New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-03

! hN- the SUPPRESSION OF lnf Y HUI Viz VIZ
ent enemy Of progress. and then by dealing WIN
.no bourreo,sio Individual passion becomes
On both sides more implacable In spite OF the
benevolent intervention OF Monsignor Richard
the Cardinal Archbishop Of Paris, the propagah-
ia of Catholic newspapers throughout France
continues with undated fury, which the DISH
oos and higher clergy have done nothing 10
chock RELIGIOUS organs. which are edlteq p3
nriests and which pride themselves upon '"7
| avoved PATRONAGE Of the Catholic hierarchy
ncwspapers Ike the La CroiX' and lie Ie'-
/ oriu perhaps unknown even by name III inc
United states but having enormous cTcu'a'lo"S
among French Catholics-publish day 10y Jay
,,irplod with sacred Illustrations OF the Sa'iou
o,4 tho HOLY Virein and cmhelshed with pious
texts from Scripture prescription lists CONTAIN"
ing the names ~ Zola. Clfmonceau Yves "uy"''
loan Jaures Picquart Freystaetter ana "'"'i
witnesses for the defence in the Dreyfus uil'
ora +boir ironassioncd editorials are scarcely
voned indictments 10 a new ST bartholomew
such is the keynote Of the political situation
This explains why tho Government IS so ANXIOUS
70 hasten the proceedings an Rennes ana ~
have a verdict reached as promptly as p"ss'"'e'
Tho Government moreover. deems II lnoisPeh-
sable that the Drcyfut affair should be decided
,.o,,~o the Senate is convokod as tho High Court
90
,,,sod If Noting 90 ovorturn tho present parha-
,,entarv regime
Tho Drovfus court martial has to-day reached
o. stare which IN any impartial mind iiscloses
tho cor,nlote breakdown Of the prosecution u
shonld no borne IN mind that the prosecution
hosod SIS case first ON the secret dossicr
which pro,,d that reasonable divulgations had
+.po, risra nut absolutely failed 10 connect
r,,.,r,,s with having committed them: secondly.
~, tho confession Of Drcyfus which in the face OF
tho contradictory statements Of Captain Lehrun-
pors,,,t himself alleged to be the sole depositary
80 .b confessions ami in the presence If the
.......,. - Major Forzinotti vanishes into mere
..h. .,t~si,. ON the nordoreau which hy the
,.o,o, ~ ,,re~t testimony is shown to have been
,,,,or bv Fsforhazv and which tested 10y its
,..b,ical wording ie conclusiv"y proved by the
crushing testimony given Yesterday and to-day
by General Sehert and Major Hartmann not
81. have haon written bv an artillery officer, nor
h,. o graduate Of the Polytechnic school on
49,, ,.t.o, main, III. utmost that the prosecution
at+ompted TO show was that Captain Dreyfus
,r.rh, have been familiar with such technical
socrats as General Roget. in hls fertile imagina-
t,on sunnosed that the notes referred TO in the
hordereau might contain, for II must he reine'n-
bercd that NOT scrap OF evidence 'aS
adduced To s"o" """' ,,..,...s,.
the delivery of "n''h ~ '"g ,'''''a. No.
constitutes the sum '''"' '' '''' oa.+,ons
IS no indication o'h'' INA" wv. 7'..,1a,..as -
m the horderoau "S'". '''' ,,-.-,-
umony Of General Se"eI' All" N'J''
On these technical points eS'""'S"eS ''e
hat Captain Dreyfus was NOT 'H' autumn WI -''
bordereau. and creates strong PeSU"'p.'"
that Esterhazy wrote IT, quite apart from other
o.t5erca already discriminating Fsterhazy.
a comic interlude for the trial Is supplied by
NJ Quosnay dc Beaurcpaire's witnesses. Cor
main the riding master ana l''''' ''' ''''
dealer. the first Of whom declared that ne sa"
Dreyfus conversing with German officers al
.t,o r.arrpilz-ros near MuhIhausen While the