The record-union., 1899-08-25

| General Roget have said that the
part played by EsterhaZy escaped me
! completely
NJ. Labori-General Roget, however.
spoke of the syndicate as though it was
a public institution
General Roget-Exactly; it is a pub
lie institution. Everybody talks of it.
M. Labori-But, General Roget men
toned an offer of 800, 900 francs to Es-
terhazy. / insist upon asking General
/ Roget what he thinks of Esterhazy' 5
visit to Colonel Schwarzkoppen Ger
man Military Attache) October %, 1897,
the same day as the interview in Mount
Souris Park, visit during the course
of which, it is known Esterhazy threat
ened to commit suicide if the German
military attache refused to declare that
he, Esterhazy, was not the author OF
the bordereau.
General Roget-It is not for me to
say what 1 think of it.
M. Labori, resuming his seat, SAID
Very good" loud and prolonged
laughter)
M. Labori asked that all persons men
toned by Colonel Fleure be cited to ap-
pear
Colonel Fleure protested against his
evidence being dubbed gossip by M.
Demange, and maintained the correct
ness of his statement.
Asked if he desired to reply to the
witness, Dreyfus said: Il have nothing
to say. l reply only to facts. l VIII
not reply"
Il will not reply to lies. If you at
| tach the slightest Importance to what
has been said l beseech you with all
| my heart to make a most complete
inquiry for the most dazzling truth.
That is what l ask Of you my Colonel,
and of the members of the court
| martial
Colonel Cordier, who was deputy
chief of the Bureau Of Intelligence III
1894 was called He protested against
the conditions under which he was
| summoned, without being released from
his oath of professional secrecy ana
also protested at the manner in which
the summons was worded.
The witness expatiated on the series
of schemes Of which he claimed he had
been a victim, to the amusement oil
the court, until Colonel Jouaust invited
| him to curtail his recriminations ana
proceed with his testimony, to which
Cordier genially replied:
Il am coming to that, my Colonel.
I'll reach it in less than five minutes.
You will see how I shall cut it short :
Colonel Cordier, who is said to be
given to excessive drinking, caused
caused shouts of laughter by inter
larding his remarks with the expression
Full, stop, that's ALL" Even the Judges
joined in shrieks of laughter at the Co..
onel's testimony.
NJ Gorges Charles Alfred Marie Mil
lin de Grandmaison, Deputy from the
Saumur district of Main-et-Loire, who
is classed as Royalist, though reg
istered as a Liberal Republican, next
| appeared at the witness bar and re-
peated the testimony he had given be-
fore the Court of Cessation.
The witness, after protesting against
foreign interference in French affairs,
repudiated the idea that a French Off
Ger could be sentenced because he
was Jew.
He concluded by saying: II adjure
the Court to acquit the prisoner un
hesitatingly if it believes him inno-
cent Qaughter) and to convict him il
it believes him guilty
M. Demange bitterly complained that
the witnesses of the prosecution were
allowed to air their personal opinions
| and appeal to the gallery, at which M.
| de Grandmaison Tetorted: ANY way,
the defenders of Dreyfus are being as
sisted by foreigners. Their case must
be very bad to necessitate recourse to
| such help"
Counsel insisted that General Roget
be recalled to explain certain incon-
sistencies, but Colonel Jouaust refused
to recall the General, and he also re-
fused the request of General Roget to
be allowed to speak.
NJ Mertian de Muller, a friend of
NJ de Beaurepaire, followed. He de-
scribed a visit which he made to En-
peror Williams palace at Potsdam, and
said at one point the guide announced
that they were about to enter the En-
peror's room. At the bottom Of the
room witness noticed his majesty s
bed, and was admiring the canvases on
the wall, when he remarked small
table upon which was an army list
| and a newspaper, the "Libre Parole, =
bearing a postage stamp. Written on
the newspaper in blue pencil the Wit
ness asserted, We're certain words in
German regarding the meaning OF
which NJ. de Muller was certain they
were: tDreyfus has been arrested"
| Demange-You are quite certain you
were in the Emperor's bedroom?
De Muller-I should think so. But
| his name was not on the door.
Regarding the German word mean
ipo arrest tha Witness when croSS-ex-
amined, could not positively say he
had distinctly read it or understood IT,.
! Colonel Fleur and M. de Grandmaison
momentarily appeared on the scene,
but Colonel Jouaust, evidently weary
ing of the prolonged trial, quickly
| called the next witness.
Colonel Picquart's former orderly in
Tunis, a man named Savignaud. tes-
titled to posting letters from Picquart
| to NJ. Scheurer-Kestner, former Vice
| President of the Senate, who has taken
so much interest in the Dreyfus case,
in May and June, 1897 but M. Labori
pointed out that NJ Scheurer- -Kestner
absolutely denied the receipt of letters
under these dates.
The Court, at II As. adjourned for
the day.
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