The record-union., 1899-08-30

general stir. He said he would not
reply to Colonel Cordier's statements
concerning himself, but he added,
''the witness has stated that what I
said was false. He must now say in
what l have been incorrect"
Colonel Cordier-In everything.
General Roget-Very well, let us be
exact. Let us take the case Of LIE
Mercier-P Picard.
Continuing, General Roget entered
into lengthy explanation, denouncing
LIE Mercier- Picard as an imposter and
swindler, apparently with the object
of showing that Cordier's allegations
that Mercier- Picard was employed by
the general staff was unfounded.
Roget also referred to a letter to Mat
thieu Dreyfus, attributed to Cordier
whereupon the latter again arose and
protested against General Roget's in
situations He declared that when it
became known that he was going to
| testify he was covered with mud and
treated as a drunkard in order to min
imize the value of his evidence. He also
emphatically protested against state
ment of the "Libre Parole" that he Of
| fered his services to Matthieu, Dreyfus
| and said the Minister of War had au-
thorized him (the witness) to prosecute
| the newspaper.
| In regard to the forged letter to Mat
| thieu Dreyfus, continued Cordier, in
vestigation had shown that LIE Merc1er-
Picard undoubtedly forged it.
| General Roget having pointed out
| that the letter in question was return
! ed to the headquarters staff, through
the post, Colonel Cordier expressed sur
prise at the fact that the letter was not
delivered to the address, whose resi-
| dence, he explained was we'll known.
Major Lauth again asked permission to
speak. but Colonel Jouaust declared
! that the incident was not connected
with the Dreyfus case and that the
! discussion must be terminated.
] General Roget-Very we'll, l will wait
until Colonel Cordier states exactly
which of my dispositions is false before
I reply.
| Continuing. General Roget proceeded
! to make the same attempt as General
| Mercier to confound Captain FreySt-
meter, saying that the leakages in re-
gard to the Robin Shell were only re-
! ported in 1896 1S9S which he said,
| necessarily invalidated the Captains
| statement that these leakages formed
the subject of part of the secret dos
sier of 1894.
! Captain Freysmetter, however, mere
| ly mentioned "a she'll and not the
/ robin she'll The General denied that
| the leakages in the Ministry of War
| continued after the conviction of Drey-
| fus, and said the information given to
a foreign Power, on which Dreyfus
was convicted, was quite correct while
| the information furnished afterward
| was incorrect
| Colonel Picquart, in this connection,
General Roget said, asserted what was
untrue. All the leakage prior to 1884
arrest of Dreyfus.
When asked if he had anything to
say, Dreyfus promptly rose and said:
Il never had any share in the prepar-
alton of plan 13. to which General Ro-
get alluded. This plan was executed
in 1894. I had merely to superintend
| the printing of five or six copies of it.
/ General Roget also spoke of letter
! from Captain Demus. [ would be very
glad to see that letter. l know moth
/ ing of it,
Colonel Fleur appeared in the witness
| box to refute Colonel Cordier's testi-
mony. He declared that on August 70,
1893, Colonel Cordier said to him:
"Dreyfus is guilty but there must be
| two others. There are three of them :
! Colonel Cordier shrugged his shoul-