El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19

paper. The document thus scraped
out was follows
What the Memorandum Said.
Without news indicating to me that
you desire TO see me, I address you
nevertheless. sir, some interesting in
q A note on the hydraulic brake
of the 12O and the manner in which
this piece conducted and behaved it
self
% A note on the troops of cover
Border troops). Few notifications
viii be added TO the new plan).
"3. \ note on a modification OF ar
tillery formation.
- a note on Madagascar
5- The project OF manual of
shooting OF the field artillery, Oath OF
March, 1890. This last document is ex-
tremely difficult to obtain and I can
have it at my disposition only for a
few days The minister of war has
sent a limited number to the army
for the same. Each officer who holds
one must return IL after the maneuv-
ers- If you are to take from il what
interests you and keep II at my dis
position afterwards will take it un-
less you want me to copy it myself
in extenso in which case I would give
you copy
I'm off to maneuvers"
That memorandum or bordereau. as
II is called in French, bore no address.
no date and no signatures By its
contents, however, the janitor. a re-
tired army man, could see that some
one. somewhere in French high mill
tary circles was in criminal cOmmuni-
cation with the German military at
tache.
That same night the janitor rushed
to the minister of war. Rue ST. Domi-
niQue, and aroused the attendants. At
the sight of the excited man whose
gesticulations and broken sentences led
them to believe that he was one OF
those innumerable cranks who daily
poster the ministry of war with new
Inventions, the attendants jollied the
man along while one Of them went out
il quest of a policeman.
"a MOnstrOus Crime
Before that official arrived. how
ever. the Janitor after explaining that !
he was employed, Rue de Lille, in the
building of the German military at
tache, insisted on seeing at once one of
the staff officers. His wish was graft !
and, after a few minutes of private |
with the janitor. he, in |
turn. called a few Of his colleagues /
and, after consultation, they aroused |
Cen De Boisdffre, chief Of the gen
eral staff, TO whom the janitor, trem- |
bling, handed the precious document !
The general read il slowly, became J
pale and said, i must see the minister !
OF war at once"
These two highest officials of the /
French army conferred until early
and then said TO the staff of (
ficers who, by that time were showing
anxiety, that "a monstrous crime had
been committed against France"
What caused the chief distress and
worry to the French staff was that
part Of the bordereau relating tn the
note on the hydraulic brake of the
10 MN gun That brake had been
tested a few weeks before the dis
,Overy Of the bordereau and, in view
II its success, it had been applied TO
ne test Of the now famous - MN
1un, the working Of maneuvering or I
which had been deliberately set forth in
he Manual Of Shooting OF the Field !
Irtillery, which the writer of the I
Ordereau also promised TO forward 10
he German military attache- Owing
D the discovery OF the leakage the
ests were stopped on the 20 gun and !
My resumed after the Dreyfus trial |
is in 1895 that the committee on ar
-uery definitely adopted the hydrau-
C brake This secret, the greaS war \
as proved, was one of the most I'M |
ortant of the French army, for the
eventy-fiyes have saved France
It may be stated right here the
ending Of the documents was inter- !
opted and that, to the dismay OF the
ierman general staff, the secret was
-en kept
Its Value to Germany. ii
Had Berlin come in possession OF the {
description Of the hydraulic brake. it ;
you'd have been a death blow to
rance.
The little IS. as the gun is generally
esignated in French circles, is manu- ]
actured at the Schneider works. a I
rIvate enterprise, at lie Crouzet. The I
.chneiders are to France what the I
Arupps are TO Germany. The hydraulic |
rake prevents any appreciable recoil
I the gun. which automatically re-
urns to its normal position; once il is I
ct for the right aim, no time is lost
n the firing. The position of the gun (
5 not changed and an unlimited num- {
er Of shots may be fired. To be ac- j
urate the gun at the time we speak
I, could fire Is shots to the minute:
has been perfected since then, 50
hat in the present war, it fires up TO !
0 shots TO the minute. That accounts !
or that curtain of fire" which express
ion figures so conspicuously in the / I
ally official bulletins or communicates
ct the reader bear in mind for a mo-
lent that, protecting Verdun, are one
undred OF these guns ready to ;
our out 5000 shots to the minute al |
he least attempt Of an attack by the !
lYaders and let him judge for himself :
( the indescribable Havoc raised by
UGH an Outporing of shots among the {
erman forces
Does one wonder then that the
rench staff moved heaven and earth
, discover the traitor, the writer OF
ne bordereau, which by the very ma {
IRE Of its contents was the work of
raj staff?
Antt-JeUish Movement.
For year or so before these events, {
certain anti-Jewish campaign was
aged by certain Partisan newspapers 5
IT. Edward Drumont, the editor of the z
'Libre Parole was one Of !
he most violent anti-Jewish writer's; !
ne immense success of his book La 2
rance Juive" ('.Jewish France'D in !
-hich he arraigned with a vitriolic pen Z
very notable Jew in France, encour- I
ged him in writing daily editorials G
! the widely circulated paper con- a
GINNING not only the Jews, but all c
renchmen who had dealings with z
lem Another newspaper, "LIntran- 2
lgeant," through the pen of the late J
-enrl Rochefort, a brilliant writer, I
oHowed in the footsteps Of his con- I
rere, Drumont and their joint ability Y
nd reputation created an anti-Semitic a
ceiling all over France.