New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-19
THE MILITARY SET COMPOUNDED.
pE-NIALs BY FOREIGN ATTACHES UPSET
THE ANTI-DREYFUS GENERALS
PICOUARTs PERSONALITY.

PICoUARTs PERSONALITY.
Rennes. Aug ls.-Mrs. Emily Crawford writes
as follows:
A severe blow TO the military set It was when
the Schneider dispatch was made known at
oclock this morning in the refectories and the
hotels II was a source Of jubllation to the
other side.
General MERCER had greatly emphasized its
importance when giving his evidence. His man
per was victorious as he handed the alleged let
ter of Colonel Schneider 70 the president OF the
court martial. TO oe added TO and fled with the
other papers connected with the trial. These gen.
erals at Rennes have no standing counsel to ad-
wise them. They show forensic ability In max
ing speeches when they ought TO be giving EVIL
dence but they lack lawyer ike prudence and
legal practice.
Any advocate would have felt how risky X was
70 dwell on such a document as an intercepted
letter from military attache' especially IN Vie"
Of the forgeries with which the secret dossiers
teemed After al that had taken place ABOUT
the letters OF military attaches TO each other IN
1894. the attaches, in self-defence were oouha 70
discredt everything in the secret dossiers' 4heSe
letters were supported by police reports were
they published the world would read them
aghast. AS at least 127 persons In all must
have seen them, the authors. real or aIlesea'
would find themselves on the defensive.
But these considerations never presented them-
selves 20 General Mercier's mind. That ne De-
ueved in the authenticity Of his document and
mined his faith 10 Il is now laughed az every
where His best friends call him donkey and
his enemies rejoice.
PANIZZARDI DENIES ALSO.
Colonel Panizzardi adds 10 Colonel sehneiders
denial OF mis- alleged letter by "riths ana
branding as a forgery the report menuoneo oy
General Roget that he PanizzardD wrote 10 ths
late signor Ressmann, the Italian Ambassador
ragarding the relations Of Colonel Schwartzkop-
pen with Dreyfus
Colonel Schneider sends his contradiction 70
the Figaro" from Ems and Colonel PanizZardi
makes use of that paper In teiegraphihs iroin
Rome to give the lie 70 the whole OF hose's
statement so far as II dealt with the allegeu re-
mort 10 Ressmann. The Figaro at once teie-
graphed both communications TO Rennes' "here
they were posted in the hotels for the edihca1on
Of the patrons
The Austrian and Italian embassies attest the
eenuineness of the Schneider and Panlzzaroi
DISPATCHES Mercier feels that he has thrown
the fat into the FIRE. and ne looked depreSSeu
and ont Of countenance to-day. SO dld hoee"
ubo is stronger man. Notwithstanding ih7
tears he shed at the close OF his deposition yes
,erdav But both were tired and pale throue"-
out the tiresome humiliation.
General Nfercier had laid aside his nne uhi0I'
a,d ,,ore this morning shabby alpaca SUIT ne
,oo,,od a wretched creature without his me pe-
loneings. Roget. however, came Win al ms
gold lace and pumes
pREYFUs's GUARDIAN ANGEL
oo,o,a, ricouart was again Witness. hs
-. aro,,ed to sit in an armchair with whiee
', ,oraIs had been successively accommo-
80 pIcouart's figure is younger than MS
ua ,s clean built. 1.-THE, tall. graceful ana
- ,ho egure OF a tall circus woman than OK
- though he Is quite manly in his appear
-. hearing and manners. His voice is pleas
-, ,rdeed melodious and sonorous His dc
49,, "a GOOD the emphasis never TOO emphauc
"a ,be pesticulation seldom overdone. he gives
49, ,r,nression OF one who goes in for the sober
81 ,be unadorned His face is strong out
~, unpleasing The aquine nose 10 far TOO
Io,g The eyes are blue and OF poetic express
s,on but the heavy, dropping lids give them
triangular shape. The prevailing expression OF
hi. courtenance is sad. still II shows mental
serenity.
His defects are dinuseness. too Srsss sssai>1