The Portland daily press., 1899-08-15

During M. Cavaignac's arraignment,
Dreyfus was nervous and ngitated. NJ
CavaigDac next discussed the debates of
l,reyfus and said bis excuses of lapse OF
memory were inadmis sable. DTeyfus,
ne claimed, was nwaresof the changes in
she bridge corps belonging to the artillery
and also OF the details of concentration.
why then, the witness asked. bad he de-
Med this knowledge.
1t was impossible, according to M,
CavaiRnac to credit that Esterhazy was
traitor, even admitting tnat the bor-
dereau was written by him. Esterhazy,
ne insisted. could only have acted as the
intermediary accomplioe. The inquiry
OF the SQUIRT of oassation proved that trea.
son was really committed and he, Cavaig-
mao, had not based his conviction of the
culpability of Dreyfus solely on the hand
writing OF the bordereaH. In the secret
cossisr he pointed out. there were many
elements for conviction and he proposed
to discuss all the allegations made by
foreigners with the view of exculpatiug
DreyiuE. For instance, he said, there
wonld be official denials which would
leave plenty of room for the truth to es-
cape Besides, 1t Is quite possible that the
accused was guilty Of treason. without
having had direct relations with the
agents OF foreign government and a
certain Ambassador had admitted that
his military attache had spied under the
Immunity granted to diplomats. M.
Cayaignao also found In the con tradio-
tory statements Of foreign diplomats that
Dreyfus was well known at various chan
cellories.
Colonel Jouaust asked: "What do you
think Of the Henry forgery In relation to
the faCts now occupying our attention r'
THE Henry forgery" replied III. Ca
vaianac. 'as alleged. was In order to se-
cure revision Of the case by the court of
cessation, and was not even alluded to.
This forgery. therefore. should remain
out side the scope Of the questions sub
Taitted to this court martial That is
my opinion"
Replying to another question. NJ.
Cavaignao said his statement that Drey-
fus went to Brussels in the middle Of
1884 rested on hearsay. M. Cayaignac
introduced during the courss Of his evil
denee a memorandum written in Ger
many, asking for various information
wanted by the embassy which appears to
have been unearthed from archives Of the
war Office. He said he believed it was
written by military attache.
III. DemaBge asked why M. Cavaignac,
who was so anxious to inoriminate Dray.
fus, had net produced this document In
the. chamber of deputies The witness
replied that he had other means of reach :
| lux tu6 tnus
Counsel for the prisoner then oestioned
M. Cavaignao In regard TO his statement
that General De BoisdeffIe was absent
| from Paris November q, when General
Mercier declares he was there. The wit
ness persisted that General De Boisdsffre
was certainly absent on that date. Col
onei Jouauss then told Dreyfus to rise
and asked him II he had any remarks 30
make ufon the evidence. The prisoner,
In low voice, replied: "I am astounded
| that the man who produced In the tri-
bunal of the chamber the Henry forgery
can come here aud base his convictions of
my oulpability on matters wisich the
court of cassation has already disposed
Of" (Great sensation.)
General Zuriinden, also a former min
lister OF war, was the next witness. lie
declared he still yegarded the bordereau
as being decisive proof of the guilt OF
Dreyfus and said it would be impossible
Tor those who We're prosecuting Dreyfns
to be acting from esprit de corps and it
would be as unjust to say they approve
the "odious act just eommitted.''
This inquiry into the honor of the army
the affair
The reiteration by General Zurlinden
OF his flrm belief that Dreyfus wrote the
bordereau created lively excitement.
~. Demange suggested that If Col
fnnre had not thought of examining
the handwriting of the lrohationers. the
Dordereau would then have been eternalIy
buried in the archives OF the ministry
or war, "And," he remarked. sIf this ia
the case, 1t must be plain that there was
nothing in the bordereau which Indicated
DIeyfus.n
General Znrlinaen in troubled voice,
acknowledged this fact. In reply to fur
ther questions, General Zurlinden said
that In order to know the whole truth
In regard to the hordereau, they must
have the four notes therein mentioned.
They must be secured.
At this point DFeyfus inter- jscted: 81
associate myself with those words. my
Colonel also dssire the truth. only
ask for the truth"
These statements caused excitement
in court.
General Chanoine next testified. He
briefly affirmed bis belief In the oulpabil-
ity of the prisoner
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