The evening times., 1899-07-21
THE TRIAL OF DREYFUS.
The Governments Instructions as To
the Line of Procedure.

Paris, July A.-The opening of the
August II. The Government has instruct
ed Major Carriere, who will represent the
Government at the trial, as to his line of
procedure before the court-martial. Major
Carriere's instructions will not affect the
points already judged by the Court of
Cassation, nor is he to call for evidence
which cannot be legally entertained. The
Nationalists protest against Major Car
Tdere's brief as preventing the hearing of
much important evidence. The instruc-
tions OF the Government to Major Car
rfere call attention to the fact that the
Court of Cessation declared the non-ex-
istence OF a confession by Dreyfus, and
that the trial will be limited TO the ques-
tion whether the prisoner communicated
to foreign power any document emu
merated in the bordereau. The witnesses
will be limited to those whose evidence
bears upon these points.
The Court of Cessation has ordered the
suspension for six months of NJ. Gosjean,
the Versailles magistrate whose conduct
caused the quarrel between Maitres Del
casse and De Freycinet, which resulted
In the latters resignation from the Min
istry of War in the early part of May.
The spirited action of the Government
in reminding the court-martial that it is
limited by the decree of the Court of
Cessation in deciding the question whether
Dreyfus did or did not deliver the docu-
ments enumerated in the bordereau has
aroused the indignation of the anti-Drey-
fusites. The "Patrie,'' under the caption
of AN Enormous Scandal" says that the
issue will be limited and the truth atifed.
The "Soir' heads an editorial on the sub
ject: Sitting. the Inquiry"
General Brugere, Military Governor of
Paris, who is also an army inspector ar
rived at Rennes with large staff this
morning. He reviewed the troops and
witnessed practice with the famous new
120 ton gun. His visit excites much sur
it accidentally coincided with the eve OF
the Dreyfus trial, but what connection 1t
has with that event is not revealed. Some
Dreyfusites suggest that the Government,
fearing lest the military judges should be
intimidated by the Nationalist clamor that
they sentence >Dreyfus in the teeth of evil
dence, sent General -Burgere to Rennes to
inspire healthy moral atmosphere at the
court martial. A statement published by
the Figaro that Generals Boisdeffre and
Gonse passed Saturday at Rennes visiting
one of the military judges seems to be
untrue, but sufficient Importance was at
tached to the statement to induce General
Gallifet. Minister of War, to telegraph en-
Quiries on the subject.
General Gallifet, Minister of War, has
ordered an enquiry into the conduct OF
Capt. Guyot de Villanenueve, who sent
4,S00 francs to Prof. Syveton, of the
Rheims Lysee, who was recently suspend
,, ed for a year for denouncing the revision
lists to his pupils. The money represents
the amount of salary forfeited by Prof
| Syveton, who sent the 4,S00 francs to the
Fatherland League. The captain will
| probably lose his regimental command.
| According to the Steele the supple
| mentary enquiry into the manner in which
| General Pellieux conducted his ;nvesti-
cation into the Esterhazy case has been
concluded and the result is much more
| favorable to him than was the Judgment
Of General Duchesnes, who conducted the
| first enquiry 1t is stated that General
Pellieux has been forced to admit the au.
| thenticity Of certain documents which
were systematically neglected at the firs
enquiry. y