The Van Buren press., 1899-09-09
The Interest in the Dreyfus Trial
at Rennes is By No Means
on the Wane.
SAVlGNAU0 DECLARED A PERJURER.
A Striking Observation-Disclosures spec.
tators-Gen. Zurlinden on the
stand-Lieut.-CoI. Du Patty De
CLAIMS Deposition Proves to be
an EX-Parte Affair.

doors.
The largest audience yet assembled
In the Lycee was present when the
open session began at $50 O'Clock.
Senator Trarieux, former minister oI
justice, at once resumed his deposi-
tion, which had been interrupted by
the adjournment of the eourt Tues
Gay. NJ. Trarieue took up the testi.
mony CT Savigneud, a witness for the
prosecution, who Rad asserted that he
had seen letters addressed to NJ,
ScheurerKestner, former vice-presi.
dent of the semitic, by Lieut.-Col. Pic.
quart while Saw gnaud WAS Picquart's
orderly in Tunis,
Savignand Periurer.
NJ. TrarieuX declared that Savignaud
was a perjureI, and that two officers
visited Sayignaud before the court
martial opened, NJ. TrarieuX limiting
that the officers had drilled Scavignaud
on the testimony he should give.
Sayignaud replied, reiterating the
truth of his previous testimony.
Lieut.-Col Picquart then arose and
repeated hi. denial of Sayignaud's
story.
NJ. 1Grarieux delivered his testimony
IN an emphatic tone. He reviewed
the question of the petit bleu, which,
he said. he was convinced was authen-
tic. He proceeded to comment upon
the questionable role played by Com
mandant Lauth in the affair.
Striking Incident.
A striking incident occurred when
Commandant Lauth, a moment later,
asserted that Lieut.. Col. Picquart had
always shown the greatest contempt
for the officers of his bureau, assert
ing thai on one occasion Picquart had
brough. to the general staff, in the
presence of Mesdames Henry and
Lauth. a woman. Madame D., who
was the wife of magistrate, and,
Lautb intimated, Picquart's mistress.
LieSt. Col. Picquart arose and cried:
81 protest, absolutely"
Indignant Spectators.
At the same time there arose from
the spectators chorus OF indignant
cries of "Canaille;" "Cochon" and
IN iserable.' The gendarmes were
ordered to suppress the outbursts of
irdignation which had been evoked by
t1e conduct of Commandant Lauth in
publicly naming a woman in Il scam
Galous connection.
Gen. ZurIinden On the stand.
Gen. Zurlinden, formerly minister
OF war, followed Commandant Lauth
at the witness bar. Gen. Zurlinden
spoke in justification of his action
while he was military governor of
Paris and minister of war in the mat
ter of the prosecution of Lieut.-Col.
Picquart, taking the ground that the
measure was absolutely necessary, il
order that the court should clear up
the charge of forgery brought against
Iicquart.
Moreover, Gen. Zurlinden said the
minister of justice has persuaded him
TO send Lieut.-Col. Picquart before
military court.
The General Repronched.
NJ. 1'rarieux replied to Gen. Zurlin-
den, reproaching him with Lieut.-CoI.
Ticquart's ten months in prison.
NJ. Labori then tackled Gen. Zurlin-
den, who admitted that the magiste-
rial inquiry showed that the petit bleu
was not tampered with when it first
arrived at the intelligence department,
and that consequently Picquart could
not have been guilty, as alleged, of dis
torting the document.
VI. PnIeoIogue Called.
NJ. Labori asked that NJ. Paleologue,
the expert of the foreign office, be con-
suited with reference TO the reading
before the court of diplomatic doca-
ments which established irrefutably
the authenticity of the petit bleu.
NJ. Paleologue. who sits behind the
Judges. came to the front of the stage
and said that he did not know to what
documents NJ. Labori alluded.
The Document In Question.
"The document" replied NJ. Labor,
ain which is recounted conversation
between NJ. Delcasse Former prime
minister0 and Count Won Munster
1.edenburg German minister to ParS),
i'm the course of which Count Won
Misunderstanding had said Col.
Schwartzkoppen had admitted that he
sent Mai. Esterhazy a number OF tele-
graphic cards or petit bleu's.
Lnbart Was Correct.
NJ. Paleologue responded that what
NJ. Labori said was quite true, and
that the document belonged TO the
diplomatic dossier As to the petit
bleu in question, added NJ. Paleologue,
Col. Schwartzkoppen could affirm
whether he wrote il himself, or
whether he had not seen it, but IN
any case. NJ. Paleologue said he be-
lieved it was sent by Col. Schwartz
kopPen.
This declaration by the expert OF the
foreign Office created marked sensa'
tiou i'm court.
Du Pnty DE CLAIMS Deposition.
The deposition of Lieut.-Col- Du
Patty de Clam. which was taken by
MAGISTRATE Travernier was then read
II was more remarkable as being a
rapetition of de CLAIMS former evi'
dence than as containing any new
rsvaistions. This WAS what the de-