Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-12
FRANCE TREMBLES
With Excitement Over the New
Oreyfus CourtmartiaI.
Today's Opening Session is Expected
to Abound in Revelations.
The t0nd0n Tines Declaration OF HenIy's
Treason Creates Sensation.

EenneS, France Aug. ll-All the not
able Dreyfusites here are satisfied with
the result of the examination of the Sc
cret dossier. They have urged their
newspaper friends in Paris to clamor
for fun publicity, knowing that, if it is
granted, the Military and Nationalist
parties VIII be utterly disgraced. They
are convinced that the diplomatic and
war Office dossiers TEEN with forgeries.
OF course their Impressions are deriv-
cd from the five counsel present at the
examination Of these precious papers.
Publicity would mean the pilory for
Gen. D. EoiSdeffre and company. They
would be pelted with their own foul
eggs, while capt Dreyfus Will be
cleared in the face of the whole world.
The military caste here is furious att
the turn things are taking. The CORE
srUndent OF Russian paper told me,
today that, III a cafe, rcquented by Of
ficers, ne unfolded the DreyfusitrI
AmoIe To read 1t. All tn military men
nearby SCoWled at him in It marked
manner and after coughing and other
wise showing their disIpprOVal. went
i'm body To the other cud of the cafe
as if the Russian was a lcpcr.
All Inc officers al the Military Clubj
came VA the club balcony when Ill
bundle Of Dreyfusitr journals was be
ing burned in the streets ana they ap-
prorcd the performance by unmistak
able gestures one now sees the wisdom
Of the order forbldding officers not al
tachrd To the garrison 20 stay here dur |
Ing INV trial
h-ar mat. in unclran imIlininga
the secret military dussirr exceeds tho
worst TOP shelf literature. 10 secure !
secrecy. thc scribcs who worked for
Henry ANA his friends did not h.sitat"
Ia forge letters from high diplomatic !
pcrSoHages.
Nearly score Of love letters from Il !
lady high in the diplomatic sphere
were supposed to have been seized III 4
the dispatch box Of an embassy dur 1
ing the transmission to Berlin Tn" I!
person whom she is represented as
having us correspondent. was an at
tache of an embassy there and much /
younger than the lady who is mad" Ia
appear imp2 ssioncd. quite an F,loisa.
of course. she mentions the Dreyfus
affair ana asks the attachr tn hclpI
WhiteWash the unfortunate captain. A
NJ Jaurts expects that there viii be
Il great exposure of a conspiracy
against the republic and that the high
handed measures of the present gov
eminent against certain generals will
hr moro than justified by the coming
revelations.
The examination Of the diplomatic
dnssicr was completed. this morning.
Dreyfue. on leaving the lyceum. look
ed brighter than h. had even previous
" appeared Tomorrow proceedings
will be memorable in the history of the
affair.
Maitre DemanGe has lost no oppnr-
tunity to conciliate the seven judges.
He has let himself be interviewed in
order 10 say nice things about them.
That astutc advocate understands hu-
man nature. He remembers that the
seven Judges are ignorant of law, al
ways ready To sacrifice equity to au-
thority. quick To scout at the rules of
evidence and are members Of n caste
who think they have been attacked by
Jews. cosmopolitans ana foreigners
Some Of them boast Of not having read
the report of the inquiry before the
court of cessation. because they
thought it published at the cost of a
syndicate and intended to cast odium
on the army.
Maitre Labori is naturally sanguine
ana has always hoped; but | can
gather that both counsel still see that
the judges are deeply and strongly
preiudiced against the prisoner and
will try To condemn him on his looks.
if all legal evidence breaks down.
All the officers now read the Petit |
journal which they have never looked
ut before the Dreyfus affair The
venom and Vitriol Of the IntranSigeant
are grateful to them. because employ
"a against their enemies. real or sup
posed They devour the Gaulois. Echo
de Paris and Ficlair because these pa
perS respond to their own sentiments.
Maitrc Demange, therefore. has but 4
single fulcrum-the pleasure every human
being takes in hearing himself praised.
| have just learned that the secret dos
sier contains shocking reports of the spies
Of German prince. who has filled high
situations under the empire during the |
last 20 years ana one of them in Paris. q
city he often visits. There is only one
prince answering to this description.
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe.
The police spies who Informed the intel |
ligence department at the war office Of
the princes secret doings. did not attempt |
to establish connection between them
ana the Brcytus case.
But one must suppose that the sole oh |
1ect has been 10 prevent the doSsier ever
being published. 1t would be necesaar,
to go to Suetonius for parallels of the
horrors with which this famous, or in
famous, collection of documents reeks.
As matters stand. think Maitre De
mango now feels that the two dossiers !
furnish him with Il case too strong for |
even the officers To resist. Anyway, H.
looks really hopeful.
EMILY CRAWFORD.