The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-11


voIved-Attempt. at Suppression.
PARIS. April I'm. Louiliier, who was
private secretary to the late Lieut.. Col.
Henry, 1ho committed suicide at Mount
Naaerlen fortress last August, after confess
Ing 10 having forged d letter largely inssru-
mental in delaying Dreyfus' revision, killed
himself last evening.
The Figaro. continuing its publication Of
the evidence before the court of cessation
in the Dreyfus revision inquiry. prints.
today the dispositions of NJ Casimir-
Perier. former president of France: Mar
quis de Galiifot and Prof Pa.n,evo. Of the
Fcole Polytechnique, ali of which are un-
ders'ood 20 be highly important
Always Ready to Sell Out
According to the Figaro Marquis de Cal
li.ot testified that the relations Of Conte
Esterhazy with the foreign military at
taches were known 10 everybody. Gen.
Talbot. the British ex-attache once ax-
pressed 10 me" he said. his utter aston
ishment that Esterhazy was still a, liberty.
ssfice 1t was common knowledge among all
FORE 4gn attaches thar, fer one or TWO thou.
sand frame notes, Estarhazy would furnish
all the particulars the foreign attaches
could not get directly from the minister OF
war"
Casimir-Perter's Statement.
VI Cas.mir-Ptrior said he was unable to
give the exact date when Gen. Mercler.
then minister of war. acquainted him
with he IlrTvfass e. ~
first alluded In & general way to the small
confidence she general stan placed IN
preyfus. adding that the ministry of war
had been informed az the communication
OF a document 10 foreign rcver. ana
had learned from n fore. .gner that leak-
ages had occurred from the general star
eut NJ Casimir-Pesisr raid lie was led 10
believe that all this merely concerned
/ oral communications. ana he had no
knowledge that any docum mt had passed
on January ,. 1895. he received a viS3,
/ from Count Won Munster. the German
ambassador. who communicated 10 nful
an official and personal demand OF Prince
Hoheniohe. the German chancellor. that
| he. as president Of the republic. should
formally deny that the German embassy
WAS involved in the preyfua AFFAIR
NJ Casimir-rerier tcId the Court .ha.
In reply 10 Won Munster he pleaded his
constitutional responsibilities. bat offered
as a private individual - give every as
s'stanCe. TAcn he Informed the German
ambassador that the document in question.
had been foani at the German embassy.
Count Won Munster replied that this an
pearesi 20 him impossible. adding thar the
embassy certainly had received many
documents, bat tha; no ampor ant cosnnsu-
ntcas;on could have escaped.
To this NJ. C8sJnsir-Ierisr answered that
| happily. the document was not regar.lei
as important. ana thar neither he ror iha
government desired 70 impicats lhs Ger
man embassy in thr analr: tha. nothing
ha9 been proved 20 show that the embassy
soltal'ed the document and the govern
nscf2t id nnt wish IL hold the embassy or
themselves responsible fer papers thus
conyey.si. /; was sufficient. the s,agsers
having been found a, foreign embassy
and presumably emanatine from French
off1cer, 20 tx ,he guilt II IRA; osieer.
Would Treat All Alike.
AS Count Won Munster insisted on o}-
sajnfag 4 note categortcaily uxeaspaflng shs
embassy" continued NJ Caslm!, -resier. y
suggestea that ss would ~ unnecessary "a
Indicate Ehe German embassy stgsGse, l,sl.
shat all the embassies ana legations in
Paris should he ine'eaaea AS each nls-ss
refrain under susDisiofs & sae German alone
were exca1rAtrd Sach q note saia. 81.
wgss 1he provision - the president - are
council - sS-s}e. an,i sslgSes, mat 3: uaed
uef aifsy@r from similar uot.s previously IS