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Show HIGH TREASON. Paris Greatly Excited Over the Disclosure Following the Arrest of Captain Dreyfus, The excitement over the spy mania Is still high in Paris. The case of Captain Cap-tain Dreyfus, who is awaiting court martial, causes extraordinary comment. It is said to be the intention of the government gov-ernment to insist upon the extreme penalty pen-alty of death in case ho is found guilty. There is apparently good authority for the statement that precise particulars respecting the transport and concentration concen-tration of the French forces in the event of mobilization aftor a decla ration of war were placed in the hands of agents of the triple alliance. alli-ance. The hours of the departuro and running of trains with troops on the main railway lines and also the branch lines were set forth, together with do tails of the places at which stores would bo procured en route. It is asserted that even the original documents were supplied sup-plied to the intelligence department of 'he triple alliance at Berlin. Another story relates that tho dlsap pearanco of some important paper from a pigeonhole at tno war office was frequently fre-quently noticed. After diligent search the document would be found in tho precise place from which it had beeD abstracted Tho general staff also i isaid to have been aware that the Ger man war office prided itself on its ini tiation into many of the secrets of the plan of mobilization. For a long time the French military authorities were puzzled, but eventually succeeded io unraveling the mystery. It will Yk quite another thing to prove who ha! Seen gu'lty of these acts of high treason. -Paris Letter. |