Major Lauth.--“I have no explanations to furnish concerning that
matter.”
M. Clemenceau.--“Probably you misunderstand me. It is a material fact
that cannot concern the national defence. I asked by what method the
pieces of a document are reassembled when they are found, as these
were, in a cornucopia.”
Major Lauth.--“The dispatch was pasted after I had had the pieces
arranged in their proper places. When Colonel Picquart gave it to me,
it was in the form of fragments of paper mingled with many others.”
M. Clemenceau.--“When Colonel Picquart asked M. Lauth, according to the
latter’s testimony, if he could not cause a post-office stamp to be put
upon the dispatch, in what condition was the dispatch?”
Major Lauth.--“The pieces had been reassembled.”