The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-07
It IS HIS NOW TO
DESTROY OR SAVE
The Eyes of France on Ger
many's King,
HE CAN SAVE DREYFUS
TESTIMONY OF SCHWARTZKOP
PEN ALL NEEDED.
1T is BELIEVED THE KAISER WILL ACT
First Official Testimony to Esterhazy's Guilt.
Labor Accuses Jouaust Of Partially,
and Cheers Drown the Gen.
erals Murmurs.
erals Murmurs.


Rennes, Sept. 6.-The salvation of
Captain Dreyfus hangs on word from
Emperor William. This is the general
opinion here tonight Ii the Kaiser
consents to allow Colonel Schwartz
koppen, the German military attache in
Paris in 1894, to testify before the court
is considered still more probable, to al
low his deposition to be accompanied
by the actual documents mentioned in
the bordereau then Dreyfus IS saved.
If the Emperor, however, decides that
it is not in the interests of Germany
for Colonel Schwartzkoppen to intervene
then Dreyfus' case is hopeless and his
condemnation certain.
Tonight the eyes of France are look
ing across the frontier to Stuttgart,
where the Kaiser is staying, and anx-
iously awaiting his decision. He is in
the position of the spectators of a gladia
torial combat in the Coliseum in ancient
Rome, with Dreyfus lying at the foot
of his antagonist and watching whether
the Emperor points his thumb up or
down. At a late hour this evening he
had given no sign either way, and
Frenchmen are waiting with breathless
interest the first Indication of his will.
To all intents and purposes Emperor
William stands today the arbiter of the
internal peace of France, for everyone
anticipates that King Humbert will fol-
low his lead. This is probably the ex
PLANTATION of the delay Emperor Viii
liam has gone to Wurtemburg from
Alsace- Lorraine, and King Humbert is
Mt TURIN. Communication between the
two monarchs is, therefore, somewhat
complicated, and, as they will undoubt-
edly agree upon identical measures in
replying to NJ. Labori's appeal, it is
possible that several days will elapse
before their decision is known.
The opinion generally held mere is that
the Emperor and King HumDert will al
low Colonel Schwartzkoppen and Colo
mel Panizzardi to be examined by
rogatory commission and their deposi-
tions to be sent to Rennes with supple
mentary evidence from the originals OF
EsteThazy's freasonable communlea-
tionS.
The Anti -Drey fllsaIfds are extremely
exasperated at what they characterize as
NJ. Labori's trick" He had long been
seeking an excuse to invoke the interyen-
tion of the German and Italian soyer-
eigns, and seized the appearance of Ger
nuschi as his opportunity, declaring tha-
the admission of the evidence of this
foreigner justified his application regard
ing Schwartzkoppen and Panizzardi
NJ. Labor insisted that the appearance
of Cermlsch ON the witness stand was
quite without precedent, but the Anti
.,ls.s -;4l
tain amount of reason that the counsel
for the defence were really the first ~
introduce foreign testimony, as they
summoned the English journalist, Row
land Strong, on che question of Ester
hays confession to having written the
bordereau.
Anyway it can be safely asserted that
the admission of Cernuschi as a witness
for the prosecution came as a veritabIc
godsend to the defence, giving them IL
most at the last moment n more or less
legitimate basis for NJ IIabori's applica
tiom to summon the German and Italian
attaches.
The Anti -Dreyfusards assert that the
members of the court martial will iG-
nore the affrmations of Colonels
ScnwartZkoppen and Panizzardi, because
they recognize that the testimony Of
these officers will he given by order, with
view to save their own spy, but in
less prejudiced circles ii lis believed that
the court cannot Disregard the solemn
declarations of the two attaches with
out giving rise ITO a still more grave
situation in an international sense than
now prevails.
Today's public proceedings We're mark
cd by three important episodes The
FIRST was General IurIinden's admission
that the erasure and restitution of Es-
ter-haZy's name in the Petit Bleu could
not have been peIpetrated by Colonel
Picquart and consequently must be at
tributed to sene one INSIDE the general
staff. The second was the declaration By
NJ. Paleologue that the secret dossier
contained document which showed that
Colonel Sehwartzkoppen adtmitted his re-
latfons with IGsterhazy. and that
Scihwartzkoppen. in the opinion of Paleo-
logue. sent 10 Esterlazy the identical
Petit Bleu for which Colonel picuiarr
was detained 10 months on a charge of
forgery. The third was General Billot's 3
irlsinuation that Esterhazy and Captain
Dreyfus were accomplices which led 50
an irnpassionad protesitatton the part
Of rle accused and 10 a thrilling scene
between M. Iabori and Colonel Jouaust,
resulting i'm the advocates excited de-