The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-08

chief, and he also executed thirty na- { tives.
 | This assertion caused certain inn pression in the audience, and Col. Jou-
 aust asked Gen. Mercier to abstain from
 giving any further particulars The
 General added he firmly believed Frey
 staetter was brave man, but he
 thought the two acts referred to showed
 he could not be entirely trusted.
 He asked the judges not to allow the
 Captains evidence to shake their con-
 idence in his own deposition but to
 lend him the same credence as though
 the Freystaetter incident had never oc-
 cured.
 The court then retired to deliberate
 on M. Laboris application and its prob-
 able decision was eagerly discussed.
 Every one in Court stood up when the
 judges returned. Col. Jouaust gave the
 order present arms" to the guard of
 soldiers at the bottom of the hall, while
 he, standing, and with the other judges
 standing on either side of him, read the decision that the Court had unanimous | ly decided that the President, Col Jou
 aust, was competent 10 order Roga
 tory commission, but that the judges
 as body, according to the military | codes were not competent to do so.
 Jouaust Refused. | M. Labori thereupon asked Col.
 Jouaust if he still maintained his re-
 fusal to appoint the commission, the
 Colonel having, when M. Labori sub
 mtted, his conclusions, said he opposed | the application.
 f Col TO111IJat raa1iaI tVnS on1 tho evidence of Col. Schwartzkoppen and | Major Panizzardi, who were prepared | to swear they never had relations with Dreyfus, was thus excluded. l The refusal of Col Jouaust seemed | ineXplcable, because it appeared to be ! his duty to receive all evidence directly bearing on the case, and more espe- cially the evidence of the two attaches | the refusal of whose evidence is equiv | alent to slight of their respective countries.
 Bad for Dreyfus. A very pessmistic feeling was pro- duced by Col. Jouaust's decision, and it was predicted that it means the cer- tain condemnation of Dreyfus. This was the unanimous opinion of the Anti Dreyfusards, and it was the impression of majority of the Dreyfusarde, whose last hope is that Col. Jouaust only dares to refuse to take the evidence of Col. Schwartzkoppen and Major Paniz zardi because the Court has already made up it's mind to acqui. the pris- oner.
 When Major Carrere had concluded Colonel Jouaust ordered the adjourn ment of the court and Dreyfus rose quickly and apparently not dejected. AS the prisoner was passing counsels table, M Labori stopped him and whs- pered courage" Dreyfus smiled and nodded, and as he proceeded M. Jaures, the socialist leader, and a number of others seated on the benches before which Dreyfus passed repeated M. La boris word of encouragement
 The most elaborate police measures will be taken during the last day of the trial. Eight gendarmes will be dis tributed in the court room. Twenty | gendarmes and a detachment of infan- l try will be stationed in the court yard, l the cordons of troops and gendarmes in | the vicinity of the Lycee will be tripled | and placed farther back, detachments | of gendarmes will be posted on the l squares and bridges of the town, and | mounted gendarmes will patrol the principal streets of Rennes. The gar risons of neighboring towns will be held in readiness to be despatched here at moments notice. If a cry is raised or a threatening gesture made by any one In the audience before or after the yer dict, the offender will be arrested and taken before the president of the court, President Jouaust, and will be sen- fenced to punishment, the minimum penalty being two years in prison.
 Major Carriere here read the judg- ment of the court of cessation and the questions referred to the present court martial. He then said:
 Colonel and Councillors: By a iudg- ment, June 3, last, of the court of cas- sation, the Dreyfus case was sent before a court martial at Rennes. I read the judgment at the beginning of the trial. It quashes and annuls the judgment of December 22, 1894 convicting Captain Alfred Dreyfus, and sends him before court-martial at Rennes to be tried on the following question:
 "Is Captain Alfred Dreyfus guilty of having in 1894 practised machinations for the benefit of a foreign power, by delivering the documents mentioned in the bordereau?
 '"The task of the court-martial at Rennes is the same as that of 1894. The trial has been public and has been con- ducted with all the fullness possible to answer the requirements of justice and public opinion. It is my duty to dis charge the task of justice with modera- tion. I have no personal opinion to de- fend. I have carefully examined the documents seeking scrupulousy to as- certain the truth, without malice, with put passion, and without fear
 Major Carriere then entered upon a review of the case. He defended the secret sessions as being necessary, while they did not injure the diffusion of light, traced the espionage plot, re- , called the discovery of the bordereau and the investigation which was said to q show that the traitor was Dreyfus, re- viewed his prosecution and trial and the Judgment of 1894.
 'The proceedings" said Major Car j, , 'iere, 'were conducted according to the conditions I will say noth- ng more in regard to the moral char t icter Of the prisoner, the question of his u gambling or consortng with loose wo-