The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-06
sHREwD MOVE MADE BY HIS
PRINCIPAL COUNSEL IN CALL
ING FOR WITNESSES
hIONlRCHS lRE APPEALED TO
EMPEROR WILLIAM AND KING
HUMBERT ASKED TO ACT IN
BEHALF OF PRISONER
CAN ESTABLISH HIS INNOCENCE

If the German and Italian Rulers
Will Grant Permission for Mill
COurt-Martial at Rennes May Be
Forced to Acquit Dreyfus-MOve
Is Regarded as u Master Stroke.
RENNES, Sept. 5-M. Labori this after
| noon telegraphed personal appeals to En-
| peror William and King Humbert to
grant permission to Col. SchWartzkoppen
and Col. Panizzardi, German and Italian
military attaches in Paris in 1894, to come
to Rennes to testify in the trial of Capt.
Dreyfus. This is the news of the day
and the chief topic of conversation in the
cafes and resorts Of the journalists this
evening. The appeals were couched in
eloquent terms, invoking the assistance
of their majesties in the name of justice
and humanity. They are quite supple
mentary to the formal application that
will be made by the government commits
sary.
The demand by M. Labori that the
court-martial should issue processes, sub
ject to the approval of the two sover-
eigns, came like thunderbolt at today's
session. The step is fraught with mo-
mentous consequences, as 1t affords En-
peror William an opportunity again to as
sumo his favorite role of arbiter of the
destinies of the world. No one will be
surprised if Col. Schwartzkoppen, in the
name of the kaiser, makes declaration
that will practically decide the result of
the trial.
Both Schwartzkoppen and Panizzardi
must consult their respective sovereigns
before starting, but counsel for Dreyfus
fully expect them to arrive here, If they
come at all, in time to give their testi-
mony Thursday, in which case the trial
would probably conclude this week and
the verdict be delivered on Friday or
Saturday. This is the view that obtains
this evening, differing somewhat from the
feeling earlier in the day.
Col. Jouaust told M. Demange at the
| conclusion Of the session that If he re-
ceived official notification that Coils.
I Schwartzkoppen and PaniZzardi were
coming to depose, he would be prepared
to adjourn the trial pending their arrival.
An adjournment of forty-eight hours
would probably give them time to get
here.
remarkable circumstance, and one
that is significant as to relations between
the two eminent advocates who are con-
Quoting the defense, is the fact that NJ
Labor telegraphed the German emperor
and the king Of Italy on his own initia-
tive, without consulting M. Demange
WOULD SAVE DREYFUS.
The appearance of Schwartzkoppen
and Panizzardi would be the most sensa-
tional as well as the most important in
cident Of the whole trial Their deposi-
ttons would be a formal and emphatic
declaration that they never had any rela-
tions with the accused and they would
make such statement that the court
must order an acquittal.
Those who are in the confidence of the
counsel entrusted with the defense ex-
press a firm conviction that Dreyfus will
now be acquitted. Nevertheless, one of
the most prominent generals, with whom
the correspondent of the Associated Press
conversed today, declared himself "uuite
pleased with the progress of the trial
thus far and confident Of a conclusion
"eminently satisfactory to the prosecu-
ton
AOidol4OW SESSION VIII open with
closed doors to hear from Cernuschi, the
Austrian political refugee, the name of
the foreign attache he has already men
toned as admitting that he had received
treasopable documents from Dreyfus The
remainder of his evidence will be given
in public. Cernuschi will be subjected to
searching ross-examination. The pros
ecutfon relies upon him as a last straw.
He was interviewed last evening by sew
eral journalists. and asserted that he has
in his possession documents to prove
every word of his statement yesterday
According to rumor now going the
rounds the, name of the foreign agent,
who, as Cernuschi declares, showed him
documents from Dreyfus revealing
French military secrets, is Gerschelf The
latter IS said to be an Austrian officer
Continued on Seventh Page.