The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06
Confidently Believes He Will Be
Able to Prove His Innocence
at New Revision.
HAS COLLECTED NEW PROOF.
Keeper Of the Archives, NJ. Gribe.
lin, Who Accused Unfortu-
nate Captain, Admits
Perjury.
BIZ J. CoRNELY.

BIZ J. CoRNEI-Y
BPEUAL-BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
Paris. Dec. h-(Copyright. 1soe)-The
French public had great surprise last
Sunday on learning that on the previous
evening. on the formal demand Of Captain
Drcyfus. new revision procedure was
about to be begun before the Court OF
Cessation.
1t was true. Since he has been free
Captain Dreyfus. aided by his counsel.
Maitre Normand. has never ceased from
collecting new proofs of his innocence. Ee
day he believes he is in a position to prove
It. The documents upon which he sup
(. ports his case and which have been dis
covered in the Office OF the Ministry of
War are Of three classes.
There is first new series of forgeries.
attributed to the general stafr and intend
cd to crush the Captain. Proof exists that
at Rennes written evidence favorable to
the accused was suppressed and concealed
before the court martial. among others
letter from a French Colonel who told OF
visit to the Italian Embassy. where he
found an Italian military attache who
was in a state Of despair at the idea that
an innocent man was about to be con-
demned and who had been accused. among
other things. of having had relations with
linn and with his colleague of the German
Embassy, whereas such relations had
never existed.
PERJURED TESTIMONY.
There is finally the declaration OF the
keeper of tho archives. NJ. Gribclin. who
accused Dreyfus and who has since CEN
fessed that his testimony was false and
that It had been forced upon him.
All these different documents were III
ready known to General Andre. who him
self wished to take the Initiative in NOV
ing for revision, but II appeared more
Dreyfus go as to conform to former
order of the day passed by the Chamber
of Deputies. begging the Government not
to let the Dreyfus AFFAIR PASS out OF the
domain of the Judiciary.
Fer that matter, hero Is only the QueS-
ton es yet Of the opening Of the conSulta-
revision process This opinion will not be
given for fifteen days. And. depending on
whether the Court of Cessation does not
vote for an INQUIRY or does do SO. its de,
months or six months.
The newspapers. as if they did not have
this long period Of time before them. have
already begun to discuss the question OF
whether the Court Of Cessation ought to
acQuit Dreyfus itself. as 1t has the power,
or to send him before new court-martial
its own hands the Ubiquitous fabric which
Il constructed by mistake, and that II
Dreyfus is not acquitted by military JUS
tice. his acquittal will not count as a
proper decision. Others bring up. on the
contrary, recollections OF the Rennes
sourt-martial. in which the Judges pre-
tended not to take into account what oc-
CURED before the Court Of Cessation. They
say that the Dreyfus case has become 4
duel between civil justice and military JUS
tice. and that, through pride or a spirit
of fellow feeling, all the officers would
condemn Dreyfus to the last.
In any case. II Dreyfus must be sent
before court-martial. those who support
him would do we'll not to damn him in
their attacks on the military.
HUMBERT INVESTIGATION
The Dreyfus case having regained the
first place in the thoughts of the public,
the Humbert case has fallen back to the
second place. For that matter nothing
IS less interesting than these thirty-three
committeeman who meet every morning
to go over documents in order to discover |
whether their colleagues are thieves. who \
find only trining visiting cards and invi- |
tations to dinner and who pass their time
IN mutual recriminations and reproach |
each other with furnishing indiscreet in |
terviewe to the press.
ibie tt SS tnng t Wnisn 1s more contempt
the attitude OF those whose habits they |
make public and who hasten to write |
lAAaS taey never nave KNOWN the Hum |
bertA rs II our laws were 80 badly framed
ss to consider as completely. the fact Of
having gone to dine with sw1ndlers whom
no ono knows to be such.
NJ. pelletan. Minister Of Marine, is a
good third in this race Of scandal One
OF his predecessors. who. like him. rose
from the ranks Of journalism to become
has attacked him with the greatest VIC.
lense M Peiletan has, nevertheless. the |
support Of the chamber, because the |
chamberlfke its adversaries, for that |
natter-took him less as a naval man
than 40 a politician.
Really. with the jealous disputes and
these quests for scandal. the Chamber Of
Deputies would merit public reprobation |
IL Il had not for the first time given nronf
q activity II passing s7ns the budget. the de-
many years It has not been able to reach
this IN time. and thus avoid month-to-
fortunate than other years. This is a
good mark for the chamber and a victory
for the Minister OF Finance NJ, Rouvier
whose influence is moreover ali-powcrfui |
over all the groups IN Parliament