General Pelliewx produced' an intense sensation at the Zola trial when he declared that the evidence for the defence was calculated to disturb the confidence of the soldiers in their leaders in the day of danger, which was perhaps nearer than was stipposed.
This statement is regarded mainly as being intended to influence the jury and the country, to prevent the reopening of the case of Captain Dreyfus, the illegality of whose conviction.upon secret documents is becoming generally recognised.
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