The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-05
ALI FOR DREYFU US
Newspaper Reporters Tell
Of Esterhazy's Confes-
sion Of Bordereau
Authorship.
MONS. TRARIEUx's APPEAL
Former Minister Of Justice
Eloquently Tells why He
Believes Dreyfus
Innocent.
DIPLOMATIC MEASURES DECLINED
Judges Decide That Govern
ment Cannot ASK Foreig-
ners For Documents.
SECRET SESSION TOMORROW
M. cermuschi, Reputed Scion of
servian Royalty, to Testify
Behind Closed Doors.
SECRET SESSION TOMORROW
M. Cermuschi, Reputed Scion OF
Servian Royalty, to Testify
Behind Closed Doors.
IBy Cable to The Associated Press.1

by cable TO The Associated Press.
RENNEs, Sept. 5, 1s9s.-M. Cernuschi.
the politiacl refugee and reputed scion of
Servian royalty who appeared yesterday
before the Dreyfus court martial as a
witness for the prosecution, was not
examined by the court during the time it
sat behind closed doors on this. the
second day of the fifth week of Captain
Alfred Dreyfus' trial on the charge of
treason in communicating army secrets to
foreign Government. The examination
of the secret espionage dossier mentioned
by Captain Cuiguet during yesterdays
sitting Of the court martial occupied the
greater part of today's secret session of
the court.
When the open session of the court
martial began NJ Labori presented a for
NAL application to the court for an order
upon Major Carrere, the Government
Commissary. to request that interested
foreign governments, through diplomatic
channels, communicate to the court vaE-
ious documents relating to the bordereau.
NJ I.abori explained the purpose of the
application by citing the fact that the
court was now in an extremely delicate
situation, and all that he had pointed out
to Major Carriere, Colonel Schwartzkop-
pen and Signor Panizzardi as witnesses
he deemed necessary to summon. NJ
Labori said he thought tbs step would
worry nobody and that ii was in con-
formity with precedents.
Majors Carriere replied that he did not
think the government could ask another
government for the restoration. of docu-
ments. He suggested that the defense
should obtain and submit the papers semi
officially to the Court. He saw no OBJ
lection to hearing Colonel Schwartzkop-
pen and Signor Panizzardi if they con-
sented to come.
M. Paleologue said that while M. La
BORIS request appeared quite logical
and Just there were diplomatic consider
ations which made it admissible for the
government to take such initiative as was
proposed by counsel for the defense.
Colonel Jouaust said the Court would
decide the matter later, and meanwhile
proceed with the taking of evidence.
The first witness who was called to the
bar today was the reporter Basset, whom
the .sMatin' sent to London to interview
Major Count Ferdinand Walzin Ester
hazy. The witness deposed that Ester
hazy confessed to him that he wrote the
bordereau under orders from Colonel
sandherr who was then Chief of the Sec
ret Intelligence Bureau. The order, Es-
terhazy said, was to catch the traitor at
the headquarters of the General Staff,
whom Esterhazy afterwards said was
Captain Dreyfus.
Major Carriere here burst out with an
extraordinary protest against Major Es-
terhazy's insinuations against Colonel
Sandherr-
Il protest." he cried, sin the name and
memory of Colonel Sandherr against the
insinuations introduced against him.
NJ Labori, however, ignored this pro-
test which he styled "a ridiculous pre-
tention.''
NJ Labori then called upon Generalt Ro-
get to testify regarding letters he had
received from Major Esterhazy since the
opening of this trial.
General Roget today looked the ghost
of his former self His face was care
worn and showed little of that fights
ing spirit which first characterized his
appearance upon the stage. He replied
that he only opened one letter from Ma
jor Esterhazy, which he had forwarded to
Colonel Jouaust General. Roget added
that he had declined to receive other let-
ters.
M. Labori then asked Colonel Jouaust
to have the letters read.
Colonel Jouaust at first declined, but M.
Labori Insisted so firmly that Colonel
Jouaust explained that he opposed the
reading Of the letters because they only
contained personal attacks upon various
parties and would only lead to a pro-