The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-13
Admiral Chouknin Dies. y
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REsTORED TO. ARMY.
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sented at tic Rennes court martial,
\ in which the initial ID was substi-
tutcd for PIP ~ was fulsiflcation. es-
tabllsl,ing the strong presumption OF
+ Dreyfus's Innocence. Al #
d Second another document
4 from tho secret papers in$which Drey u 3s
y fus was alleged TO have been shown i
to have delivered to Germans the plan
for the railway mobilization never
reached the War Department author
tiles, ana therefore Dreyfus could not
have secured possession OF It. H d s$
NJ Third That the Rennes court mar \.
trial failed to hear essential testi-58
nony calculated to establish the fact AS
that Dieyfus was innocent. n
Esterhazy5SW Wrote the Bordereau..
After d lengthy review OF the dotu-
{lnent In tho cnse known as the borderenlu,
4 thei decision: says 1t was written by Major
Count Esterhazy and that the accusations
connecting Dreyfus with the bordereilu
rest only on hypothesis and conjecture. l.
5"The court therefore, holds that, as all
the accu sations against the accused fall
to the ground, there Is no necessity Tor
d new trial, and consequently the ouds-
4ment in condemnation 3E Is annulfed g s
unwarranted by tho evidence B.
Deep silence prevailed rs the presuing
,u1pe read tho lengthy decislo5 ~ r1,,to.-
4 IL reviewing the series Of sensational
events OF the last twelve years. and cons
fpletely disculpating Dreyfus OF al 9Wr,ount'
doing, freezing him Of tile accusation g
being the author on the famous inc ' = !
mating documents on which the entlFe
charge was founded and ordering the
.annulmentI Of the Judgment OF tho ltenr'es
court-martlal with the publication Of tlla
final announcement OF his Innocence IN
fifty newspapers to be chosen by Cap-
tain Dreyfus. s,a II,
To Be BrigadieT- General. 81
AZ tho final determination was q n.
nounced, there was buzz OF excited
comment and some OK clnmatiohs3 OF nnpro-
mi which the court officers sternly re-
Mathew Dreyeus hastily deppatched q
messenger to bear the good news & 70
Captain Dreyrus and Madame DreyIus 2; (
Ii tie Chamber OF Deputies to-day th''
discussion OF the Drayfus case was posS-
poned owing TO tho assurance OF iveli'la.
sarrien that Dreyfus VIII immca'atnt ).
be restored to the army with the ra''F
of brigndler-gensrn. III Il
Course Of Action Denied,
Tonight the ministers helld, pr9}tra, q T.
Cd special session ne Inc E!Ssee 49, I'LL
under president Tallleres, and determlnet Z
Oh the GOVERNMENTS course u cnrryi,m,,s s
Vas formulated, which VIZ be ,ntroau due g,
In the Chamber Of .Deputies tomorrow,
concernng, respectively. DTeyfqs and
Colonel Picaunrt, With tho object OF re,
storing both to the ranks they would
have hold II they had continuously served
in the army, Dreyfus consequently VIII
bbae nominated q major. with eyentu Y,
early promotion 70 u lleNtenhnt colonel
ship. Picaliart VIII Immediately become Q
brigadier- general. II
| Dreyfils's name also WILL he inscribed on
the list for legion OF honor, hut lie Will
not be directly nominated to that dis
| ing him on the list viii shortly appear.
| Discussions of the bills will be taken
| in Immediately. and the mintsers Will
endeayQr to have thcm pass both houses
in iii" course Of tho day, the Cabinet
| desiring to settle the matter. before the
parliamentary vacation, n order TO avoid
\ d recurrence Of the ngitatinn OF the coun-
81" deputy Pressens's Interpolation relating
1 10 the governments Intention regarding
| the officers who We're witnesses before, this
court martial Will follow tho passing oil
| tho aboye-.nlentioned bills, I.
! Deputy Breton has given notice of a bill
providing Tor the transfeEence Of Emf