The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-07
Arbiter of France's Peace,

Arbiter of Frances Peace.
To all intents and purposes Emperor
William stands today the arbiter of the
internal peace Of France, for every one
anticipates that King Humbert will
follow his lead This is probably the
explanation of the delay. Emperor Will
liam has gone to Wurtemburg from AL
sace-Lorraine and King Humbert is at
Turin. Communicates between the two
monarchs is, therefore, somewhat COM
plicated and. as they will undoubtedly
agree upon identical measures in reply
ing to M Labori's appeal, it is possible
that several days will elapse before
their decision is known.
The opinion generally held there is
that Emperor William and King Hum
bert Will allow Colonel SchwarZkoppen'
and Colonel PanizZardi to be examined
3y rogatory commission and their
dispositions to be sent to Rennes with
supplementary evidence from the orig
inals of Esterhazy's reasonable COM
munications.
Call 1t Trick of Labori's.
The -Dreyfusards are extremely
exasperated at what they characterize
as NJ. Laboris Trick" He had long
been seeking an excuse to invoke the
intervention of the German and Ital-
ian soyereigns, and seized the appear
.ance of Cernuschi as his opportunity,
declaring that the admission of the evil
dence of this foreigner justified his ap-
plication regarding Schwarzkoppen and
Paaizzardi.
The anti-Dreyfusards assert that the
members of the courtmartial will ig-
more the affirmations of Colonels
Schwarzkoppen and Panizzardi, be-
cause they recognize that the ties timeny
Of those officers viii be given by order
with a view to save their own spy, but
in less pre5udiced circles, it is believed
the court cannot disregard the solemn
declarations of the two attaches, with
out giving rise to a still graver situa-
ton in an international sense, than now
prevails.
Thrilling Scene In Court.
General Billots' insinuation today
that Esterhazy and Captain Dreyfus
were accompiices, led to an impassion-
ed protestation on the part OF the ac-
eused and to thrilling scene between
Nj. Labor and Colonel Jouaust, result |
ing in the advocates excited denunci- /
alton of Colonel Jouaust's treatment of |
him, denunciation tantamount to an
accusation of open partiality
General Zurlinden's admission that I
Colonel Picquart could not have per- /
2etrated the erasure in the petit bleu. |
was startling incident, because the
saci That Colonel Picquart languished |
ten months in prison under these un-
proved accusations cannot be regarded
otherwise than as a blot upon the repu-
tation OF General Zurlinden, and still
more on the general staff
The statement by M. Paleologue that /
Colonel SchwarZkoppen had admitted
that it was almost certain that the
petit bleu was sent by him or caused
10 be sent by him to Esterhazy. caused
a sensation, as being the first official
testimony to the treason of Esterhazy
And it was certainly a strong point in
favor of Dreyfus. the Importance of
which was Immediately seen by the
prosecution, as shown subsequently in
General Billots broad insinuation of
completely between Dreyfus and Es-
terhazy.
Was Battle Royal
From a spectacular view point. how
ever, the great event of the sitting was.