The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
In the Dreyfus Trial
Today.
COLONEL HEERY'S TREASON
Az E~mphatcaliy Announced I'm the
Londou Times causes . SIR NJ Meme
nes-rhat Paper Expected TO susssan.
tate Its Statement by Publications OF
the. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF Inc
Secret Dossicr which Figure. 30 Exs
tensively In This Case.

80
Rennes. August 1.-THE Dreyfus
court-martial concluded its secret ses-
sions at 3 o'clock this morning when NJ.
P~aleologue, OF the foreign office, COM
pleted his explanations OF the secret
dossie-.
The court Will meet again at $50
o'clock a. m. tomorrow morning.
The Londo Times statement this
morning Of the late Lieutenant Colonel
Henry's treason caused considerable
sensation here and vas much discussed
among h newspaper men and all 9TH
ers interested in the trial. The afiirma-
ton of Henry that Chief Esterhazey
was his accomplice is only a confrma-
ton OF what has already many times
been stated: but what was regarded i'm
portant is the fact hat The Times an
nounced il in such categorical terms.
demonstrating, according TO the views
OF the friends OF Dreyfus here, that
The Times people have actually seen
documents. submitted ID them by more
h n foreign military attache, pre-
Senting the strongest proof OF Henrys
guilt. and, moreover, nat this
ment can only prelude the publication
in The Times of the actual documents.
The correspondent here OF the As
sociated Press spoke to Major Forzinet-
Il, Who was governor OF the Cherche
Midi prison during Dreyfus' incarcera-
tion there and who was cashiered on
account OF his declarations favorable to
Dreyfus' attitude while in prison. o
zinetti said: The Times statement
confirms my own view. l was convtnc-
ed OF Henry's completely ron the
very first n always regarded him as
the real culprit."
Regarding the court-martial he said:
Tomorrow viii undoubtedly be the
most important day OF the whole pro-
ceedings, as General MERCER and NJ.
Casimir-Perier (former president OF
France) If time admits. will be con-
fronted and a most dramatic scene 10
inevitable, as their declarations in GER
tain matters differ on essential points"
WHAT THE "DOSSIER" MEANS.
Baltimore Herald.)
Paris, August 81 can speak with
authority upon the dossier now under
examination at Rennes, for / enc it's
contents from the one man who has
mastered 1t best.
Tha a is Demange. Dreyfus
lawyer. He studied every word OF IL
twice, first in 1894 and again before the
resent trial began.
e THE dossier is a collection OF num-
erous documents supposed to bear upon
the Dreyfus case. 1t consists Of two
parts, namely military and diplomatic.
1T is composed of about 900 different
papers. or these 700 are wholly unim-
portant.
There are many letters from women
retailing gossip. These women are eth
er personal friends OF army officers or
their mistresses. Their chatter Is OF
no CONSEQUENCE
1T is something like this: L met n
woman who met another woman who
heard another woman say she knew a
woman who dreamed that Dreyfus a
relation with the German embassy
None but men blinded by class preju-
dice could think of putting such silly
letters On the dossier. In point OF fact,
some Of the higher officers are not only
prejudiced, but ignorant. The intellec-
tual weakness Of Boisdeffre and Mercler
was the laughing stock of the army
before attention was called to II by the
Dreyfus case. OF the 200 serious pa
pers, some are reports Of more or less
consequence.
There are some forgeries in the dos
sier. The reason for secrecy does not
arise from anything me dossier con-
tains regarding Dreyfus. 1t Is because
certain documents or letters mentioned
a scandal in which Schwarzkoppen, the
German military attache, and Panizzar-
di, the Italian military attache, are al
legged to be concerned
THE Countess De MINISTER'S name "a
also connected with that of another
we!l-known woman OF Paris.
WOULD NO TCAUSE WAR.
Revelations Of this nature, even Il
we'll founded, would not bring on a wal
with either Germany or Italy. 1t wal
Is made for such a cause, then let Il
come.
The German emperor, with his well.
defined ideas Of ethics. would be tn,
first to punish the perpetrators of such
a crime.
The present examination is not def
mite; IL Is for the purpose Of separat
ing the documents pertaining to Drey
. fus from others.
There will then be a public examI
nation OF the former; but names, tn,
mention OF which might give ofrense
will not be uttered.
| Such is GaIifet's order. In tn,
United States such evidence as IS fur
nished by the dossier would not b
|, strong enough to bring a man int,
court. Dreyfus Will be acquitted.
!. FRANCIS DE PRESSENSE.
Editor OF lie Tenna %