Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-12
HIS BOLD ATTACKS,
NJ De Bsaurepaire Assai|s the
Court Of Cassatien
A SENSATIONAL APPEAL,
Dangerous Development ir the Famous
DreyluS Case.
DEFENCE OF THE ARMY.
The Proclamation is n PnipabIc bid
for the Support of the Military
The Work of a Restive Politician
Some OF the Press Comments.
DEFENCE OF THE ARMY

| Court Of Cessation is regarded by Impair
tial observers as the most dangerous de-
velopment Of the Dreyfus affair thus far,
to-day furnished to the newspapers the
most infiammatory pronouncement he has
yet made.
! 1t is in the nature OF n proclamation.
and is entitled "An Appeal to the Depu-
/ ties" whom he vehemently calls upon TO
remove the Dreyfus case from the haTds
OF the criminal chamber OF the court. The
proclamation concludes as follows "Or
der a real and solemn enquiry which
shall penetrate right into the viscera of
this tortuous examination. If there ore
guilty men in the bosom Of the criminal
chamber, authorize the executive power
to remove them, so that our magistracy
may regain its ancient prestige.
Remove the case from the criminal
chamber tomorrow order an immedi-
ate judicial inquiry.
CUT THE GORDIAN KNOT.
"You can assuredly take other measures,
as you have to accept advice from no
one. and your decisions will be welcomed
with the confidence due those who safe
guard the French cause.
81 hope to play the modest role Of those
sentries who I'm olden days signalled from
the battements the approach or the
| enemy. and after sounding an alarm lCft
| il for the chiefs OF the city to arm them-
selves i'm behalf of the common veal. city
fathers, forgive the abruptness Of my ap-
peal. 1t is due to the emotion which agi-
| tates me. If you do not cut the Gordan
knot at once l tremble for my country.
WILL EMERGE PURIFIED.
my grief is great to see the magistracy
| to which 1 have so long belonged com
! promised, but / console myself with the
| thought that IL will emerge purified from
the crisis. My grief is great at seeing
five or six magistrates so forgetful of our
| traditions as to declare themselves the
| adyerearies of the army. or course, the
! Drevfusites maintain that they are not
attacking the army while they attack
it's chiefs These madmen think when
they tell the soldiers to-day that their
chiefs are unworthy to command them
that the spirit of discipline and conf
dence which constitutes the greatest
source of military strength is not being
undermined.
ARMY WORTHY OF RESPECT.
you will reply that what they call the
enemy is the sword of France-the poor
officers whose uniform is the garb of sac
rifce. who work devotedly for the loftiest
aim which exists. preparing 10 die, who
tomorrow, if the cannon roar, will
shed their blood for those who SANDER.
l salute them with admiration.
II say TO the soldiers that the national
army is worthy of respect from the high
est TO the lowest rank and if / have been
able to aid in avenging the insult TO
which 1t has been subjected / shall not
regret having paid so dearly for my in
dependence
Deputies. listen to the voice of a good
citizen.
M. QUEsNAY DE BEAUREPAIRE."
This appeal is papable bid for the
support of the army.
FALLING LIKE A STICK.
But NJ. de Beaurepaire, who shot up
like a sky-rocket as the most tremendous
sensation Of the whole Dreyfus contro-
versy. now seems to be falling like a stick
from his pre-eminence as a leader of the
anti-Dreyfusards and the possible hero
Of a coup
The best Observers Of public opinion de-
clare that the impression created by his
first remarkable denuncia ton Of the Court
of Cessation has been succeeded in scep-
ticism regarding his motives and the value
of his revelations.
Many, If not most, Frenchmen estimate
him as a politician who found the bench
too prosaic for a man long accustomed
TO the excitement Of party strife and who
thought he had found an opportunity to
mako himself the leader Of n popular
movement The charges he brings -c-day
against the Court Of Cessation add no.
thing Of consequence 10 yesterdays in
dictment except accusations that VI.
Ioew had conferences outside the court
room with Colonel Picquarts advocate
and friend. Maltre Leibres, and that Coun-
cillor Dumars conferred outside the court
room with friends and relatives OF Drey-
fus.
JUDGES GREATLY EXCITED.
Nj. Mazeau, first president of the court
expressed the opinion That IL would ne
unfair 10 the criminal chamber TO With
draw the case, and recommends that the
criminal chamber should act as Judge
D,Instruction drawing 4 report upon the
case to be submitted 10 the fun tribunal,
over which NJ Mazeau would preside.
THE criminal chamber is continuing the
investigation.
NJ Paleologue, a witness from the For
eiqn Office. who has been several days |
unJer examination, says the judges ap- |
neared greatly excited on he day If NJ. |
de Beaurepaires resignation.
FOUR HUNDRED WITNESSES.
The Dreyfus affair will be opened in a |
few days so that the court is to have no |
rest The first is the trial of Urban Co |
hier for his alleged insults to the French |
army In his book "LArmee Contra La |
Nacion" CThe Army Against the Nation) |
NJ. Gohier will call four hundred wit |
nesses and insist upon threshing out |
again The whole Madagascar campaign. |
The second chapter will be the libel |
suit against Joseph Reinach editor OF |
Ia Republidue Franchise, and 'Conserva- |
tive DENNY for the District OF Deign. who |
is charged by the widow of Lieutenant |
Colonel Henry with having insulted his |
memory by suggesting in La hepubnqus
Francaise, that Henry was the reai
traitor. -.
The Reinche prosecution for when |
great popular subscription has been naue' |
seems 10 be the last card OF '-e anu
Drevfusards. II this and the scandal OF
DE Beaurepaire's resignation ran 10 stoP
revision. then nothing VIII pe 'ei' 'i'ii
EXCEPT an appeal 10 force
HIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.
NJ Ouesnay de Beaurepaire, ,ne
former president OF the civil sec
ton of the Court OF 'assauoh,
fellows I'D his attacks on the criHlihal
section Of the Court Of Cassatlon to-day |
4, an article published by the hcho de
paris in which he insnuates tnat Judge
~ PRESIDENT of the court went out |
80 h,s nav 20 appoint NJ. Bard reporter |
% ,,a nrevfus affair because lie was