The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-05

listers were made UP before they had amy
cogniZance of the documents.
NJ. Labor: Does General Gonse as
sume responsibility for those secret dos
siers to July, 1887
General Gonse: Yes. 1 had charge
of tnem."
Nj. UafJori: Show happened it, then
that a telegram from the French Am
bassador at Rome sent by the Foreign
Office to the War Office, Retiring to
payments to Estelhazy by am Italian
agent, was not added to the secret dos
sier?"
General Gonse: There were plenty
of others. All were not included, bun
only the most important
NJ Labor: 'Was the information of
the French Ambassador at Rome of
less Importance than the garbled con-
versation of NJ. Painleve"
Colonel Jouaust: Il will not put the
question"
NJ. Labor: "Why was information
against Dreyfus always included in the
dossier, and never amy discriminating
EsterhazyT
Colonel Jouaust: Il also refuse to nut
that question.
NJ, Labori "AlI right. l think the
question itself fully answered the p1lr
pose"
Commandment Cuignet who made up the
secret dossier, replying to Colonel Jou-
aust, explained that he omitted every
thing emanating from foreigners as in
terested and misleading to France
NJ. Labor continued in a surprised
way upon the fact that alleged fresh
proofs against Dreyfus were still spoken
of and demanded that all proofs DE pro-
duced once for all.
,Replying to NJ. LaIbori, Commandment
Crlignet declared that there were doclt-
ments relating to Dreyufs in a dos
Sier connected with espionage in the
Intelligence Department.
NJ Labor commented in a surprised
these documents must be produced at the
secret session of the court martial at
which M. CermIschi is to he examined
Detective Hennion testified regarding
the assertion to the effect that Paulnier,
the valet of Colonel acknowledgment,
the German military attache, had seen
plans OF fortresses signed by Dreyfus
en- his masters table. NJ. Henmion fur
nis,hed a typewriter report ON the SUD
iect showing that Paulmier never saw
nor ever said he had seen such docu-
mentS.
NJ. Labor pointed out that the head
quarters staff had alleged that the de-
tective only reported that Paulmier had
disappeared and that his address was
unknown. Probably NJ. Lahori sug-
gested. the gentleman at headquarters
merely misunderstood the report of the
detective.
NJ. Iabor much regretted this report
could not be found and added amid
much excitement:
But this is always THE case. 1t IS
always Impossible to get at the bottom
of interesting incidents, owing to docu-
ments being missing.
Colonel Jouaust announced that there
would be "a sitting in camera tomorrow
morning Upon suggestion OF counsel Tor
the defence the court martial there
fore adjourned for the day at il.l0
o'clock. a. IN.
AGAINST SECRET SESSIONS.
Paris, Sept. 4.-General the Marquis
De Gallifet. Minister of War, has al
lowed it to become known that he Is
absolutely opposed to secret sessions of
the Dfeylus court hlai lidi a. ~ i u'. p
It is stated that General De Galllfet
has telegraphed to the Government COM
missary, Major Carliere, in this sense,
stating that tomorrows session of the.
court martial in camera should be con
fined to acquainting the judges with the
name of the foreign Government men
toned by Cernuschi, the Austro-Hunga-
rian refugee who testified before the
court today and adding that the Govern
ment desires that the truth shall be es-
tabIished in the fun light of day.