Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-08

Importance Attached to Foreign.
er's Alleged Revelations.
Rennes Sept. Cat the last sessioI
Of the Dreyfus court martial came the
sudden delivery of the final couI
against Dreyfus. The blow was not
only desperate but cowardly and quite
in keeping with the history of all the
manoeuvres against the prisoner. 1t
came from an hitherto unknown for.
elgn witness who undertook to declare
Deryfus guilty of systematic treason
IN selling secrets to several embassies.
The secret session of the Court for
the completion of Major Hartmann's
examination occupied the first half
hour.
Then was called q witness hitherto
unknown in the proceedings of the
name of Eugene Cernuschi. Apparent
ly he did not speak French iuently,
for he submitted a written statement.
He affirmed that he was a descendant
of the Servian royal dynasty and that
DE had been n Lieutenant in the Aus
trian army. but came to France as a
political refugee in June, 1894. Then
he proceeded to tell this extraordinary
story: He met at Geneva the military
attache Of foreign power, who told
him that he had received reasonable
information from Dreyfus. He met
this attache in Paris afterwards. One
Gay in his Office the attache opened be-
fore the witness two large envelopes
containing important documents rela-
tive to French mobilization plans.
There were several sheets giving de-
tails of the mobilization of various
corps Of infantry The attache said to
the witness: You are foreigner, so
] can show you these documents"
The witness said that he replied to
him: But how can you obtain such
copies? The attache then answered:
"1.isten. In France you can get any
thing with money. Why should there
be Jews in the French army If one
cannot use them? The French officer
who supplied these documents is no
other than Capt. Dreyfus.'
The readn" of this statement was
greeted by the audience in the court
room first with astonishment and then
with murmurs of incredulity and ridi-
cule.
Major Carricre. the prosecutor. be-
fore proceeding further. said that the
witness had some verbal Information
TO add. but as it would touch on two
international questions q special SEES
sion with closed doors was necessary.
NJ. Demange asked Major Carriere if
he had made inquiries as to the char
acter Of the witness
Major Carriere replied in the mega
tive. He added that he had put in any
available testimony which tended to
throw light on the case.
Maitre Labor asked sharply: "At
whose request has this witness been
summoncd?'
Col Louaust. the president of the
court replied: Il summoned him by
virtue of my discretionary power"
NJ. Iaho,i-T beg to call attention to
the fact that for the first time we are
called upon to listen to a witness for
eiqn to our nation. Now, then. since
this has been done | declare that I
shall demand that all information
which is necessary upon the question
of the delivery Of the pieces named in
the hordercau shall be obtained only
through diplomatic sources. | beg to
ask that if the court grants the request
for the examination of this witness be-
hind closed doors that it be postponed
in order to give us some opportunity to
demonstrate the falSity of his testi-
mony and 50 he able to take the neces
sary proceedings against the author OF
such falSohoods.
NJ. Dcnan9c asked Major Carriere
when II was that the witness first COM
inundated with the Government.
Major Carricrc-I cannot exactly say.
The court reserved its decision as to
the time when the secret session should
be held.
Cernuschi left the stand after speak
ING scarcely n word. He Is under
thirty years old and looks much more
like n va!ct than the scion of any royal
family. He stared boldly around the
hall where he was greeted with half
suppressed Misses. He sat down for a
few minutes among the other wit
nesscs and then left the hall
Drovfus listened to the reading of
Cernuschi's statement without sign
of emotion and did not attempt to
make any reply. The effect on the
audience. however. was to produce in
tense passion and excitement among
the two factions which was scarcely
kept within bounds. 1t must he adj
mitted hero that nreyfus sympathisers
sometimes fa'l TO maintain proper con-
troll over their feelings.
Gen. Gonse again took the stand and
said that there was another secret dos
sier that had not been produced in
court and Mr. Iabori insisted that it
should be produced and his request
will probably be granted. Before
Gonse left the stand Labori got him
so tangled in n net work of cross ques-
lions that the wtnest experienced
great difficulty in finding answers that
would come anywhere near being suit
able for the prosecutions purpose and
court finally adjourned. 1t is not be-
Iieved now that the trial will end be-
fore late next week
There is very little real Importance
attached here to the testimony against
Dreyfus given by the new witness
Eugene Cernuschi