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is now attached" tsensa.

Importance is now attached" (Sensa.
t;on.)
Continuing, Dreyfus said: own you
permit me. my Colonel. to make a small
remark with reference to the fiction of
| my confessions. | remained in the prison
of La Sants for two or three weeks and
Q aw M. Demange during that period and
also then and while / was ut the Isle
de he l wrote 60 the minister OF war and
others. 1 believe the~ietters l wrote are
contained In the secret dossier. l believe
also wrote TO the head of the state.
How - u was never asked about the
legend of my confession, which WAS In
q position TO destroy Immediately. I
never heard a word Of it. 1t was only
four years later, in January. 1899, when
| interro2ated by the commissioners sent by
| fiction.
"What I do not understand is that
while was still In France no one spoke
to me Of this fiction. which could have
been disposed OF. before. the egg was
matched By proving 1t a false legend and
nothing more"
| NJ. Jules Rookie, deputy and former
minister, testified TO his acquaintance
with Esterhazy In 1894, when the witness
was studying the question of the suffi-
cheney Of the effective strength of the
army, which had become more Important
in consequence Of the new German law
In 1888. adding 5000 men TO the German
| army. hsterhRsy, 1t appeared, afterwards
| visited M. Roche and wrote to him on
various occasions until 1897 One letter
Col. Henry was indebted 70 him. NJ
Roche also described the steps he took to
procure the admission Of Esternazy into
the war Office.
Replying to the government commits
sary, ID. Roche declared that Gen. Billet,
who was then minister of war, told him
he must cease to interest," himself In Es-
terhazy, mot only for private and legal
reasons, but for other reasons still more
peremptory. (Sensation.)
M. Labor insisted upon having fur
ther details Of G en-. Billot's statement.
| The witness said he could not recall the
exact words of the minister, but their
effect then was such thai he felt under a
moral obligation to ceass to interest him.
self in Els terhhzy.
After brief suspension of the session,
ID. DE Veruinee, special commissary OF
the minister OF war, deposed that Col.
Plcquart was ordered to have Esterhaxy
attached. "On several OCCASIONS wit
ness continued, "Esterhazy was seen en-
tering the German embassy, always guile
openly, but dressed in civilian clothes.
d. De Veruine SAW Esterhazy enter the
German embassy October 20, 1897. He
stayed there an hour and drove to the
Credit Foncier Ga financial institution),
whence he went to the Office of La
Patrie."
HI. Labori-"What does General Roget
think of the part played by Esterhagy?"
General Rogst-"I have said that the
part played by Esterhazy escaped me
NJ. Labori--"Gen. Roget. however.
spoke of the syndicate as though it was
public institution
General Roget Exactly. 1t Is a public
Institution. Everybody talks of it,
NJ. Lsbori-"But Gen. Roget men,
toned an offer of 600, COO francs to Ester
hazy. / insist upon asking Gen. Roget
what he thinks of Esterhszy's visit to
Col. SchwartzEoppen 1.-THE German mill
tary attaohe), October %, 1897, the same
day as the interview in Mont Souris
Park, visit during the course of which
10 is known Esterhazy threatened to COM
nit suicide II the German military
hazy) was not the author Of the bor-
dereau.'
General Roget-"It is not for me to
say what think Of it,.
III. Labor, resuming his seat said:
Very good" cloud and prolonged
laughter.)
Col. Fleur. retired, testified to the
numerous alleged Inaccuracies In Col
cordisr's evidence before the court OF oas-
sation- Cordier told the witness that the
dismissal OF himself and Col. Sandherr
was beginning of a Jewish revenge and
| added that the Jews had kinliuenoe1 Gen.
d. Boisdeffre. Corjier also said that he
bad not doubted the guilt of Dreyfus.
The witness dramatically added: "WhSt
was my stupefaetion when, later, heard
Col, Cordisr express ideas dramatically
opposite to those he expressed to me-"
Col. FIeur repeated the tattle intending
to inoriminate Dreyfus, when Demange
interrupted him, saying: "This is moth
ing but gossip"
Asked If he desired TO reply to the wit
ness, Dreyfus said:
II have nothing to say. I only reply
TO facts. viii not reply to lies. II you
attach the slightest Importance to what
has bean said, besseoh you with all my
heart to make most complste inquiry
fer the most dazzling truth. That is
what ask OF you, my Colonel, and OF the
members OF the court martial"
Col. Cordier, who was deputy chief of
the intelligence departments in 1894, was
recalled, He protested against the con-
dttions under which he was summoned
without being released from his oath Of
professional secrecy and also protested at
tne manner In which the summons was
worded.
Col. Cordier. who Is said to be given
20 excessive drinking, caused shouts Of
laughter ny Inter harding his remarks
with she expression "Fua stop. tba
all Even the judges joined In shrek