Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-31
Generals, Realizing Weakness Of
Their Case, Seek a Loophole.
SKIES BR[GHTENFOR DREYFUS
NtrcIcr May Change Ills Attitude Towards
tho Prisoner and Admit Himself in
Error. Sensational Develop
ments Looked For.
CEN l,rlnt,rlnhl J

GEN Telegraph
Rf!NNlIS. August, 3O.-Ihc air OF
1tehneS this evening is filled with ru-
mnrS Of collSplrIcics ana predictions Of
coulrS dc theatre. but nothing precise
can DC aSt"rt;tlncd. General M@rclc:S
attitude during IN" last few days sns
mNStlflcd his followers in the case. He
IS extremely clever and the general feel
liE IS that nc IS preparing something
the existence Of which will be revealed
1T is row accepted as beyond question
That there is q serious division OF opin-
ION ION on tic part Of the generals. While
the case WAS running smoothly against
ioreNluS they All pulled together. hut
since inc tldc OF evidence began TO turn
III RS i;lEor as was notably the case
curing the testimony or Captain frey
s'aettcr and Colonel Cordier. which
proved mum more damaging to the gen
era! staif than 'sh@ latter anticipated,
crTtlin dividing lines have become
manifest between the various cliuues
SEEN EG S!1l4' PROTECTION.
General Roget Major I.auth. Captain
Sulshet and Al. t'ribelin tn. principal
Neeper OF the arthlNeS OF the war Office.
loEn one cuter!"; General M"rcier an!
'c'!'I'i! N'olSc l"lln another ana Gen
vril l'lli"t ara General DE Bpisde!fr" a
thitu. according 10 on" report the tirs.
Two cnte"lcS intend to throw over Gen
era Pc koisde'fre, whom they feel 10
p' lAiistin= ana declare that he is re-
spohs'nic lor All the errors and lllcSalt-
m,l,ir,.. Mn, ~, - - 49, 800,
- .,nn,bn, ,s,,n,, !, -. 49,,
was MOI rnnli.!,t,,, in 7SaI "a ,7.,n ,,,.nn
fought ar,ir-sr Dro,.r,,s h,,,,,.s, ~: =, :
i!slllcu from ms predecessors the re
Sl',as,pllltS l"i, SO cong ana placed Over
.oi'.uel!GS ~ tne accounts nt the mat
' *. 80 i.'SHei MN ps tile general stat,
Mercjcr Cons, ana -, nnisletrra
HYPOTHESIS T,!,aJ-SJrTt,
This is q 1lausihlo hy,,,Iri7asi. .i.,.,
Roget has assumed th,1u.h,,.1 H., ru,a
OF the defender Of Inc army. inns .,,,-
ing himself popIl,r win m. avn. ,nd
With Il large. section of thr NJ, III, M
he probably would no, los, by s.u,r1t-
ing himself from the wrong ,,on,.s nf
1874! and declaring that his opinion has
been changed bv IN, evidence given
during the present trial.
H,,s another story is that the gan
erals are going To give Way on ~
aEt ho:ship Of the bortlercau III View u
the str"n:: expert evidence, :l:,. viii a.
mil that iISterhaay Wrote. It, alleging
however. that Drcyfus furnished the III :
Formations not direct 10 E.stcrhazy but
70 ,hir,l person who acted az lita,n:e-
diary Without DrcyfuS' knowledge ana
EStcrhaxy
In This connection it MAS assorted this
afternoon that Madame Rastian, who
was hous.kecrer for Colonel ScAwalz-
horp2n. the German military att,ch,. m
1924, ana who is understood to nave
acted as 4 krcEch spy, has been seen
in Eclmcs ana Will be summoned Is 4
Witness concerning acknowledgment {;
eSI'i"n:lGe system -
NGl'NlNG UNDER COVER.
All these Iunlors may be without
foundation, but IN any event they sti,r
sS'n?eoill't ti OF me ieelih!S III liS:.;;sS