The age-herald., 1899-09-08
The CommisSaire Made Virtual
 Speech for Prosecution.
PICQUARl CAUSED THE REVISION
Prisoner Will Not Be Present at Find ings of the Court tMartial-Chances
 Are in Favor of His Prac- ers. tical Acquittal.

Rennes, September S.-when the court martial before which Captain Dreyfus is being tried convened this morning M. Demange at once began his address for the Dreyfus side. In eloquent terms and with impressive delivery he brought out the strong evidence against Esterhazy and cried: Do you think if Dreyfus and Els terhazy had been before the courtmartial In 1891 the court would have condemned Captain Dreyfus?' Then pointing to the latter sitting before him, he replied to his own question: No"
 Dreyfus today appeared cheerful. As he entered the court room he smiled and shook hands with his counsel.
 Rennes September 7-Today came the beginning of the end of the Dreyfus trial. With the speech of the government com mssary, Major Carriere, the case entered upon the final stage of pleadings and the verdict will be delivered on Monday at the latest.
 There is talk tonight of the trial ending tomorrow by holding an extra after noon session for M. Labori's speech and the delberation of the judges. This, how ever, is considered unlikely, as the gov ernment is anxious to have the judgment withheld over Sunday in order to avert demonstrations which would probably de- velop bloodshed on a day when the work men are free.
 Speech for the Prosecution.
 Today's session was resumed at 10:15 a. m., when Major Curriere began the speech for the prosecution. This was signal for the military witnesses to retire, and head ed by the generals they bowed to the judges and trooped out of court in accord ance with the orders of the minister of war, General Degallifet, to start to rejoin the regiments within two hours of the be- ginning of the summing up of the prosecu- tion.
 Major Carriere's summing up by reading the judgment of the court of cessation and the questions referred to the present court martial.
 The major said:
 Colonel and Counselers: By a judg- ment June 3 last of the court of cassations, the Dreyfus case was sent before court martial at Rennes.
 ''I read the budget at the beginning of the trial. It quashes and annuls the judgment of December 22, 1894, against Captain AL fred Dreyfus and sends him before a court martial at Rennes to be tried on the fol- lowing questions: Is Captain Alfred Drey- fus guilty of having in 1894 practiced machinations for the benefit of foreign power by delivering the documents men, tioned in the bordereau?
 Has No Personal Interest
 ''The task of the courtmartial at Rennes is the same as that of 1894. The trial has been published and conducted with all the fullness possible to answer the require- ments of justice and public opinion. It is my duty to discharge the task of justice with moderation have no personal opin- ion to defend. I have carefully examined the documents. seeking scrupulously to as- certain the truth, without malice, without passion and without fear"
 Major Carriere then entered upon a re- view of the case. He defended the secret sessions as being necessary, while they did not injure the diffusion of light He traced the espionage plot, recalled the discovery of the bordereau and the investigation showing the traitor was Dreyfus, reviewed Dreyfus' prosecution and trial and the judgment of 1894.
 "The proceedings" said Major Carriere. were conducted according to the prevail ing conditions. will say nothing more in regard to the moral character of the pris- oner the question of his gambling or con- sorting with loose women
 Always Act in Good Faith
 'It has been said that we military men are not clever and are not tactful. Maybe that is so But we are a simple and up- right people who proceed directly towards cur duty and our acts are always charac- terized by good faith.'
 The major proceeded to examine the bor- dereau saying that apart from the ques- tion of the handwriting upon which even the experts fell out he thought that the reference to covering the troops and the artillery formation were very significant. Esterhazy, he pointed out, would have hardly thought that it was difficult while Dreyfus could not easily have obtained 1t. Discussing the sentence about going to maneuvers which had caused so much controversy, Major Carriere declared 1t would have been impossible for Esterhazy to have written 1t.
 Continuing the major referred to the complexity of the prisoners character and proceeded to dilate upon the impartiality