THE DREYFUS CASE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12241, 9 April 1903, Page 5

THE DREYFUS CASE.

FRESH DISCLOSURES. DEBATE IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. Paris, April 7. Sensational scenes, in which recrimination was mingled with invectives, was enacted in the Chamber of Deputies when M. Jaures made his promised revelations on the Dreyfus case. M. Jaures produced a letter, dated August 31, 1898, in which General de Peiiieux wrote to M. Cavaiguac, then Minister for War, as follows : — " I am the dupe of people without honour. I am unable to rely with ', confidence on my subordinates, without whom command is impossible. lam no longer able to trust those of my chiefs who are making me act on forgeries, and I therefore ask to be placed on the retired list," M. Brisson, who was Premier in 1898, interrupted the speaker, and said: " The letter was never communicated to me." M. Cavaiguac replied, "It did not behove me to notice a letter which I believed the writer regretted as soon as it was written." M. Brisson: " You withheld it from your Government, and be thankful that there is now an amnesty. You deserve to be impeached." M. Jaures urged that the letter implied the moral complicity of the chiefs of the army with Colonel Henry in his forgeries. The concealment of the letter aggravated, he said, the signification of the forgeries, and permitted the forgers' clique to connect themselves and renew the campaign on the basis of another forgery. The letter in which the words " cette canaille de D clevient trop exigeante" occurred was attributed by M. Jaures to the German Emperor. M. Jaures resumes his speech today. (Received April 9, 12.58 p.m.) Paths, April 8. M. Jaures urged an inquiry into General de Pellieux's letter. General Andre, Minister for War, stated that the Government intended to facilitate a search into the truth. Investigations by the Minister for War had brought to light General de Pellieux's letter, the text of which was identical with M. Jaures' statement. Magistrates would assist at the inquiry. (Cheers.) The Chamber, by 250 votes to 75, carried a vote of confidence in the Government, together with a resolution to keep the Dreyfus affair within the judicial domain. It was announced a few weeks ago that M. Jaures. the head of the Socialist partv, would shortly exhibit in the Chamber of Deputies the forged bordereau, with annotations, alleged to be in the Kaiser's writing, which the prosecution showed at the Rennes Court without the knowledge of Dreyfus or his counsel. M. Jaures' motive in taking this step is to reply to the Nationalists' attacks, especially the allegation that M. YValdeck-Eosseau. the late Premier, and his supporters sold themselves to foreigW3rs. It was also announced that a campaign for the full rehabilitation of Captain Dreyfus was expected. It was stated that a detective had purchased in Madrid a document throwing fresh light on the case, and M. Jaures intended to produce it.,