THE DREYFUS CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 22, 26 January 1901, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE DREYFUS CASE.

COLONEL PTCQUAET WON'T BE

AMNESTIED

The French Chamber of Deputies proposes to include the name of exColonel Picquart in the Amnesty Bill brought forward by the Government with a view to burying once 2or all the dry bones of the Dreyfus case. But the Colonel very properly objects. He has not been guilty of feionyi treason, forgery, making use of forgeries, and naturally he feels disinclined to have his name tabulated with people who have been guilty of these crimes in connection with the Dreyfus case, and in whose favour the Bill is to be passed. The decision of the Court indictments absolved Colonel Picquart of the charges brought against him in the affair Dreyfus, and he therefore stands in no need of Governmental absolution or forgiveness. But his protests against inclusion in the Bill are hardly likely to be taken seriously, for the ex-Colonel has many enemies in high places, and they will take good cnre not to allow such a chance to smudge his character pass by. To the French historian of a hundred years hence Colonel Picquart's career may be shadowy, but one fact will stand out clear, namely, that he was a person who was amnestied in connection with the trial of a traitor named Dreyfus.