| Show VINDICATION OF f ff DREYFUS f m G COMPLETE French Supreme Court Announces Annulling His Condern Condemnation Condemnation nation Without Retrial a ENTITLED E TO HIS ARMY RANK Tribunal Declares That All Accusations AccusationS Against Him Fall To the Ground to 0 IK tK Put Iut In Court Martial In lii Of or Official Journal Papers rl p July Jill 12 1 Tho supreme court t I announced Us Its It election annulling annuli I the tr I of ot Dreyfus without a r Tt 11 l The effect t of the decision it Ii 1 a l complete vindication of ot Dreyfus Dreyfu ruling him to restoration to his hll hI rank jr It he the army arm us as n though he hall hal never tern len ei fl V fused Tt T decision d lon of the court was as real read by byj b j it Ij M II 1 of the court of Qt f cassation lm irn on the reassembling of tho the ourt at noon today i palace of ofu ju u l k was vas thronged by b an eager ger crowd faking rp admission to the court room Arong those thoe present jt wore ere Matthew brother of ot Alfred Dreyfus Mornard counsel for tor Capt Dr Dryfus Joseph the historian of or the te Dreyfus Dreyfu affair Col Cot Mm Im Zola and many iy others other who have havA figured In various stages of or the rele cole ewe cae rapt Capt ell pt was not notI I j M sent continuing his hla habitual secre secrecy ry cy by b remaining secluded In the gar fjar garin gart in Pt t where ho lio hue has hitherto been cut ore oft the outer world A SCENE OF DIGNITY The s Irene ene ne as I a the th decision de Ilon was va pro prof rounded rounel was one of ot Impressive Ie dignity f ty ly t The Tn Tb court consisting of 49 Judges Downed In flowing red robe robes solemnly I mounted the tM bench Deep Dep silence Mience pre ailed as es the presiding Judge read the decision lon minutely minute reviewing the of ot sensational events of ut the 1 hilt tet 12 1 years ears and completely ing DreLus of nil all II freeing treeing film of the accusation of Jt being the tho au flu author author thor if rr the thC famous incriminating docu document ment on ljj which the entire charge was wa M funded and ordering the Iho annulment It ef t the Judgment of the Rennes court martial martia with lIh the tho publication of ot the fin In final at al announcement of his hili innocence Inno ence in 60 GO O 11 to be chosen by b Capt Drey Dreyfu tull fu The f rending of ot the decision lasted fn I n hour It was RS only at nt the elOe clo that the spectators d the tho sweep sweeping lug ing nature of ot the vindication Indication As An the tho final Anal determination 1111 was wea an nn there was a buzz of excited and some exclamations of ot f court officers officer roval which the led Matthew Dreyfus hastily a n messenger mp to 10 beer bear the good news to Capt Cell Dreyfus Drefus and Mme me Dreyfus Outside the tho court the Iho crowds crowd re reo calved the decision without making nay flay demonstration FEATURES OF DECISION The Th main nain features of the decision lire are ns liS follows tollow The Tilt court holds that three new facts have haYO b been on established that the document from Gen den Herders secret Meret papers presented at atthe which the tho Rennes in th the Initial D was waa 43 substituted i for forr r rT T P r was as a n falsification establishing the presumption of Dreyfus in second that another document from the Ihl In Dreyfus Ir rus WM wu alleged to have hae teen been h l shown hown to haY have delivered red to Germany the plans for tho the railway mobilIzation reached the war department nut or ortie tie lies and therefore Dreyfus DrefUs could not hue hare secured possession lon of ef It Third that the till Iii failed to hear Mar f test testimonY to establish the tho fact that Dreyfus VIR Innocent IS OCR CI facts the decision ch of the wrt n without seeking seeing for any an father farther grounds are of or a nature t to es US the innocence of ot the accused to 10 examine a It la III only the verdict kt fit of f the Reruns shall be bf b annulled without rial or be followed by b another tries trial Vy 1 After a lengthy review of m the men went to the caw etite fI known 11 as u the bor or jjr deru the decision wye MS Ca It II was i writ Me tilt by MaJ Count and that tte t i Dreyfus D full with Willi ih I tite bordereau rests reat only on hypo hype talc t ud sad d ACCUSATION U Hi nI accusation against Dreyfus 1 th Ih the whether hether I bUM based i th the hand tand writing or t text t of tit the bor bordeu deu was completely end and ht motive InoUe Moreover tOte Dreyfus h a largo large fortune one ftp seeks In InI win Thin I for any an reason for lor or W his committing great crime The court ourt therefore holds that us as In all the against the accused f tall fail ll t to the ground there Is no necessity 1111 for Ins a new ne trial anti and consequently tOlI the Judgment In condemnation Is III annulled M U unwarranted by b tho the evidence In the court noted Drey DI fu fue fa of ot pecuniary indemnity aM ordered Its 1111 derision lon to tl on ho tran 11 on the records of If the Henne BAIt anti to bo be Li Inserted In In Inthe the tise OfficiAl Journal and 1 also in ne nu tn to h b b de by b the rF M or general and ami 1 at t the cost of ot the th Ih In W roO rape apera of Parts Paris the provinces to b ba designated by 11 Dreyfus HISTORY OF THE Tilt CASK CASE Capt fit Alfred Dreyfus of ot the artillery I a of a 1 wealthy Hebrew rm bin lift II of ef Abatt where hr hI was all born horn In was WAIl on lIS pet oct II 1 US UP arrested on th the tbt charge of or communicating Fr French wh Military rr secrets to a foreign power Tw we months later Dreyfus was as tried trl by hy and found guilty and J Jan n t he was Will publicly degraded and kni deported to Devils D II Island blAnd near Cay Cayenne Cayme a enne me French Guinea there apparently io ICI l Ned the remainder of ot his life Th ThO AlliS nd relatives of Dreyfus note not tJi hit liU wife If always believed In his hili In Inv v emt nee a And d devoted all au their err He LIes to the work of proving that he ht hal haj hI been unjustly condemned Col Tle ju rt when hen he hs became chief chieff f the Intelligence department of or the army arm In UM lt m the doc dx documents In the proceeding against and nd questioned the corre correctness of ef the me proceedings ln and continuing his hii hi formed the opinion that t pe to 10 J Count EI El E as all being the guilty men man PI 1 quart determined to se see that Justl J was 1 done dono and there timer a 1 fight light to preserve the honor of th Ih French h army on Nov No n 15 1897 7 barged harge l rs ft i s st t with writing wetting the Ihl most molt Incriminating document but the latter Utter was wan acquitted by b K Il s in the fal hi fallowing lowing January ZOLA CAUSE tUSE Thi late Inte I Zulu Zui Zu warmly e pou cd cI the Ille cause enuse of Dreyfus and jAnd made MIe se so serious rious charges against the French gen gon general eral f la ft and was wu condemned to py pay fill a 1 heavy h tine fine and nd suffer offer but the f sentence en tune as 11 quashed When M II became head hood of the French war olilea he read roan in tha th chamber of ot deputies several documents which he lie said J proved th Ih the guilt hUlit of Dreyfus Col Co afterwards urged thU thit the documents document were forgeries for h he was and degraded The circumstances of Capt Dreyfus returning to 10 the army arm h havo vo not lIt yet t been belli determined upon but It Is It expected o that he will vili take the grade rade of lieuten of the time artillery which lie he would have re reached If it his hlf services had bad hadnot not nol Interrupted CABINET TO CONSIDER co CASE The rho cabinet will hold a special session at palace tonight hl to 10 determine on the tho course to follow tollow in view Iel of ot the decision of the supreme court It has already been determined however that b besIdes the restoration of Dreyfus to the army arm a n special lal bill will he be present presented ed oil I to parliament r authorizing the min minister Icier ister of war lIr to restore re tore Col I whose whets hD e of Justice Ju lIce brought brough I about R bou t the quashing of ot the verdict of the to the tho army um from front which he was WAR degraded owing to the charges which h he brought against the late lale Col Cot Henry DREYFUS EXPRESSES lII Paris July Jul 12 In the course of ot an In Interview today lolla after atter the announcement of ot the supreme courts decision In hIs hi favor Dreyfus said aid This has been n a long iong and terrible or ordeal ordeal ordeal deal I began to 10 feel It would never close clo l The decision restores me to 10 my mr old Ild id place In time the army but I am m not net aware of ot the intentions of the govern gorn government ment concerning ron my m advancement in rank I have hae nothing to say M against my mr ac accusers accUsers ruet Being again nn an officer I am In obliged to tl observe the army regulations of or silence and J 1 am Inexpressibly thankful to those thoRe who have hlo assisted In Inthe inthe the of or truth |
