We have at last reached the final state of the extryordinwy trial which has been in ress at Rennes since the 7th of August. The last witness has come and gore, the prosecuting officer has finished {Governments would rau the risks attendant upon their appearance in the witness box. Maitre Latori, howes {have clung tu the hope that the two attaches might be allowed ice on_comnmission, In this he was disappointed, hed the additional mort knowing that he had prejudiced Frenchmen against his client h ness to obtain forei seems as if the ndv sidvivie, and will bring us, tothe end. It would be idle to attempt to forecast the result to readers who will know it long before there lines come Defore them, but the ease is merely a bait. After portant evidence i came conveniently il! and nothing more was seen of him, That itapression is distinely unfavourable us fae as the prospect of xn acquittal is concerned, There has been i friction between the President:
re Lebon, Col. Jouaust, after al indications of invitabili Labori with military ferocity. Other members of the Court also showed a Aisposition to cut short the discussion of points rained by the defence. Gener Mercier and Roger, on the other were allowed to come forward again and again, and enter into theoretical discussions just as if they had been cou the prosecution instead of w Allth, things cause doubt xs to whether the sev soldiers on the bench will I lo to give: a thoroughly independent deci un. biassed by considerations of tary about ug-Up for the proses he ins "the Dreyfus case, an down with the air of a drill-sergeant who hat been wrestling with an awkward squad of re. craits and was profoundly thankful to hac done with them. There were no oratorical flourishes about Major Carriére, He simply strung together all the heads of the \ccusation as best he could, and left the arguments to take care of themselves. carefully avoided casting the slightest reflection on anyone connected with the prosecution. To him Esterhazy was merely regular habits and not worth take jing seriously. The evidence of the witness who swore that Esterhazy had confessed that he wrote the Lorderee was not even mentioned by Major Carriére. As to the interest. No one doubts their honesty of handwriting experts, he absolutely declined desire todo what they consider the right to discuss their evidence. What was the thing but they are not absolutely free yge, Me said, when they were all. at agents. They have been plainly' tol variance? Hy could only leave the question that, if they acquit Dreyfus," they to be decided by the Court; and so on, will' be giving the lie to their superior officers." Will they face that
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