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shall be no misunderstanding and In or
der that my words be not misinterpreted.
Nevertheless, their testimony Is open to
criticism, even as our utterances are crit
icised.''
Continuing. the witness said:
IN. Casimir-Perier deposed before fthe
| Court of Cessation that an Ambassador
called TO demand an official denial OF
| the statement that important documents
We're found at his Embassy. The Am-
bassador, however, knew It was fact.
But, admitting that he did not know It.
renee, IN view of the facility with which
Attache sA'' H do not mention his mama
as the Minister has forbidden it, allowed
compromising letters to lie around. read
one such letter which was very cQmpro-
missing to a person whose name 1 can-
not mention Why, therefore, should not
the bordereau go astray?
The General insisted upon the truth of
the statement that Ministry Attaches
IA and ..B, under which letters he res
ferred to Colonel Schwart rtzkoppen Of the
Germany Embassy at Paris, and Major
French Capital at the time, worked to-
gether almost daily and he quoted pas
sage from a letter exchanged between
them as follows:-
at the Embassy denying. The Embassy
must deny.
In the same document, declared General
Roget, was narne written twice, and
fus. The name of Esterhazy, he added,
was not found in any of the documents,
none of which could be ascribed to him,
with the exception of the petit bleu.
which Colonel Picquart discovered in
| such an extraordinary manner
The witness said he then felt great un-
| easness in regard to the document COM
| tanning the words "Cette Canaille de
| D.
| Al certain military attache. said the
General later on in his testimony, informs
| ed Colonel Sandherr that there was some
one who initiated his handwriting per-
fectly. The name Of Dubois the witness
| further said. was found in the corre-
| spondence of the military attaches.
! Dubois the General exclaimed, was
an "unfortunate" who futility tried 10
/ sell the secret of the smokeless powder
used in the French army.
| 'sIf" said General Roget, mo other per-
/ son can be found to whom the initial ID.
| can apply. to whom does it then apply?''
AS he made this remark the witness
! faced about and looked fixedly at the
| prisoner, who, however, merely shrugged
Now continued the General, "the
1 explanations furnished on this point by
/ Nj. TrarIeux former Minister of Justice)
troubled me somewhat but | do not insist
Here General Roget paused, the excite
ment under which he was laboring being
/ almost uncomfortable. . In thick, ,chok-
| ing voice. he continued:
! And yet, In the presence of disinterest-
ed testimony like mine. yiu will not all
/ low preference to be- shown to the evil
denee of persons who have benefited by
At this point the General broke down
and tears streamed down his cheeks.
/ Resuming his testimony, the General
| set to work in the effort to prove the guilt
of Dreyfus. He declared there were
| traces of treason in every paragraph of
the bordereau and that Dreyfus alone,
not Esterhazy, could be acquainted with
! the plans it contained He criticised the
deposition of Major Hartmann, of the22d
Artillery in regard to this point.
The witness then. traverSed the old
! ground, trying to prove that Dreyfus
alone was aware of the secrets of the
new artillery guns Of the plans for the
tents of the firing manual. He then en-
1 deayored to show Colonel Picquart had
/ recourse to fraudulent methods, with the
intent of discriminating some one other
spent one Hundred thousand francs with
the object Of organizing campaign of
surveillance .of an unfortunate officer
thousand francs, he added, was a reserve
accumulated by Colonel Sandherr, by
strict economy, from the funds at the
disposal Of the War Office This reserve
had entirely disappeared.
In response to gestures of contradiction
from NJ. Demange, General Roget admit
ted the figures quoted were perhaps ex-
Colonel Piequart of suppressing docu-
ments tending to compromise Dreyfus.
AS the General was evidently greatly
fatigued, Colonel Jouaust suggested that
Thehe continue his testimony tomor-
row. The Colonel then addressed the pris-
| oper asking him if he had anything to
say in reply to General Roget. Dreyfus
mo, my Colonel. it is frightful Ii thai az
day after day, for hours, | should thus
have my heart, my soul and my very en-
Gratis torn without being permitted to re-
ply. 1t is a terrible torture to impose
upon an innocent and loyal soldier 1t is
a frightful tfingl Frightfull Frightfult'
This outburst caused a great sensation
| The audience, profoundly stirred, began
to applaud but the applause was quick
| " suppressed.
| that he had been given an opportunity
to speak at the end Of every deposition
and that the Court would continue to do
So
General Roget spoke for three hours
| without adducing any new facts, only re-
| iterating, in the most forcible terms, what
has been banded about in the Anti-Drey-
| fusard press for a pear past. The most
| interesting*part of his testimony was his
attack on Colonel Picquart, which will
undoubtedly, lead to the conformation of
! the two men
| He treated Dreyfus without mercy, both
in words and attitude In fact, 1t seemed
| at times as though he would provoke the
prisoner into striking him. The Gener>
outburst, at the end Of his tes-
| timony he uttered the most ruth
less attacks with the air of
| one delivering pleasant Sunday school
address, leaning over the front of the wit
/ ness rail- slipping from a glass of water,
| wiping his lips and mopping his brow
with perfect self-satisfaction. But, again
| and again, he would half turn in his chair,
and, pointing his finger. at Dreyfus would
/ repeat some cruel accusation, at the same
4 time fixing his eyes on the accused man.
| his inclined forward like that of cobra
awaiting the moment to strike. Dreyfus
however, was not a hypnotized rabbit
and steadily returned his gaze sometimes
! throwing a glance at the President of the
| to reply. Once, when General Roget
| had flung one of these darts, he
| stopped and deliberately paused. One
| could see the fire in loreyfus eyes and
| in his tightly-clenched jaws could be
| devined the struggle that was going on
/ within him. The Captain Of Gendarmes.
/ seated beside Dreyfus, watched him close
/ w The seconds passed like hours and
| the spectators held their breath. General
/ Roget seemed purposely to prolong the
/ silence in order to make a deper impress
! sion. 1t was a perilous moment. But
/ Dreyfus won the battle over his passions
| and when Roget's voice was at length
| was past and a deep-drawn sigh of relief
/ came from the audience.
/ The Court then adjourned.
/ n AS the prisoner passed out in front of
1 the seats assigned to the representatives
| Of the press his face was pale but ami
! mated He seemed to be in state of
/ great nervous excitement and in furious
! Madame Henry, before concluding her
/ testimony returned to the subject Of the
| forgery She evidently thought she could
! exonerate her husband by saying he be-