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numerous attempts to get him into the min
| istry of war, which EsterhaZy declared wa!
| necessary in order to enable him to pass
for lieutenant colonel.
| NJ Brenier continued that, at that time
Esterhazy attributed the resistance which
| he encountered to various people, includ.
ing the, late Lieutenant Colonel Henry. but
| when the witness reassured ESterhazy OF
| this point he exclaimed:
1T is the last thing L should expect for
| Henry to be nasty"
! Colonel Jouaust-"Did Esterhazy tell you
| he believed in the innocence of Dreyfus?'
The witness could not reply definitely &c
We're not sufficiently exact He fancied
Esterhazy had said SO, but he could not
| swear to it.
Lieutenant Colonel Rollin, of the intel.
| He described the spy LajoiX, employed in
| was found necessary to suppress.
| NJ. Labori asked the witness whether he
| knew laJouX had offered TO make revela-
tions in the Dreyfus affair and the wit
| ness replied that LajouX wrote to the min
| ferring to the Dreyfus case.
The clerk of the court read letter in
| which, after dwelling upon his services
LajouX said it was in consequence of
! Henry's eXactions that the spy Cuers had
become an enemy instead of an ally. He
in which Cuers declared Dreyfus had
never been heard of at army headquarters
in Berlin, and that, on news of the arrest
| of Greyfus, General Count Won Waldersee
summoned all the German military at
taches in Europe to Berlin and they unani-
mously declared that not one of them had
ever had relations with Dreyfus. Cuers
added that he himself had never heard of
Dreyfus. LajouX then complained of his
abandonment by the. headquarters staff
officers of the ministry. of war. He spoke
of the promises of Colonel Sandherr and
Henry, who gave him credit for most of
department
After the reading of this letter NJ. La
bori inquired: Colonel Rollin, how is 1t
that man regarded as rogue and a
bad egg is now receiving pension of 200
francs monthly?"
The witness replied: at is no. doubt in
recognition of his previous Services"
Then NJ Labori asked If the witness as
sumed responsibility for the report of No
yember 80. 1887, which was attributed to a
foreign military attache.
The government commissary, Major Car
riere, protested against this queAtion, saw
ing it referred to affairs of state and should
not be answered except behind closed
doors.
NJ. Labori pointed out that he had not
named anybody; and Lieutenant Colonel
regarding the transaction of the document
in question.
At this NJ. Labori called the attention of
ply, and asked him how the document came
into the possession of General Mercier.
General MERCER thought the witness was
not Justified in answering. But, in reply
to further queries Mercier declared he took
the full responsibility for the translations
submitted to the court.
Thereupon, ri. Lapori pointed out that,
when the document was produced, General
Mercier was no longer minister of war, and
asked what. right, then, had he to have in
his possession document which was a
state Secret?"
General Mercier did not reply.
Counsel then asked what right had Cen
eral Mercier to retain possession of all the
documents in the secret dossier.
General Mercier was silent.
NJ. Labori-"I am asking for the official
responsibility, and make note of the fact
that 1t is refused. I will reserve the right
to take all measures which 1 think
Counsel added that he would, later, ask
Colonel Jouaust to recall General Mercier
and VIII put numerous questions to him.
to which. however, counsel added. he could
foresee the general would refuse to reply.
Prolonged sensation)
NJ; Ferrel, a former secretary of the
caught Dreyfus prying into the work of
his fellow officers during their absence,
testified that toward the end of 1893, on re-
turning from his lunch at an hour the
officers were usually out, he found Dreyfus
in the fourth bureau. standing with a
stranger civilian. at the table, consult
liS Il seemed TO the VIII
ness to be connected with the transport of
troops.
N; Demange1"Why did you not give this
looked it. Besides. he added. it was not
his business to suspect his chiefs.
NJ. Demange.."The court will form its
own opinions of this five years silence
NJ. Labor asked when the witness first
mentioned these facts.
Ferrel-"I DO not remember" (Mur-
murs)
NJ. Labori-"Try. It would be interesting
to have an explanation
Ferrel-,'1t was about a year ago.
The prisoner protested against such
statements which, he said, were nothing
but vile insinuations' collected by for
mer minister of war. Great sensation)
i never went into my office continued
hours of duty. declare it was impossible,
or at least difficult, for civilian to enter
the offices of the ministry of war"
at Houlgate, Normandy, in August or Sep
tember, 1894, he happened to go to his
office at noon, though the usual hour was
Colonel Jouaust questioned Dreyfus rela-
tive to his hours of duties, and the diff
Guilty of introducing a stranger into the
for permission to speak in order to COM
plete his evidence. He said he received
letter yesterday evening from M. LIE Chat
elier,, engineer of the department of roads
and bridges, in which LIE Chatelier said:
During six or seven years | had q per
init for the ministry of war and went |
there at least 100 times. 1 did not have to |
show my permit more than ten times On |
another occasion | was accompanied by |
friends who entered without any other for |
mality than opening the gate and saluting |
the sentry Iaughter.)
General Gonse read another letter of SIM
liar purport, and Dreyfus said: THE rule |
was strict. The letters only prove that |
certain persons did not observe it."
NJ. Demange-"1t also proves that since |
the ministry of war was so easily entered, |
others besides officers could easily procure |
(Murmurs of dissent.5
Lieutenant Colonel Bertin, who was chief
testified to the prisoners great zeal at
irst. and said that this, later, was re-
placed by great carelessness in matters of |
detail. "a
I'm face of this" said Rertin. ct pradu-
ally ceased to consider him an assistant
he LETT an enormous amount of llncorn-
oleted work. Thus, after devoting much
Time to initiating him into the secrets of
ern railway system in time of war / did
not receive any service In exchange
Witness added that the reports he gave |
Oreyfus when he left were such that he
'ould never enter the railroad department |
proceeding, witness reiterated that Drew
us was In a position to acquaint himself |
With the questions of the Eastern railroads
and described conversation
n the opinion of the witness, threw a Gu |
ious light on Dreyfus' idea of the father
and.
Lieutenant Colonel Berth also smoke of
he comparisons of the handwritings. and
hen, turning to the prisoners attitude at
he court-martial of 1894, he said It pain
ully impressed him, and he was convinced
Il. Bertillon. When the witness told the
Minister of war his impressions, the latter
ent MIN TO President Casimir-Perier, to