has been definitely fixed to begin on Monday, the 7th of August. To judge by the long list of witnesses summoned, the rial is likely to last a long time, it being apparently considered necessary for the future tranquillity of France thatthe whole affair should be threshed out afresh. To clear up the alleged confession, Captain Lebrun-Renault has been summoned as a witness by the defence, so that he can be confronted with his former prisoner. 'The amiable Esterhazy has been offered a safe-conduct, but declines to avail himself of it, on the ground that the trial is n mero arca, that his services and suffering will be basely ignored as usual, and that Dreyfus' acquittal is a foregone conclusion.
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