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authentic, adding: "If people do not De-
leve the confessions of Captain lie Brun-
Renault they will believe no human tes-
timony.
Continuing, the witness asserted THAT
the bordereau was written by Dreylus at
the end of August, and incidentally the
major protested against Colonel Picquart 5
insinuations against Patty de Clam. ne
then returned 10 the secret dossier, oil
which he declared the court was sure 10
draw important deductions. The Hrst POI :
ton of the dossier, he said, shows that IN
1899 there was a constant leakage IN tne
ministry of war We have had proofs OF
the plans OF Notifications reaching the
hands of a foreign power 1t is known TO
q certainty from the letter of an agent oi
foreign power that the stolen plans ema-
mated from the ministry OF war. a vast
part OF the work had therefore been used
against us and by agents belonging to the
same power, as "a" Colonel Schwarzkop-
pen, the German military ATTACHED, the
agents of other powers also collaborauns
The witness then Invited the courts
especial attention to this dossier, in which,
he said would be found ample proof OF the
prisoners guilt.
At this stage of the proceedings Dreyfus
rose and interrupted the witness, shouting,
THAT Is manifest liel"
After this the witness related In detail
his reasons for the belief that the agent
supplying the information was French
staff officer. He then endeavored to show
that traffic with foreign military attaches
could only have been carried on by pro-
bationer in the department occupied by
Dreyfus.
The witness particularly referred to the
| Panizardi telegram OF November 2. 1924
which he explained left an impression on
| int hnt In "A
OF the Italian government,
| Another document of the dossier, accord
| ing to Major Cuignet, showed beyond DIS
pute that the bordereau actually passed
4 through the hands of Count Schwarakop-
/ pen. To this the witness established the
Authenticity Of the bordoreau and an execu
1 ton of which, he pointed out. proved that
| Sehwarzkoppen and Pani2ardi had the
! closest relations in all matters OF espion-
/ age.
! Referring next TO tho dispatch of Colo
mel Schneider. former Austrian military
attache ut Paris, denouncing as a forgery
u letter purportipg TO have been written
I by the attache. in which he was reported
as referring 10 efforts made by ScA@arz-
hoppen and Panizardi to conceal taeir re-
/ lations with DreyiuS, witness maintained
| that Mercier's statement on the subject
! was correct The Intelligence department,
same attache in its possession, Major
Cuignet pointed out that the Schneider
document was included in the dossier and
that NJ Chanoine. who had the secret
document la his charge, had shown it TO
the court on behalf OF the ministry of war.
| Therefore. witness claimed, Colonel
| Schneider's contradiction was really ad-
dressed to the French government. (Sen
sation) Major Cuignet said he noticed
!
port had not escaped the court nor those
who are lighting so hard for the rehabll,.
tation OF Dreyfus.
/ II heard II said, the witness continued,
that emphatic denials had been addressed
| 10 us, alleging that the report is for
gerry, ] dor not know what truth there 10
in this denial. II is said TO be dated from
Ems and we in France know that kilograms
from Ems are not always authentic.
II beg to add that II this denial to the
French government is maintained We are
In position TO prove beyond dispute the
authenticity OF the report In question"
The major dwelt admiringly upon the
conclusions OF M. Bertillon that Ester
hazy had learned 10 Initiate the handwrit-
Ing of the bordereau after Its publica ton
| In the Matin.
He then reviewed the police reports on
Dreyfus. Replying to question OF tho
court, Cuignet declared the circumstances
OF the discovery OF the forgery and how II
was that the probabitioners did not par
ticipate IN the maneuvers OF 1884,, although
they had long believed they would attempt.
Major Carriere. the government commits
sary. at this juncture said he thought II
desirable TO remark, as the representative
OF the government, that he must not be
understood to indorse all Major Cuignst