Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-07-17
DREYFUS IS
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inscribed on the list of chevaliers OF
the Legion of Honor. The announce
ment gave general satisfaction, except
to the small but very noisy clique
which would rather see the honor OF
the nation trampled in the dust than
the admission that the army chiefs
were in error and Dreyfus innocent,
although they know he is.
Dreyfus. who remains in his apart
ments, is besieged by many friends,
who are congratulating him on his
final success. Hundreds of Fluctuations
have reached him by mail telegraph
an cable. The date of his receiving
his sword and putting on his uniform
awaits his assignment to a regiment
The condition of Under Secretary
of State Sarraut, who was danger
ously wounded in the breast yester-
day, in duel. fought with NJ. Pug
liesi-Conti, following the passage of
the law restoring Dreyfus, is station
airy. He passed calm night and
III llDllCdllOHS nave JSNSlODCU. Ht
doctors held a consultation this morn
ing and diagnosed the wound as a
perforation of the upper part of the
right lung. They are not prepared,
at present, to pronounce a definite
opinion regarding his chances of re-
covery, but another consultation
which will be held today, is expected
to result in more favorable determ
ination.
Alfred Dreyfus. a Jew was a cap
tain in the French army in 1898. He
was a modest, unassuming man. liv-
ing happily with his wife and children.
Fate made him the victim OF one of
the greatest conspiracies developed in
the history of modern Europe.
For some months before 1894 it was
known to the French government
that some French officer was traitor
ously selling French military secrets
to the German staff. 1t was known
that Germany had bought the secret
of the French method of charging
melinite shells and also the secret
that batteries of the new No. 100 guns
had been assigned to the Ninth army
corps
1t may be stated right here that il
is now generally admitted that the
real traitor was one Commandant Es
terhazy blackguard, a gambler. ant
a degenerate, who for some mysterious
reason was shielded by everyone ir
the conspiracy. When he could nc
longer he used Esterhazy was driver
from France. He went to England
where he lived and died in wretchet
poverty after selling the secret O
his treachery to newspaper for
few shillings.
No one outside of the conspirator!
knew that Esterhazy was the Officer
who was selling French military sec
rets TO the German staff. The tasl
of discovering the traitor was placed
in the hands of the intelligence bu
reau of the French general staff. Ir
1000 lily ti1NI VI Lukc lIlttlilScHCG Du
reau was Colonel Sandherr He sci
his spies to work
1t was not until September, 1894
that the spies of the secret intelli
gence department discovered in the
waste paper basket Of Lieut. Col Won
Schwartzkoppen, the Germany mill.
tary attache, fragments of a paper
which, when placed together form.
ed memorandum of which this is
the translation:
In the absence of any news indica-
ing your desire to see me, | never
theless send you. sir certain infor-
nation of interest
% A note on the hydraulic brake
OF 120 (method of operating this
piece 90 a note on the outpost
troops Ga few notifications will be
made in the new PLAN; (3) a note on
modification in artillery formation
tD a note relating to Madagascar
90 the scheme relative to the man
ual of field firing on March IA, 1894
am just leaving for tn
maneuvers"
The foregoing memorandum afte,
wards became known as the famou
"bordereau,' which figured through
out the entire Dreyfus case
Sandherr First Accuser.
Colonel Sandherr, chief of the SCI
ret intelligence bureau, was the frs
man TO directly accuse Dreyfus G
writing the bordereau. He it wa
that first suggested that the writin
resembled that of Dreyfus. He poin,
ed out that Dreyfus was a native @
Alsace and that he spoke and wrot
German as fluently as he did French
tThe bordereau was written in Gel
man.
On October Is. 1894, Captain Drey
fus was called to the war office. H
was ushered into a room where h
found Major Du Patty de Clam seate
at a table. He was asked by the ms
jor TO seat himself and 10 write a
dictation. Before witnesses Dreyfu
began TO write a pretended letter die
tated by Du Patty de Clam, begir
ming with Insignificant words, bur Ii