It remains firm, however, in insisting that the Dreyfus case
having passed under the control of the Court of Cas- eation, that high Court shall be allowed to give ite judg- ment in freedom. The Court has this week insisted that the prisoner shall be informed of the proceedings before it, and allowed to prepare his defence. M. Dupuy consented, although M. Deroulede and M. Cassagnac implored him to refuse, threatening him if he remained firm with hostile votes in the Chamber. The populace of Paris remains quiet, and is said to be weary, but the Generals who have been Ministers of War are exasperated because the Court has paid so little attention to their opinions and testimony. No order has yet been given to produce "the secret dossier," if it still exists, but it follows, from the whole procedure, that it must be produced or Dreyf as must be released, there being no other evidence against him. The beet opinion seems to be that the dossier exists, that the papers in it, if genuine, would justify the Generals, but that most of them are foigeries of the most palpable kind. That " explanation " is probably correct, but it still leaves open the great question, Why have five Ministers of War, and three Governments, and M. Faure, all risked revolution rather than allow certain documents to be printed ? What can a portfolio of papers contain which, according to military allegations, "involves the future of France" ?
