M. Scheurer-Kestner--“It was during that fortnight that I wrote to
General Billot: ‘We have made a truce, but I did not think that this
truce would turn against me, thanks to the people who are about you,
and whom you either cause to act or suffer to act.’ I even pointed
out to him the names of officers who had been indicated to me as the
bearers of the articles to the newspapers. I told him that I did not
guarantee the accuracy of this information, but I asked him to inquire
into the matter. He pretended that he would make this inquiry, and
that, after it, he would report to me. The fortnight passed, and I am
still without news, without reply. That is the truth.”