Smyrna times., 1906-07-18

brain will not stand it.-.and l have |
nothing to read.
"These sleepless nights are fearful. |
l manage to get through the days be- |
cause l am occupied with the thousand |
and one details of material life
In 1899 the steadily working forces |
Of truth and justice began to estab-
lish his innocence.
In all European countries, espe cially
IN bitterly hostile France and Ger
many. it was the custom for the diplo-
matte embassies to spy out as many
military secrets as could be by bribes,
stealing and lying. Each military at
tache had n retinue of sneaking hire
lingS to obtain plans of fOrtresses, new
arms and mobilization. In 1894 the
German attache in Paris was Colonel
SchwarZkOppen. He was buying infOr
nation. although ambassadors were
mutually pledged to do nothing of this
kind The intelligence office of the
French army was keeping watch on
the German embassy to discover it's
sources of information.
Ine Famous "DOrQSTedu.
Nine. Bastien, Il scrubwoman in the
embassy, was under pay of the intelli-
gence Office to save all scraps of paper,
which were pieced together by Major
Henry. One day in the summer Of
1894 she turned in a piece of paper
which afterward became known as the
famous "bOrdereau." 1t was alleged
to have been found in Colonel SchwarZ-
kOppen's waStebasket and read:
Being without information as to
whether you desire to see me, | send
you nevertheless, monsieur. some in
teresting information. viz:
"A note concerning the hydraulic
brake of the 120 and the way the gun
is managed. 4 note upon the trOupes
de couverture; some notifications will
be carried out according to the new
plan. a note concerning modification
in the formations of artillery. \ note
relative to Madagascar. The proposed
roanuel de tir of the field artillery.
'"This document is exceedingly diff
cult to get hold of. and can only have
| it at my disposal for a few days. The
minister of war has distributed a GER
tain number of copies among the
| troops. and the corps are held RESPONSE
BILE for them. Each officer holding a
| copy is required to return it after the
| maneuverS.
Therefore if you will CLEAN from it
whatever interests you and let me
| have it again as soon as possible l will
manage to obtain possession of it, I'M
less you would prefer that l have it
copied i'll eXtenso and send you the
copy l am just starting for the ma
lneuvers.'
Searching For Author of Letter.
General MERCER, minister of war;
| General Bosdeffre chief of the general
staff; Colonel Sandherr. head of the in
telligence department.; Major Henry
his assistant. and other high officers
began search to discover the author
of this reasonable letter. They com
pared many handwritings and finally
suspicion pointed to Dreyfus, merely
because some of the writing resembled
his style.
Dreyfus was not a dashing army Of
fcer. He was more the brilliant stu
dent He was a Jew He spoke with
German accent. He had a naughty
demeanor and associated little with his
military companions. He was keen,
studiOus. exceedingly retentive in men,
ory, tremendous worker and exceed
ingly precise. More than this. he was
wealthy and rather too self confident.
There was absolutely no other evi-
dence against Dreyfus than this SINH
larity in handwriting; but, blinded by
prejudice, all the chiefs. from Mercier
down, were ready to pronounce him
guilty Immediately. More than this.
the unscrupulous Henry was ready to
secretly forge additional documents
whenever needed in emergency, and his
associate with the comic opera name
Of Major Du Patty de Clam joined in
schemes of inqusition.
1t was Patty de Clam who arrested
Dreyfus after getting him to write
sample letters through a subterfuge
1t was Patty de Clam who conducted
the searches of papers and formulated
|
the noted criminolOgist and expert Ber.
tillon to make comparisons of hand.
writing and decide that Dreyfus wrote
the original bordereau. But all the
scientific knowledge of the great Ber
tillon and his handwriting tests in this
case are now thrown into the dust by
the revelations of simple truth.
1t cannot be said that there was q
preconceived conspiracy to entrap and
convict Dreyfus. But when the sus.
picion against him arose the men in
the army staff who disliked him were
only too ready to condemn him.
Wave Of Anti-Semitism.
The wave of anti-Semitism then agi-
tating France helped pile prejudice
upon his head. The army chiefs were
overjoyed that the traitor in their
midst had been Caught" Many of
the Paris newspapers shrieked for ven.
geance. The victims conviction was
| q fOre0One conclusion HiS fo,,iI,,