The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-19

IT am going to the manoeuVres. lie
said there was no question OF propa-
toners going to the manoeuVres III
September This, he pointed out,
would have curtailed their period oil
probation in an entirely unusual man
ner
After dealing with the testimony OF
the experts at the court-martial Oh
1894, Picquart proceeded to examine the
secret dossier, a close analysis OF Whlcn'
he asserted, was particularly necessary
lowing to the weight the document
had with the members of the court
martial in 1894.
This dossier," continued the wit
ness, may be divided into two parts.
The first contains three documents:
"One-A document known as the
D'Avlgnon document, the terms OF
which are about as follows: Doubt
the proofs. Service letters. situation
dangerous Cor me with French officer.
No information from an officer OF the
line Important only as coming from
the ministry. Already somewhere
else.'
"Two-The document containing the
words, 'Cette Canaille de D
'Three-A document which is moth
ing but the report of a journey to
Switzerland made in behalf of foreign
power
1.-THE second part of the dossier," con-
tinued Picquart, CONSISTED partly OF
supplementary review of the first. 1t
contained the gist Of seven or eight doc
uments, one of which, 'Cette Cana1lle
de D. will serve for the purpose OF
comparison. 1t also contained the cor
respondence of attaches "A and b.
These initials it should be borne in
mind, represent Colonel Schwartzkop-
pen, formerly German military at
tache at Paris, and Major Panizzard1,
the former military attache of Italy at
the French capital.
At this juncture, the colonel said 1t
would facilitate his explanations if he
were permitted to see the secret dos
ser, adding: II have already had it in
my hands, but l fear my memory may
fail me on some points.
What you ask replied the presi-
dent of the court martial, sis impossi-
BILE. The ministers orders are absolute.
The secre+ dossier can only be exam
ined under certain conditions.
Il regret it," answered Picquart; but
l will try to refresh my memory
The witness next explained why Ma
jor Du Patty de CLAIMS translation of
the d'Avignon document which has
been called as idiotic. was open to
doubt, and why the document, if it had
any meaning whatever, was as appli-
cable to Esterhazy as to Dreyfus.
Regarding the correspondence of the
military attaches, the witness demon
strated the insignifcance of the in
formation asked for. While Du Patty
de Clam regarded the correspondence as
convincing and as clearly indicating an
officer Of the second bureau, Picquart
maintained that the terms of the cor
respondence indicated that the writer
intended to ask friend, and not spy,
for the information desired Many
headquarters officers, he pointed out,
We're on cordial and absolutely legiti-
mate terms with the foreign military
attaches.
Colonel Picquart then took up the
Cette Canaille de D. document He
called the attention of the court to the
fact that it was addressed by Schwartz
skoppen to Panizzardi, and not vice
versa as long believed. After giving
his reasons for believing Dreyfus was
not the person referred to in that doe
ument, Picquart showed how Du Patty |
de Clam endeavored to ascribe the au-
thorship of the document upon Paniz- |
zardi, with the view Of establishing |
connection which in reality did not ex-
list, between the various documents in |
the indictment against Dreyfus.
The document referring to the |
French agents journey to Switzerland, |
of which Schwartzkoppen is said to |
h-ve been informed. was only slightly
commented upon by the witness, as he
did not attach Importance to it.
The minute detail in which the colo
mel dealt with the evidence, the clear
ness of his language and his denuncia-
tons, had great effect upon the audi
ence and ELECTED general admiration.
The former chief Of the intelligence
department concluded his examination
of the first portion of the secret dos
sier by saying:
May | be allowed to express deep
regret at the absence of Major Du Patty
de Clam. 1t seems to me Indispensable
that this officer, who wrote the com
on the secret dossier, should
be summoned to give evidence here,
He would give us his "reminiscences,
and I would help him." Gaughter)
But" added Picquart, "since T am
dealing with this question of the COM
Of Major Du Patty de Clam.
permit me to point out to you, gentle
men. that this document was not the
property of any particular minister. 1t
was classified as belonging to the intel
llgence department, and, as YOU see. il
formed part of well-defined dossier-
a dossier which was shut up in one of
the drawers of my desk, and which was
abStracted from it. This commentary
therefore, is upon a secret dossier docu-
ment which was improperly removed
rom my department" (Sensation)
Continuing, the witness remarked.
Mention was made yesterday of tbe
disappearance of documents. That is
The case in point
Turning to the second portion of the
1oss1er, Picquart described number of
documents in it as forgeries, and said
the police reports therein contained
hothlng serious against Dreyfus. He
explained that they embodied the
meme mostly utilized by police spies in
order to dupe the intelligence depart-
ment and asserted that their informa
Ion was mostly worthless, embroidered