The age-herald., 1899-08-18

 answered the witness, which caused re- newed laughter.
 i General Roget then added that although i he would not have intervened himself to save Esterhazy, he did not consider the course followed as being reprenensible l M Demange then questioned the witness l as to what he Thought of Esternays at- l tempt to obtain from an agent a decaara- l ton that he had nothing to do with the al- l fair. to which the general replied that he l knew nothing of such an attempt. But l when M Demange then read General Re- l haud's report on the subject he admitted l Esterhazy's attempt was "certainiy cu- r.ous proceeding" for an innocent man 10 l undertake.
 Counsel thereupon invited the special at tenton of the eourtmartial to the wttnesss reply.
 Then he took the general to task for play ing yesterday the part of general accusef, particularly toward Colonel Piequart Dur ing the course of his remarks M Demanse referred to the document known as the Petit Blue and the eraSures in 1t. The geh- eral admitted the erasures might have been l made with the view of giving the document l a suspicious appearance But he claimed | Picquart made the ensures and inserted | the name of Esterhazy after taking the l photograph exhibited before the court ot 1 cessation. Counsel insisted the falsification | occurred after the Petit Bl9u left Picquart | hand and demanded further explanations 1 from the witness. The general however. said he was unable to testify as to who falsfed the document or why it was done, but he did not think it was done with the view of compromising Piequart. sparring Betweel. Lawyeri At this juncture there was little spar ring between M. Demange and Major Car riere, the representative of the government ir the case. The former desired informa- tion in regard to the espionage meeting at Basic, Switzerland, and the recall on ac- count of peculation of an agent named La joul, who was corresponding with certain foreign agent.
 Major Carriere objected to the discussion of the subject at this stage, for he said it would be contrary to the spirit of dis cipline for the general to discuss these details.
 The president of the court upheld the protest of the governments representative, and M. Demange continued his eXamina- tion of General Gogel.
 "How was il you knew" counsel asked the witness, '.that 680C00 francs were of- fered Esterhazy if he would confess to being the author of the bordereau?"
 T heard it." the witness replied, from the court of inquiry whica tried Esterhazy, aud from Estefhazy himself"
 "An,' exclaimed counsel, it was Es- tefh2zy who said it Just so." (Laugh- ter)
 Why vas his residence searched?a Nj. swered:
 ''Esterhazy at one time had the docu- ment containing the words 'cette eauaiue oe D, and might therefore have had You admit, then," asked NJ. Dsmange.
 'hat he might have had Interesting docu-
 When one is conducting m ino3firv.,, said the witness, "he must expect any lnlo8, and search accordiaely
 Admitting, Che counsel then said. "that 1-slsfAazy was the agent of tae Dre7fls l1iaiai4 aha Inas he had agreed t5 assu1ae us suggested the prisoner guiE, how do l9 s& &Iaaih the fact lhat Esterhazy. upon 1a 5s,l occasions Rf9te slateme4ts ealci.- fus?' o- 0'e5-
 Esterha2y an Uncertainty
 With Esterhazy,e rer.ied Rase+ eo,,, can never pa sure of auyIbing 0au#bta-5 lie Is such an extraordinary fa1i9yr do Au1 kno% what he may be doing f854v nor what he will do tomofrow.e
 lHe5e statements Of the general con ,.s,,, ,, eae court with laughter. wni4h seemed To irrltate the Witnezs who was growing nervous under tie searching ex-5 animation. l., turning to Dreyfus, General Roget cried III t loud voice.
 - know very well that if I was accused or an act of treason which l had not com muted, l should md arguments with which to defend myself"
 Ihls assertion evoked murmurs, but the general shouted:
 Why does he deny even the most ob- Tious things?'
 and ejaculated:
 An"
 The prisoner, however, rose and enphati- cally denied point blank some of the gen erals evidence He said he never traced on map any plan of concentration or moblhzation, nor never had knowledge of the details of these movements, nor of the plan for the distribution of the various units throughout the departments
 Let us," added Dreyfus, "understand one another in regard to what is meant l assert that l did not know in its details the plan of concentration. In regard to the circumstances dwelt upon before you yesterday there was nothing precise stated. There was nothing but argu- ment." The audience here gave vent to expressions of assent and dissent.