Arizona republican., 1899-09-06
TeiegraphS Wilhelm and Hum-
 bert for Witnesses
WHOSE WORD WILL BE FINAL
The Most Sensational and Important Incident Of inc DreYfuS Trial. A Possibility that a Verdict Nav Be Obtained This Week. The Generals Express COnfi- denCe.


 denCe.
 Rennes, Sept. 5.-M. Lobcri this af-
 ternoon telegraphed personal appeals
 to Emperor William and King Hum
 berd to grant permission to Col.
 Schwarzkoppen and Col Panizzardi
 the German and Italian military at
 taches in Paris in 1894, to come to
 Rennes to testify in the triad of Cap
 tain. Dreyfus. This is. the news of the
 day and the chief topic of conversation
 in the cafes and resorts of the jour
 nahsts this evening The appeals
 were cSuched in eloquent terms, in
 Yoking the assistance of their majes- ties in the name of justice and human ity. They were quite supplementary to formal application that will be made by the government ccmmissary, Major Carriere.
 The demand of M. Labori that the court martial should issue a process subject to the approval of the two sow ereigns fell like a thunderbolt at to- days session. The step is fraught with momentous consequences, as it affords Emperor William an oppor- tunity again to assume his favorite role of arbitrator of the destinies of the world.
 No one will be surprised if Col. Schwarzkoppen, in the name of the kaiser, makes a declaration that will practically decide the result of the trial Both Schwarzkoppen and Paniz- zardi must consult their respective soVereigns before starting, but the counsel fer Dreyfus fully expect them to arrive here, if they come at all. in time to give their testimony on Thursday, in which case they would probably conclude their work and the verdict will be delivered on Friday or Saturday. This is the view that ob- tains.
 Col. Jouaust told Demange at the close of the session that if he received official notification that Col Schwarz- koppen and Panizzardi were coming to depose he would be prepared to ad- journ the trial pending their arrival. IA recess of forty-eight hours would probably give them time to get here.
 A remarkable climax and one that it is significant of the relations be- tween the two eminent advocates who i are conducting the defense, is the fact !! that M. Labori telegraphed the German i Emperor and the king of Italy cn his 1 own initiative, without consulting or advising M. Demange The appear { ance of Schwarzkoppen and Paniz- zardi would be the most sensational | as well as the most important incident of the entire trial Their depositions would be formal and emphatic decla- rations that they never had any rela- thcns with the accused and they would make such Statements that the court must order an acquittal.
 Those who are in the confidence of [ the counsel entrusted with the de- fense express firm conviction that Dreyfus will now be acquitted. Never theless enc Of the most prominent gen. erals with whom the correspondent of the Associated Press ccnversed today confessed himself as quite pleased with the progress of the trial thus far'' and confident of "a conclusion emi- nently satisfactory to the prosecu- tion''
 Tcmcrrow's session will open with closed dccrs, to hear from Cernuschi, the Austrian political refugee, the name of the foreign attache he has already as admitting that he had re- ceived reasonable documents from 1 Dreyfus. The remainder of his evil ] dence wilt be given in public. Ger ( nuschi will be subjected to a searching , The prosecution T relies upon him as a last straw. He was interviewed this evening by sev- eral journalists and asserted that he had in his possession documents to I. prove every word of his statement