The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-13

OF new facts produced by the friends OF
convicted person, and another thing for
Ministers to undertake, themselves, to
procure such facts, thus putting them
selves forward in the teeth OF the army
MS the champion OF Il Imam twice convicted
by military tribunal. strong Cabi-
net, knowing itself supported by both
Chambers and by n large majority OF the
French people. might willingly, In the name
Of outraged Justice, adopt any measure that
seemed calculated to elicit the truth. Such
is far from being the position OF the Cabinet
headed by NJ. WALDEcK-RoussEAu, vast
majority Of anti-Revisionsts having been
elected to the present Chamber in May,
1898; and, accordingly, IL our reports from
Paris can be trusted, the Premier has
advised the friends Of DREYFus not to renew
the campaign for revision, but to accept,
instead, tho assurance that DREYFUs shall
be exempted from a second degradation,
and shall be pardoned at an early date.
Assuming, however, that the present
French Ministry can be induced to make
through the proper channel an application
to the German Government for Col.
CHwARTZKoPPENs deposition what reason
have we to suppose that the request would
he granted2 Tho inspired Cologne Gazette
declares that, "n all probability, the Ger
man Government will not diverge from the
course it has so far pursued by abandoning
its attitude OF reserve" the position taken
in tho highest quarters at Berlin being
alleged to be that French military court
should be satisfied with the declaration made
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Won MONSTER, and, subsequently, by the
Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Reich
stag, that the German Government never
had any relations direct or indirect, with
DREYFus It Is, nevertheless, understood
that last year the French Foreign Office
was informed that Germany would consent
to waive diplomatic and military punctilio,
and authorize SCHwARTZKoPPEE to testify.
In the words Of the communtque, he would
he allowed to make his statement, either
before a German magistrate at the French
Embassy in Berlin, or before a French
magistrate in Paris" This intimation
seems to have been ignored at Paris as 1t
was the other day at Rennes, from fear
that the cry of foreign interference would be
raised at any suggestion that a German or
lIlllnD olllCPT SnDulu De luNllSu W ltll
story under oath. One Of the most con-
tcmptibe OF the minor Paris journals
asserted that the French would no
more receive such testimony than would
husband that OF his wife's lover in divorce
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1t Is by no means certain that Emperor
WILLIAM is now disposed to permit a
revelation which was repealed when he
offered it. When he yielded last year to
generous impulse, the Imperial Chancel-
lor, Prince ENL0HE, vehemently opposed
his wishes. and brought forward strong
reasons of State in favor OF non-interven-
ton. He is understood to have argued that
the abomnable treatment OF Protestant, as
we'll as jewish Alsatians was reconciling the
people Of that province to German rule, and
that SCHwARTZKoPPENs exposure OF the
French General staff, II reserved to the eve
OF a war with France, would be worth sew
eral army corps to Germany. 1t is said
that Prince HOHENL0HE threatened to
resign II his advice was disregarded. and
that the Kaiser has since become convert
to the Chancellor's views. or late, the
enemies OF DREYFUs and PICQUART seem to
have counted on SCHwARTZKoPPEN's silence,
and they probably still count on 1t; but. as
the German Emperor has the heart and
conscience OF a man, as well as the mind OF
a statesman, their expectations may be
disappointed.