The Dreyfus Case.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 32, 10 August 1899, Page 2

The Dreyfus Case.

The Court 1 &i ftennes was crowded' with geaerahs and politicians, including i M.M. Perier, Bonataux and Cavignac, and 300 journalists. There w*s nc demonstrating either outside or inside the Court as Dreyfus in a captain'£"uVii- tform vfalked firmly' through thejbreaehc of the j>mbh wall*betwtieri "a -^oublier cprdon of soldiers to to the CoUrt-hous^ ' His hair has turne'A -wh^e, 'dfid^Ho feoref' traces of Buffertng,'other,wiSe^he>i*:"l»" "gdpdliealth. V "M? Jouan'st, president "of „ the Co^rt-EQftyiaaVinteVi^ga^J|re^|u^" for *45r minutes in a hostilsC!|a^caijtie' l ,abf gruff manner. }I)i^iK^p^m^f_

promptly to questions. "When shown the bordereau, with an outburst of irrepressible emotion he d»qied the author•hip, exclaiming, " For five, years, I suffered all a man can suffer. On my honour, and on that of my children, I wear l am innocent.'' Th« incident was dramatic and thiSlled the Court. E£e declared that he had no confiden* ty&l knowledge of the subjects |aenti©ned in the bordereau. He admitted relations with, an Austrian woman, though he was guiltless of any indiscreet revelations. He denied the charges of gambling. *nd said that he was not acquainted with Paty dv 01am, Henry, JPicyuart, or Esterhazy priof to the trial. He indignantly denied confessing to Paty dv Clam or Kenaaiitf. He admitted yiaiting Alsace fcnvately to study the transport question. He had never spoken to or amed with German officers. Prisoner's «asy self-possession, together with, the wankness of his replies, -created 4 favourable y hupression. When Dreyfus was premised to explain why he named ttn-ee years as- the, period -required 'to *«bs|antiate his innocence, ,he ..replied »naU\e wa^^psured tbat'cpofliderQtions » W? [ S n -polfc^ vTrpnld 1 ' prevent < tfae trufc^becotfiiiig' kn'dwn earlier," '