Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-05

Gen. Roget then delivered a short dis
course lee reply 90 the statement OF NJ.
de la Fond L1motho ON Saturday That
the phrase ln tho burdgrvuu ~ am goo
ing TO tho muuUuNvra,' showed that
Dfcyus could not be- the author Of inc
boriutcau. Gen. Roget maintained that
Lnmuthu was wrong.
CAPT. Druyfus. iu "a clear voice, ON.
phatlCally insisted that the circular OF
May ~. 1884,. announcing thnt the pro-
bntloucrH could not gp 10 the mhneu-
vcrH. was written iu the ClyhrcHt LAM
Tungc. which the court would see " lt
were read. lie reiterated that he had
never asked Co go 60 the muucuvort for
he was absolutely convinced that such
"a request would not boz granted,
VI. benoa. q reporter Tor the Temps
testified th1t De- saw Major EHtorhlzy
IN London and that the latter confessed
that be- raised the question uf ths let.
tcrH uf ~. HuuluuUU. Hl brought away
the impression that EHtpfhuzy wrote
the "uhluu letter,
n. TtlHvuN, formerly minister or JUS
tlrc. was next called. lie made luuE
deposition 900 favor ~ brvyfus, review
iuH the history of the case and HE own
part in connection herewith. lie o. uu
excellent speaker with a good presence.
His deposition closed the public syEalou.
lie made very telling speech dcscrlb-
Ing how his original belief lu the guilt
az Dryfus was nrst shaken, and then
completely changed 90 conviction OF Inc
nucruCr. hy subsequent developments,
and thu noble conduct 90 ~. SyhuDrDr-
krHiuur. former vice president u The
senate The letters exchanged between
Gen. Guuae ana Lieut.. Col ploqunrt
TmreuN spoke uf the Vaccinations
against plcuunrt and said hc accused
nobody. lie believed. however that the
chiefs were deceived.
~. TraHeuy rocounted "a conversation
with "a foreign ambassador who de-
clurcd In tone OF the greatest earnest
ness that Drcyfus mover had relations
with him nor with any officer ~ his
country. while. the Ambassador added,
he Possessed documents proving the
guilt of Major Estorhazy,
~, TrurlcuN delivered "a very impress.
Hlyc passage. recalling the execution Of
/ the English Admiral Byug on the
charge uf treason. when be- was after
wards found To have been uuiustly Cun-
/ domnod. NJ TrrIeuN sal that French
men might well dread 90 have such a
/ hluodHniu upon their history uH the
/ execution ~ Admiral Byng mars the
! history Of ENGLAND NJ TmricuN said
! Gen. Roget and Captain Duignpt were
| wrong in the conclusion they had drawn
] from the correspondence OF agents ~
/ ana ~ that DrDyfus was guilty The
l former minister uf Justice declared In
/ impression upon biz hearers, that no
] parallel ought Go De- drawn between "a
model officer like Drvyfus and Major
] EstJrhuzy, who had not even the soul
! uf "a Fronchmnn.
~. TrarlpuN, ON abiding Co the bur-
| dprynu was interrupted hN Major care
/ rlrrr. who said that while he opposed
l direct official application Co foreign guv-
| ,rnmcntH for documents mentioned IN
the burdorrau. set u by a side wind
] thD documents could be- produced he
certainly would b. personally much
pleased.
This practically was an invitation Ia
Germany 60 voluntarily contribute the
/ documents IN question.
At the conclusion uf NJ TtarlcuN, tes'
/ tlmony. which apparently had made an
impression ON the Judges, the court
martial went behind closed doors aud
examined the secret espionage dos
| Hipr. ...
The court also dellhorntod upon NJ
Lnb0riH request that application ht
made 90 Germany for the documents
dcgcrIhed in the burderenu. The dccls'
ION was unanimously reached 10 reject
the application ON the ground that N,
l court was incompetent 20 invite tho
government To- take diplomatic ntepa e
obtain the documents In question
II was also decided Ca hear NJ
Ceruachi behind closed doors tomor'
/ row.