The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13
WERE IN OFFICIAL LETTERS
EXCITING SCENES IN THE CABI-
NET AT PARIS.
The Affair Ended With an Over
whelming Vote Expressing
Confidence in the Gov
ernment.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PARIS, May PAT a sitting of the
Cabinet Council in the palace of the
Elysee to-day. the President, M. Loubet,
on the suggestion of the Minister of War,
NJ. Camille Krantz, signed decree cen
suring Major Cuignet on account of his
having divulged to the Petit Journal the
contents of certain letters.
In the Chamber of Deputies to-day NJ
Rene Vtviani, Radical Socialist, ques-
toned the Government regarding the let
ters published in the Petit Journal In
reply NJ Krantz said NJ. Cuignet came
voluntarily to him and confessed he
gave the letters to a friend, who had
communicated them to the Petit Journal
NJ. del Casse, Minister of Foreign At
fairs, said the letters as published were
garbled and mutilated. Among mingled
cheers and Kisses, NJ. del Casse explained
his own position in the matter, and as
serted that Major Cuignet, as a member
of the War Office, had impugned the good
faith of the Foreign Office in certain mat
ters. He (M. del Casse) therefore wrote
TO NJ. de Freycinet, the then Minister OF
War, asking apologies for the War Of
fee and showing that Major Cuignets ac-
cusations were unfounded.
The impression gained from M. Gel
Casses speech was that NJ. de Freycinet
making reparation. The discussion in the
in the GoyernmentN3S to g. :,
In the course of his speech NJ
del Casse declared that in reply
Cuignet wrote. regretting the publicity
given his statement but declining 10
withdraw it. NJ. del Casse then demanded
that transations of the Panzardissi te!e--
grams should be submitted to the Court
Of Cessation in order that that tribunal
might determine which was correct. NJ
| of having dictated NJ. Paleologue's evi-
denCA and said he had only desired that
NJ. Paleologue prove to the court the good
faith of the Foreign Office. The trans
latlon made for the Foreign Office w0s
coul'tersigned by NJ. Chanoine, Major
CuIenet and M. Paleologue.
1t was this statement, NJ. del Case con-
tinued, which the Foreign Office sent to
the Ministry of War, and therefore Major
Cuignets charge was a gratuit9us IS. false @
rectness of the Foreign Offices transla-
ton by countersgning it.
The Nationalist Deputy Lasiez has sent
! seconds to NJ. del Casse to demand eX-
plantations for the latter's statements in
the Chamber of Deputies yesterday with
reference to NJ. LasieZ's attacks, to the
! effect that he spurned them with his toes,
although that was more than they de-
| served. NJ. del Casse informed NJ. Lasiez' s
! seconds that he had nothing to add to
! his previous remarks, and that he de-
| clined to appoint seconds.
! NJ. Grossjean, Judge of the Versailles
! court and an intimate friend of Major
/ Cuignet, has been cited to appear before
| the Superior Council of the magistracy
| tomorrow to explain his participation in
the divuging of letters published in the
| Petit Journal.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily
! Chronicle says: Sensational announce
ments regarding the preparations for the
! return of Dreyfus to France toward the
| end of next month continue; but the story
! that ten members of the Republican
! Guard and four gendarmes left Saint
! Nazare on Tuesday for French Guiana to
escort him back lacks Authorization as