France.

Manawatu Herald, 7 September 1899, Page 2

France.

Before the court-mirtial at R-snnes, M<jor Hirtnun gave power ful evidence in support of Dreyfus^ innocence.

G »neral Ddtoge deposed that there was a possibility of accu?ed'i gui't. but he refrained from expressing an tpinion a< to whether he was guilty or nnfc. Professor H*vafc showed ;.bat EUerhazy had been guilty of -tolpcism; in the bordereau.

Exceptional measures are baing aken to maintain order and protnc ives after the pronouncement of tbf verdict of tha court-mirtiil.

Cjlootl Jnuaust, president of the ourt-mart'al which 13 trying Di*pyfu3atß*nnes has latterly taken up in attuude of hostility to Miitiv Cjibori senior counsel for the prisoner. In consequence of this Mai t re Labori bus remained silent in Court for throe daya. Counsel for the prosecution referred in Court to have a new dossier, or file of documents, relating to the

ea?e.

Thereupon Maitre Libbri demanded the complete revelation of he papers in question. Ha accused the prosecution of refusiog to bring forward evidence that would tend to compromise Esterhazy, the self-con-fessed manufacturer of the bordereau.

If Dreyfus is again condemned, an appeal will be lodged on the grourrl that irregulari.ies have occurred in r.he conduct of the present courtmartial. .

Evidence has been given before t.he court-martial to show that th coon h originally stated as that io which the bordereau was written iin itself proof (hat the bordereau is a fabrication.

The concluding sentence of th. bordereau reads : " I am just setting )flf for the manoeuvres."

In conscience of this phrase, tbtprosecution at the 1894 oourt-martia! which began on the 19-h December, ante-dated tha bordereau to April.

It was now demonstrated that th documents enumerated in the bord*r*au could tibt hive existed till the 28 th May. The prosecution in 1898 fixed th» time when the bordarean was written as September.