The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
Entire Matter Reviewed in Cham
Der Of Deputies During an
Election Contest Debate.
THE GOVERNMENT EXC0RlATED.
All Documents Favorable 10 Vic
tim of Conspiracy Were sup
pressed and. When Other Kind
Were Lacking, Forged.
BY J. CORNELY.

PEC1AL - ~ NoRk
Paris. ApfB T~.-Cu6srhehL tel)-N0w
We are AE~a5nsthroxn isto the Dreyfus at
fair by theSsssor01s 1terventisn OF ~
Jaurez. ayropos Of the election Of 81. syve-
ton during fhe sitting Of TUESDAY. April =.
the last Of the ses ion. the Chamber hay
ing aftervard adjourned 10 Nav Il.
NJ. Syve;on had given an opportunity for
this Intervention BY plscins his election in
the restricted ground cf the Dreyfus affair
He had told his electors that by returning
TO him. they would for a second time COIL
denim Dreyfus. and he added that the Re
publican party should be denounced a. "A
Foreigners party"
NJ. Jaures protested against this insult
and hi. argument may be resumed in these
words:
You. much more than We. are the for
eigner's party. You did not hesitate to
invent a false Intervention from abroad in
order to condemn an Innocent man"
On this he reviewed the whole history OF
the "Bordereau' annotated by the German
Emperor. which bordersau was invented
after the Henry forgery. TO explain that
forgery. and with II TO convince once for all
those indiscreet people who would not be-
lieve the bare word OF the general stan By
threatening them with a var with Ger
many IL the general stan should be forced
10 exhibit q document on which the Ger
man Emperor. in his oxn handwriting. had
written the name Of the traitor.
NEW LIGHT ON AFFAIR
II will be remembered that. after the
discovery of the Henry forgery. Z, was ru-
mored that a proof OF his treason was a
bordereau written by Dreffus on thick pa
per. sent to Berlin and sreturned with a
marginal note in the nam OF Emperor VII
liam II. in the following wnrds:
That 'canaille' Dreyfus ts growing very
eXacting. Tell him TO hurry up and send
the promised documents.'
This document. the story went had been
stolen from the German Embassy IN Paris.
under cover OF a Gre caused by men IN the
eraploy OF the War once. but thai Prince
Munster. as soon as he discovered the loss.
went to ~. Casimir-Perer TO demand the
return of the document. threatening to ask
for his recai and announcing that war
would follow.
General MERCER. Minister OF War. obliged
20 return the document. was seen TO have
ak photographs proofs Of Il taken. md
Furthermore. to have Il traced on thin pa
per. meanwhile thankink heaven for In
spring him with the idea Of preserving
the traces OF this important document.
II was III according to the story, a
or the "Bordereau'' that Cen
eraI Mercier carried under his military
cloak during the Rennes trial. and which
he shossd to a certain number OF he
Judges outside the sittinss OF the court
martial
u. Jaures was able to bring all. this out
striking effect.
Moreover. through the intervention of ".
Brisson, additional interest was given TO
this episode. NJ. Jaures having read a let
ter from General De Peliieux. asking to be
and accusing his military superiors
~ hu-fna -olA hE- -lr1 49, Nr-Ar
M. Brsson, who was Premier at that
time. announced that n. CayaIxuac. the
then Minister of Wal. had not mi
Gated that letter to the Cabinet. and ".
Cavaignsc was obliged to acknowledg-
that he had refused to take notice OF q
likely TO cast light Upon
"fafaire." and to expedite revision.
UNFORTUNATE DREYFUs
For that matter. these were the tactics |
all along against the unhappy
Dreyfus. thar were in favor
we're suppressed and. when documents TO
him were not Forthcoming. forgeries |
we're found.
General Andre offered to order an investi-
cation of all this. The Chamber passed. by
rather big majority. in order OF the day. |
Indicating that It was determined not to
allow the Dreyfus affair TO be taken out OF .
The judicial domain.
The ambiguity OF this order OF the day |
has already been exploited by people who 1
~,onxtrue IL az forbitding the Investigation |
proposed By General Andre. but II seems |
impossible the the precise accusations OF
". JAures. and the beginning OF con-
LESSONS by one o. the members OF the
Rennes c~ourtInartiAl. who admitted that
'ecret m were submitted TO the
Judges should remain without sanction.
The only sanction, the sanction which f.
necessary. lie a new revision. entrusted this
lime directly to the Court OF Cessation, l
which a recent law conferred the 4
OF judging "Tanaire' in It's entirety
Ind without recsurse to a new court-mar-
ial.
II H. to be hoped hat the preliminary
20 this viii be taken before the re-
,peuinR Of PRritnnent |