The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-07
OUR OLD FRIEND.
DREYFUS CASE
1t Comes Up in French Cham
Der and Much Heat Is
Generated.

PARIS. April 6.-The Dreyfus affair
was brought UP in the chamber of
deputies today by NJ. Jaures (Socialist)
during a discussion of the valuation of
the election of NJ. SyVeton (NatiOnal-
list Republican,. Jaures asserted that
M. Syveton had attacked the Repub-
ican group on the ground that they
were the agents of foreigners, but the
speaker proposed to show UP the real
friends of the foreigners who during
four years established their case
through a falsified sigma ture of a for
eign emperor" This alluded to the let
ter Of the German emperor, which is
said to have been introduced into some
OF the private papers in the Dreyfus
case. M. Jaures made an extended re-
view Of the affair and severely criti-
cised the method which led up to the
conviction of Dreyfus.
NJ. Jaures repeatedly mentioned the
German emperor by name and accused
NJ. Millevoye, the Nationalist leader, of
using the supposed letter of the Ger
man emperor, the non-e existence of
which had been established, in his
speeches for election purposes.
These remarks wrought up the
chamber to great pitch of excitement
but the climax came when, turning to
a new branch of the subject, M. Jaurea
read letter dated Aug. 81, 1898, writ
ten by Gen. PellieuX to the minister Of
war, and asking to be placed on the re-
tlred list owing to the Dreyfus case.
In this letter, as read by M. Jaures.
Gen. PellieuX said:
Can you any longer have confidence
either in subOrdinates or in chiefs who
nave made me their dupe and made
me work with forged documents ?"
rms was an allusion to the forgery
by Col. Henry, and NJ. Jaures asserted
that the letter had been hidden from
the country and had not been COM
munlcated either to the court of cas-
Satlon or to the court martial which
tried Dreyfus at Rennes.
M Brlsson declared that he at the
GATE or the letter was premier and the
government had no knowledge of the
letter. He accused NJ. Cavaignac, who
was minister of war at the time. of NOT
informing the government of it's exist
ence.
NJ. Cavaignac retorted that the sub
stance of the letter was published at
the time in the shape of an Interview,
and he accused M. Brisson of actina
a comedy.
M. Brisson, who was laboring under
great emotion, replied: You may be
thankful that the amnesty law lin con-
hecuon with the Dreyfus affair." was
passed; otherwise you would he tried
and convicted. The statue of your
father Gen. Cavaignac, president Of
the republic in 1S4S) seems to cry out
TO you, You are no longer a .Repub-
mean. you are no longer my descend
ant"
These utterances brought forth wild
cheering from the members of the left
who then turned toward NJ. Cavaignac
and hooted him, calling him traitor
and Tcanaille:" The president of the
chamber tried VainIy for q Iopor +t,11o
to restore silence and when he uJti-
mately succeeded, M. Cavaignac de-
med that he had ever sought to con
ceal anything, and said the letter did
not not! form part of any dossier in connec-
tlon with the Dreyfus case. Gen. Pei.
lleuX, he affirmed, afterward regretted
having written it. This declaration
aroused fresh storm of misses. NJ
Jaures asked for a postponement of the
aepate on the ground that he was
ponement and adjourned