The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04
TERRIBLE OUTLOOK FOR
THREATENED GENERALS

rccrfsa:ea 1889. ~ th- Associated Press.
PARIS Jf1o The Court Of Cessation
-efis tAe Drey1us case and orders new
tr.&i before q court-tnartial at Rennes.
Every Cre expected mis- decision; still it
caused hush Of as,cnishment. 1t was
received IA court wi jubilant cries of
hiVe "a jGsticer'
The Jewish world rejoiced at the Sat
rday afternoon services in the syna-
EozUeS Telephone messages from the
ia7 courts anprlsed the Senate and
chamber oi Deputies # the decision. In
t-ie irmer here is c strong Dreyfusite
majority In the latter the Dreyfusites
Te IN the minority, but are extremely
energetic and aggressive. The Rights are
q thoroughly al-i-f)revfG site
The announcement 4 the decision was
pos 80 the lohbv which happened to be
ere Tded. and was received with great va
etes g. Icing. TIE anti-Semitic jour
.lS b-0 ~ jlctta tha, a new trial would
be ri.reG -t 5 Mems where the radical
pir,e cFoudernFes. Rennes is the capi-
fal Ct tathoiic p tany, but General
Lucas, cornvnarGsrg ne Tenth Artillery
o1rps there IS lep. This will assure
rh Judge being unt ased by clericals,
hl,L "i.i eflCrd rh5 antI- I-Dreyfusites an ex-
suef FOR seuine Up he agitation on the
Gr1une -hlt ne e3u.t-martial is packed.
There Is no permanent court-martial- at
Rennes as there is in Paris, only a perma-
nent parQua or prosecuting board.
to prepare the case against Dreyfus will
be Major Carriere. Catholic, and Cap
tain Jacqueta, retired officer, will rep
resent the evidence at the court-martial.
General Lucas will choose seven officers
for judges. He has seven infantry regt-
ments, two cavalry and two artillery
brigades, one battalion of engineers and
a cavalry regiment to select from; but
the general feeling throughout Brittany
is hostile to Dreyfus. However. acquittal
is certain, since there was never any case
q m ND ha
"Canaille de D" letter.
We know now that the documents are
inapplicable to Dreyfus. What. has caused
surprise is the form of the judgment. NJ.
Ballot de Beaupre rested the whole case
of revision on the bordereau being writ
ten by Esterhazy. He was of the opinion
that the court would not entertain fac.s
tending to annullation, inasmuch as the
Minister of Justice did not move in the
matter and that he alone could demand
proceedings for annullation. The Court OF
Cessation goes on two new facts. namely
that the bordereau was by Esterhazy and
the secret communication to the court
martial of the "Canaille de D." letter
The latter is extremely grave for General
MERCER. and. indeed, for NJ. Dupuy He
was Prime Minister in 1894 and was in
formed Of all that went on. 1t was possi-
BILE to regard in good faith Dreyfus q"
the author of the bordereau. 1t wos
vamped up in conditions that probably
Will ever be mystery.
.Esterhazy again impudently declares
himself the author. He says that Colonel
Sandherr ordered him to write it. Cen
eral MERCER, NJ. Dupuy and the court
martial might have been deceived about
the authorship, but the secret communi-
cation betrays the cloven foot of a devil
ish agent somewhere. This new fact is
not denied. Generals Mercier and De
Boisdeffre refused as witnesses before the
Court of Cessation to answer questions
thereupon; and their silence was inter
preted as assent. particularly as ex-Pres-
dent Casimir-Perrier deposed that General
Mercier told him of the communication.
The "Canaille de D." could afford
cause for annulation; and 1t ought to be
Dreyfus hereafter to pursue before the
law courts both generals and other mem
bers of the general staff. Proceedings in
criminal law can be taken and pecuniary
damages claimed.
1t is a terrible outlook for the threat
ened generals, even though the Car pro-
tects De Boisdeffre.
EMILY CRAWFORD.