The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-05
FRENCH MAR TROUBLE
Government Preparing to Repress
Any Violent Outbreaks.
TIE ANTI.roREIGH SENTIMENT

/ Victims Of the Fiery Frenchmen at
the End Of the Dreyfus TriaI-Aus-
trian Refugee Denounoss Prisoner.
Rennes, Sept. 5.-As the end of the
Dreyfus court martial trial comes with
In sight the French government is be-
ginning to display fear that the ver-
dict may give rise to troubles, and Or
ders have just been received by two
regiments of infantry and one cavalry
regiment, already within hail Of Rem
mes, to hold themselves In readiness
to march on the town at the first sign
OF disorder, to occupy all strategic
points and to repress manifestations
in their inception.
The local anti-Dreyfusard organs,
by their anti-foreign articles, have al
ready singled out foreigners AZ enemies
OF the country, and there Ia little doubt
that foreign journalists will be the
first victims OF the violence OF the mob
| not 80 much Anglo-Saxons as Aus
trian, German and Russian Jews, who
form a majority of the press represent
alton of their respective countries.
Yesterdays session opened rather
badly for Captain Dreyfus, as sur
prise was sprung upon the defense in
the advent Of an Austrian political
refugee, Eugene Cernuschi, who came
out with a fiat footed denunciation of
the accused, which, even though It may
eventually be proved pure fairy tale,
is bound for the moment to exercise q
malignant influence upon the French
no
ana are thus unable to form personal
opinion of the man who launched these
direct accusations against Captain
Dreyfus.
Cernuschf's appearance is undeniably
against him. Nobody even suspects
that he is what he claims to be, a
scion of the royal Ssrvian house. On
the contrary, one would take him to
be groom dressed In his best Sunday
suit. 1t was remarked that as soon
as he had delivered his testimony and
M. Labori had asked to haye him put
on oath at t0day's session behind
closed doors In order that he might DO
punished, If guilty of perjury, he left
the court room and was not seen again.
Csrnuschi's testimony, which was in
the form of letter to the president of
the court martial. Colonel Jouaust,,
was most unequivocal. He claimed
that on three distinct occasions, twice
in France and once at Geneva, he was
told by high placed foreign officer
that Dreyfus had communicated treas
enable documents to foreign power.
In the third instance Cernuschi said
the officer showed him documents ema-
mating from Dreyfus, and that this Of
fcer left France hurriedly two days
prior to the arrest of Captain Drey-
fus. The allusion was evidently to
Colonel Schwartzkoppen, the military
attache Of the German embassy In
Paris in 1894.
Now, this evidence is of transcen-
dental Importance to the prosecution,
and it is incredible. unless Cernuschi
is proved to be humbug, that the
government commissary. Major Car
riere. should have admitted that he
had received a letter from him offering
important testimony and thrown 1t
aside on the ground of It's coming from
a political refugee. The deposition
evoked expressions of incredulity. One
suspicious feature was the fact that.
although the witness said he could not
speak French fluently, his letter to
Colonel Jouaust, asking an opportunity
TO testify, was drawn up in perfect
French He explained that he had
been assisted by his wife in writing the
letter.
This introduction of foreigner as
a witness for the prosecution gave M.
Labor an opportunity to submit the
most important request he has made
throughout the trial. request which, -,
If granted by Colonel Jouaust, though
this is extremely doubtful, would GER
tainly have momentous consequences,
M. Labor announced his intention, in
view of the step taken by the prose-
cution in calling foreign evidence, to
ask that inquiry should be made
the regular diplomatic chan
nels as to whether the documents
mentioned in the bordereau were aet,l-
ally communicated, and If so, by whom.
This involves an application to the
German government, which the court
martial is scarcely likely to approve.
The introduction of Cernusch and
the other developments of the dry, it
is generally predicted. imply another
fortnisht's sitting, at the least Ger
nuschi will be heard today behind
closed doors. At the same time there
will probably be an examination of the
secret dossier to which Captain Cuignet
referred yesterday, and which M. La
boTi" Immediately asked 10 have pro-
duced in court. This dossier consists
Of IL or IA documents. and it is diff
cult to see why, if they had any value,
The etat major have not had them pro-
iuced earlier. The etat major are not
in the habit of holding back documents
calculated to. prove of the slightest
service to their cause, as is shown in
he case of the note concerning M.
doubts of the innocence
If his cousin. which was incorrect, but
vas nevertheless included in the secret
lossier, while the important document
stating, on the authority of the French
Minister in Rome that an Italian mil
tary attache paid Esterhazy 100000
rancs was studiously omitted from the
,ecret dossier.
NJ Fainleve, the distinguished math-
cornered General Ganse on
he latter's falsifed version of M. Had
)reyfus, and the manner In which
ionse squirmed and his woebegone ap-
almost aroused pity for him.
General Roget also appeared to begin
o feel at last the cruel strokes the
tat major have been receiving of late. ,
lie showed naught of his cruel, brazen
ront yesterday. On the contrary, his
ace was quite livid when he left the
tage.
The session ended with an exposure
y M. Hennion, chief of the Paris de-
ectives, of the disgraceful tactics Of
he etat major in suppressing his re.
ort in favor of Captain Dreyfus and :,
asserting document more or less uI-
avorabie to him.
ANARROW ESCAPE.
Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada u
art OF Groton, :. D. WAS taken with
bad cold which set lea on my lungs;