The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-01-21
THE FRENCH CHAMBER
Indulges in Another Bitter Debate
on Dreyfus.
Bx-PRBMIER HBLINB's DEN1ALs.

He Denouncc~ II Report That Nfombers
of Ills Cabinet Were Aware of Lieu
tenant Henry'- Forgery -Dreyfus to
BE Confronted by Lebron- IIcnnuIt.
Paris. Jan. 2l.-The chamber OF dep
uties yesterday. after defeating. by
vote OF 1892 10 15O resolution proposed
by, NJ. Deieante, Socialist to demolish
the chapel erected In expiation OF the
execution of Louis XVI plunged into
another Dreyfus debate.
NJ Breton Socialist. interpellated the
government ON the subject OF the pack
age of diplomatic papers among the
documents in the Dreyfus case and as
serted that the former Minister Ram
baud, speaking at the agricultural
show, declared the members OF the
Meline cabinet were aware OF the for
gerry of the late Lieutenant Colonel
Henry. The statement caused great
excitement among the deputies.
The minister Of foreign affairs, NJ
Delcasse. said the so-called ultra secret
dossier which had been communicated
TO the court of cessation contained no
letter from Dreyfus to a foreign SOW
ereign He added that there never had
been such a letter TO the knowledge OF
the agents who had been in the service
Of the ministry during the last de-
cade As to the suggestion that 1t
contained letters from foreign SOW
ereign to Dreyfus the minister said he
did not believe that any authenticity
could be credited to such documents
Continuing. the minister of foreign
affairs said that he, as well as every
one connected with the foreign office.
was entirely unaware that any such
documents had been manufactured, as
alleged, but even if such were the case
the forger would never attempt to
offer them at the French foreign office,
for. however naive the diplomatists
might be supposed to be- they would
never be simple enough to accept or
place value upon such merchandise.
NJ. Meline. the former premier, for
mally reiterated that neither he nor
any member of his cabinet was aware
Of the forgery Of the late Lieutenant
Colonel Henry and he congratulated
himself that he was not responsible for
the revision, as, he added, there was
not a new fact to warrant it. The
speaker further remarked that If there
was an innocent man condemned in
the case it should be proclaimed to the
world. but the country only saw in
the Dreyfus affair a systematic and
perfdious campaign against the army.
The partisans of revision" the for
mer premier said later, should cease
to join hands with the enemies Of the
army"
This remark caused a violent up
roar among the Leftists.
NJ. Meline added THE campaign
against the army is capable of being
incontestibly proved"
Renewed uproar and applause fol-
lowed this assertion.
Later the order of the day, pure and
simple. was accepted by the govern
ment and was adopted by a vote Of
4S0 to 81.
According to The Solr the court of
cessation intends to conclude the in
quiry by confronting Captain Lebron-
Penault, who was in charge Of Dreyfus
at the time of his degration, with
Dreyfus himself. The necessity for this
conformation is advanced as a preteNt
to justify the return of Dreyfus tc
Paris. The court also proposes-ac-
cording to The Soir-tO have the bOr-
dereau dictated successfully to Drey-
fus and Esterhazy. whose handwriting
viii be then compared with the orig
inal document.