The age-herald., 1899-05-31
According to French Custom So Many
 Spectators Are Required.
BEAUPRE READS HIS REPORT
He Created a Sensation by Declaring He Had Become Convinced That the Bordereau Was Written
 by Count Esterhazy

tlOnS or excitement In the vicinity of the Palace of Justice today before the court of cessation resumed it's sittings for the hear ing of arguments in the Dreyfus case and for the examination of Nm. Deroulde and Marcel-Habert. The same precautions were observed as on yesterday for the preservation of order
 The arrival of the judges and others con- neeted with the two celebrated cases was marked by no unusual incident. The in- terior of the court of cessation presented today the same aspect as on yesterday, the same ladies occupying seats in the gal leries.
 Behind President Mazeau there were seated many judges and other court ofTl- cers, public men and distinguished men of letters. The same impressive silence was observed when the sitting opened at noon.
 Had to Compel Quorum
 A striking sign of the calm which has come upon public opinion and the utter in- dlrerence of the people generally to the revision proceeding was shown in the lSct that there were not a sufficient at tendance of the general public in the court of cessation to constitute the nec- essary quorum of spectators in the case of u PuDiiS iSdIluS, lHe court uSAerS mad to go out into the street and gather idlers in the Plac Dauphine and induce them to en- ter the courtroom.
 M, Ballot De Beaupre resumed the read ing of his report on the Dreyfus case.
 N. De Beaupre said that if in 1894 the officers of the courtmartial had thought it was not their duty to show Dreyfus the documents concerning him, the judges not being lawyers, had erred, though act ing in good faith.
 M. De Beaupre entered into a lengthy consideration of the arguments of the an i-res-iso nists, who, he said, contend th even If the document "C. U. CanilIe'' shoald be shown not to refer to Dreyfus il would be no reason for revision, be- cause the documents was not responsible for the conviction of Dreyfus. The ma chinations of Colonel Dupaty De Clam and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry, it had also been argued, gave no ground for revision, because they had been disavowed by Gen. eral Gonze, assistant chief of the general staff, and by his superior General Bois- deffre.
 M. De Beaupre created a deep sensation by solemnly declaring that he had become convinced that the bordereau was written by Count Ferdinand Walsh Esterhazy.
 M. De Beaupre concluded his report upon the Dreyfus case by asking for 6 revision of the verdict of condemnation and re-
  tial.
 Read Fresh Report
 M. Beaupre read a fresh report drawn up by M. Maneau, the procurator general on Saturday last in view of the recent de velopments, enumerating ten fresh facts 1T favor of Dreyfus, viz:
 1.-The Henry forgery.
 2-The changing of the date of the bor- derau to August instead of April.
 3.-Contradictions of handwriting ex perts.
 1.-The absolute identity of the paper upon which the bordereau was writer with Major Esterhazy's letter paper.
 5.-The sentence Am starting for tho maneuveres,' which could not have beer written by Dreyfus.
 6.-The police report withheld by the courtmartial.
 7-Lieutenant- Colonel Henry's weesing confession in Bulutus office.
 8-The Fanizzardi dispatch.
 9.-Official documents proving that Drey- fus had no relations with foreign em- bassies.
 1O.-A document demonstrating that Drey. fus never confessed guilt.
 M. Maneaus report concluded with an expression in favor of a retrial of Captain Dreyfus.
 M. Ballot DeBeupre amplified his indict- ment of Major Esterhazy, saying that one new fact from legal point of view was the discovery that the Bordereau was writ ten upon precisely the same paper as that used by Major Esterhazy. The judges in 1894 did not know this. and M DeBeupre declared on his soul and conscience, ac- cording to his conviction, the Bordereau was written by Esterhazy. He deplored the acts of reylsionists on the army, but said the honor of the army was not de- pendent upon the retention of an innocent man on Devils Island.
 A Reason for Revision
 M DeBeaupre concluded:
 'I do not ask you to proclaim the inno- cence of Dreyfus, but" he cried with pro- found emotion, "it is with firm conviction and high sense of my duty and respon- sibiiity that l say there is reason to grant revision of the trial of 1894, and set Drey- fus for retrial before another courtmartial, whose task will be to give decision with a full knowledge of the facts. My report is ended" said M. DeBeaupre, while cries of "brayo," and other remarks of approba- tion filled the court room.
 Amid much excitement NJ. Manu, the pro- curator general, began his address to the court. He claimed that the change in the date of the bordereau constituted a new fact apart from numerous other new facts and declared that the bordereau was really the work of Major Esterhazy. M. Manu dwelt upon the strangeness of the general etaff's protection of Esterhazy and the latter's ambigutis.
 The court adjourned at o'clock without incident.
 M. Manu will continue his speech tomor- row.
 Maneau Congratulated Himself
 M. Maneau congratulated himself that he had been able. despite the campaign of in-