The Report of the Judge, M. Bard, appointed to make
the preliminary inquiry into the Dreyfus case on behalf of the Court of Cassation will, it is believed, be strongly in favour of revision. Much of it was delivered on Thursday, and though very long its pith may be stated in two lines. There is not and never was a case against Dreyfus. The only evidence was the bordereau, and Colonel Henry confessed that he had forged that to protect the Intelligence Department. Should the Court accept this Report, and give judgment in accordance with it, Dreyfus must be released, and so far as possible compensated. His release would throw incurable suspicion upon those who persecuted him, and will drive the Army frantic with annoyance. It is assumed, we note, that soldiers and populace alike will respect a decision of the upright Court of Cassation, but it must be remembered that insults of the most astounding kind have been showered in advance upon the Court as a " traitorous " body. Our own Courts were formerly distrusted in all treason cases, and the French, as a rule, believe that political trials always end as Governments wish them to end.
