Jews. / am an honest mani"
The audience appiauded these re-
marks.
Cordier then administered a we'll de-
served snub to Lauth by remarking
that he (the coloneD might be allowed
to know more than Lauth with refer
ence to work in the intelligence depart
ment since he (Cordier) replaced Sand
herr as chief of the department when
ever Sandherr was absent, while
Lauth,' the witness concluded, was
merely my assistant, mark YOU
Lauth did not enjoy this little scene
at ALL
General Roget next confronted Cor
der. The general assumed the same
supereilious air which characterized
him when he appeared at the witness
bar strutting about the stage in dis
dainful attitudes. His evidence. how
ever, was not very Striking, nor was
that of Colonel Fleur. nor Archivist
Gribelin, who also contested minor
points of Cordier's deposition
Finally MERCER, who evidently APP
peared to demonstrate the baselessness
of the stories of his intentions to fly
and to show his determination to fight
to the last confronted Corder The
generals remarks We're of small i'm
portance, the most interesting being
his repetition of Sandherr's opinion of
Matthew Dreyfus when the prisoners
brother went to see the colonel to ask
for justice in behalf of Captain Drey-
fus. MERCER admitted Sandherr said:
Matthew Dreyfus impressed me as
an honest man, who was prepared to
make most heroic efforts to save his
brother"
De Freycinct, former minister of war;
former minister of foreign affairs and
former premier, followed Cordier on the
witness stand. The court room was
packed to it's utmost capacity as the
distinguished French statesman began
his deposition The witness expected
to speak about the 35,000.000 francs
supposed to have been contributed
abroad, mainly in England and Ger
many, to the Dreyfusan war chest
The witness began by expressing pain
which he experienced at the troubles
his country was undergoing. Later.
he said he remembered a conversation
with General lamont. at which there
was reference to money coming from
abroad in support of the Dreyfus agi-
tation. which, while disinterested in
France, might not be so abroad.
De Freycinct, however, did not re-
member details of the conversation
nor could he say If any specific
amount was mentioned. He then al
luded to his fear that attacks on the
chiefs of the army might be preju-
dical to discipline" adding, might
not these attacks lead to the disap-
pearance of discipline. and what then
would be the result if we found our
selves in difficulties with foreign
country?'
In short de Freycinct delivered a
patriotic speech, rather than a depo-
sition, concluding with the words:
'All the world will accept your YER
dict, which will open an era of recon-
citation"
The members of the court martial
treated de FreyCinct with the great
est of Difference. The president of the
court declined to put to the witness
some questions from Labor, on the
ground they had no direct bearing on
the case. One of these questions re-
ferred to de Freycinct's personal opin-
ion of Scheurer-Kestner, former vice
president of the senate. who had In
terested himself strongly in behalf of
Dreyfus.
Although the colonel refused to put
the question, the witness replied that
Scheurer- Kestner was not his friend,
and that he had a high opinion OF his
character.
The testimony of minor witnesses
concluded the days proceedings.