The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-07
THE FATE OF DRBYFUS
Depends on the Verdict Of the Ger
man Emperor.
EVIDENCE OF FOREIGN ooLoNELs,

1t Is Believed in Rennes. Can Alone
Save theAccused Captain From a Sec
ond CONFEDERATION Denouncss
Colonel Jouaust's Unfair Treatment.
Rennes, Sept. THE salvation Of
Captain Dreyfus hangs on q word
from Emperor William. This is the
general opinion here. II the kaiser
consents to allow Colonel Schwartz
koppen, the German military attache
in Paris in 1894. to testify before the
court martial or to send deposition,
or, what is considered still more prob
able, to allow his deposition to be &C
companied by the actual documents
mentioned in the bordereau, then
Dreyfus is saved. If the emperor,
however, decides that 1t Is not in the
interests of Germany for Colonel
Schwartzkoppen to intervene then
Dreyfus case is hopeless and his con-
demnatie certain.
The eyes of France are looking
across the frontier to Stuttgart, where
the kaiser is staying, and anxiously
awaiting his decision. He is in the
position of the spectators Of a gladia-
torial combat in the coliseum in an
cient Rome, with Dreyfus lying at the
foot of his antagonist and watching
whether the emperor points his thumb
up or down. At late hour last even
ing he had. given no sign either way,
and Frenehmen are awaiting with
breathless interest the first indication
of his will.
To all intents and purposes Emperor
William stands the arbiter Of the in
ternal peace Of France. for every one
anticipates that King Humbsrt will fol-
low his lead. This is probably the eI-
PLANTATION OF the delay. Emperor Will
lam has gene to Wurtemburg from AL
sace-Lorraine and King Humbert is at
Turin. Communication between the
two monsrchs is. therefore, somewhat
complicated, and, as they will undoubt-
eddy agree upon identical measures in
replying to M. Labori's appeal, it is
possible that several days will elapse
before their decision is known.
The opinion generally held here Is
that Emperor Willi1m and King Hum
bert will allow Celenel Schwartzkop-
pen and Colonel Panizsardi to be ex-
ARMED by a rOgatory commission and
their dispositions to be sent to RenRes
with supplementary evidence from the
originals of Esterhazy's reasonable
communications.
The anti-Dreyfusards are extremely
exasnerated at what they characterize
M. Laboris trick" Ee had long been
seeking an excuse To invoke the inter-
vention of the German and Italian
soyereigns, and seized the appearance
of CerGuschi as his opportunity, de-
claring that the aGraission Of the evil
dence Of this foreigner justiEed his
application regarding Schwart2koppen
and PanizzarGl.
III. Labor insisted that the appear
ance of Cernuaehi On the witness stand
was quite without precedent, but the
anti-DreyiusarGs point out. and with
certain aEAtuat Of reason, that the
counsel for tho defense were resliy the
first to introduce foreign testimony, Gs
they suyaEleusd the English journalist,
Rowland Strong, on the question OF
Egte, hays CGA6a sai0n to having writ
tea the buGdaG0.u. ANY way, 1t can be
CerEugehi ab u 1isaasg for tina prcse-
cGtien caiae 10 a variable aodssad to
TIE d. essa, sirlGg thsA almost st the
laat LnG-2sat q Ea&Ye or less lestt;2aat
basis for III. LESSris application to
sutanon the German and Italian at
taches.
The anti-Dreyfusards assert thu. the
members OF the court martial will is-
more the aafmations of Calenels
Schwartzkenpen and PaniaEardi, be-
cause they reeeFsise that the tcsti-
1aspy OF these ofiecfs VIII be given by
oreier, with 1. view to save their own
SPY, but in less pleiudlsed circles ii Is
believed thst the court cannot dare
gard the so!esan declarations Of the
two attaches without giving rise to
still aravsr situatiCn. III an iNterna-
tiaaai seRas. thss now prevails.
Ysstartay's public proceedings were
marked by three important episodes.
The first was Genera! 2arlinaea's ad-
n.iaaiua that the eYaJura and rEstitu-
ton Of Esteshczy's name in he Petit
Eleu ecald nst have been perpssrated
by Colonel Piceaart, and consequently
raust be attuhntsd to some one
inside the general staff. The sec
end was tie declaration by NJ.
PalealosHe that the secret aossier cen
tanned a d3eHfnest which showed that
Colonel Schwartzkoppsn admitted his
relations with EstsFhsay ard that
Schwaft2keppen in the opinion Of
PalsolcGne. seat to Ester hasy the
identical Petit Bea for wh!eh Colonel
piceuart YVES dat.ined ten renths GA
a charge OF forgery. The third vas
General BNiet's instnuation that Ester
hazy and Captain Dreyfes were acceaa-
p!iees, whian lsd to an inlpass!oned
proteststien On the part OF the accused
and to a thrilling stene between NJ. La
buri and Ce0asi Jsuau5t, resulting in
the advocates excited dshuncistiar Of
Cglsnel Jcuauss's treatment of hiED, a
deaunciation taatas.snnt to an accusa-
ton of open Partially.
Tho Presidents q TrAdea trniOnist.
Chicago, Eept. 7Presidant MCEin-