Show VINDICATION OF J- J CAPTAIN DREYFUS His Condemnation Annulled Annuled by French Supreme Court Without Retrial ARMY RANK IS RESTORED Innocence of f Prisoner Is Fully Established Estah and nd All l J ll Accusations Vail Tall al alto to the thc Ground J Paris July 13 Two Two bills his bearing f directly on the Dreyfus case and ami following following fol fol- lowing the plan to give Justice to the formerly degraded officer will wi be lJ In Introduced Introduced In- In In iii the chamber of deputies toa today They will wi restore both hoth Dreyfus Drey Drey- tes fus us and Colonel t to the French Fench army the former formel as a major well up In 11 the list so that earl early promotion wel to be lieutenant colonel is assured and I Colonel as a brigadier general gen gen- eral eral These bills Ils were prepared at a pro pro- 1 session of or the ministry with wih President es at al the Elysee Eiyee palace palace pal pal- ac ace Thursday night at which the governments government's governments government's gov gov- poll policy was planned Dreyfus Dreyfus' Dreyfus Drey Drey- fus fus' name nam Is to be he Inscribed In lii II the list for the Legion of Honor but h hwi he will wi not be given the distinction l o of a distinct and separate nomination Deputy Breton has given notice of or a bill bl providing for fOI the transference of Emile Emie Zolas Zola's body boly to the Pantheon c with wih a public ceremonial Pa s July 1 12 The The The Supreme court COUt today announced Its Is decision f- f the condemnation of Dreyfus without a retrial The effect of the decision is a complete lete vindication o of Dreyfus entitling him him to restoration to his rank 7 In the arm as though he ha had never ne been accused The rte of the tw court was is-as read cad by Presiding Judge Judge M. M I Beaupre Balot-Beaupre e president of the court cour o of cassation caston Immediately Immediately imI Im Im- I mediately on th this ti reassembling of or the court at noon today The he palace of Justice was thronged by an nn eager enger crowd crowl seeking reeking ek ng admission to the court room Capt Dreyfus was not hot pres pres- ent nt continuing his habitual secrecy by remaining secluded In the lie g garret rrt where he has line hitherto been cut off of from rom the outer olter world The r reading ad ng of or the tl decision lasted laste an hour hOU and ond it I was only ft it the close that the spectators s realized the sweep In lag ing- nature e of oC the As the final determination was an announced nn- nn flounced there here was as a buzz o of excited comment and some ns of or approval al which the court officers sternly repressed ll The main features of the decision are lre re as as follows Ps The court holds that three new facts I ha have ve Le been n e established ta bUshed I First FIrt that the document from Gens Cen Gen cret secret papers pre preIn ted a at t th Rennes s court martial In which the th initial D D 0 was substituted for P was a falsification falsi i establishing the strong 1 L. L ZIon lon of Dreyfus' Dreyfus Innocence Innocence U Se Second ond that another document from 0 the c r i et ecret t papers In which Dreyfus was al al l- l to have been shown to have ha de lie livered to Germany the plans for or tho the raly railway ay mobilization ne never reached the war department authorities s and therefore Dreyfus Drefus could not have secured posses posses- Elon lon Ion of I It Third that the Rennes martial court 1 failed to h hear essential testimony r d late to lo establish the fact that Dreyfus C- C was Innocent Innocent These facts th the decision of the cou court t says without seeking for on any o further 1 L- L grounds are of or a nature to establish the r. r Innocence of the accused and It I Is only necessary to examine whether the verdict of the Rennes martial court shall I be annulled an an- f milled without a retrial or be followed I by another trial IJ by court mai court court nc IleM ts on Oil Conjecture t After Are a lengthy length review of the document I In the II case known as 8 the bordereau the decision says IS It was written b by MaJ I Count Esterhazy and that the tho f r lions connecting Dreyfus Drefus with wih the borde- borde fr tf reau rests only on hypothesis and con- con jecture ant The accusation against Dreyfus conf con con- f the decision whether based on the UI hand writing or t text lext of the bordereau borde borde- reau i was wa completely unjustified and without with wilh- wih- wih out our motIve t Moreo Moreover Dreyfus having ha a large fortune on one f seeks In vain aln for any uny reason for his committing such a a great crime The court therefore holds that thai as s all al th accusations against the accused fall fH to lo the ground there e Is no necessity for fora a new trial and und consequently the Judg- Judg I ment In condemnation Is IH annulled as un unwarranted unwarranted UI- UI un- un warranted by the Ue evidence In conclusion the court noted note Dreyfus' Dreyfus waiving of pecuniary Indemnity and or oi- 01 d dered Its Is decision to be transcribed on the thE records of oC the Rennes court martial 4 and to be Inserted In the OCca court martal Journal and also In five newspapers newspaper to be designated designated L by the tho procurator general generl and a athe I i ilie the tle lie cost of the government gO In fU fifty papers of ot Paris and anul the lie provinces to lo be designated designated natel L by Dreyfus JI History tOl of or c. c Cas Case i Capt Alfred Dreyfus Dreyfu of or the lie artillery a member of or u a Wealthy Hebrew ew family 1 wally of Alsace where he was born bor In 1 UZ S was on Oct 14 U. I arrested on tho the charge of communicating French military secrets secreta to toa toa toa a a foreign power ower Two months later lahr Dreyfus Drey- Drey 1 fua fus fut was tried by court martial ani and found sul guilty an and Jan 5 he was wag publicly degraded de tie- ce- ce graded and deported ported to Island near Cayenne French Guinea there them ap apparently apparently 1 ap- ap to spend the lie remainder of or his life lre Th The Tue friends and relatives s of or Dreyfus Drey Drey- fus fUl notably his wife always believed et In his Innocence and all devoted all al their ir energies energies energies ener ener- gies to lo the work of proving that he had luaU been bi unjustly condemned l Col Col Pl luart when wien he lie le ht became caru chief of the department of or the b French army In examined the document docu docu- ment mente In the tue tlc proceedings against Dreyfus and anc questioned the correctness of the proceedings proceedings pro pro- and andt continuing his Investigations In lonH ions formed Connell the opinion tho that hut t the lie eidene evidence evi ei l. c dente dence pointed lo to MaJ Count Esterhazy as being the guilty guity man determined determined deter deter- mined to see sec that Justice was done dOle and I there ensued a fight to pre preserve H the honor honor hon hon- or of the French arm army S Dreyfus on Nov 1 10 15 t 1897 17 7 charged Esterhazy Es Es- with writing the most document but the latter later was acquitted ac nc- quitted L by a court martial court In n the following follow follow- Colow- Colow ing January The h late laic lat 1 Zola warmly espoused espouse L the lie cause of oC Dreyfus ant made serious gerlous t charges against the thc French general generl star staff 1 ani and was condemned to lo pay a hea heavy fine and surfer suffer Imprisonment but bill the lUt tie sea seii- tence was lu quashed ti When M. M 1 Ca be became me head of or the lie jBV French war office he read rec In the Iho chamber chamLer chamberAS AS of I several documents which h he tie j said proved the guilt of Dreyfus Jr Col Co afterwards urged that the i j documents document were forgeries for lot which li lis' lis hiu In s' s was an ested and degraded |