The Judge.--“Say nothing of officers belonging to foreign countries.”
M. Clemenceau.--“I have not a right to speak of an act committed by a
French officer?”
The Judge.--“No, let us not discuss that.”
M. Clemenceau.--“Is it true, as the newspapers have said, that
Major Esterhazy knew Colonel de Schwarzkoppen, and went once in
uniform to the German embassy for his colonel, who desired to go to
Alsace-Lorraine without being disturbed?”
The Judge.--“I have told you that I will not put the question.”
M. Clemenceau.--“Does the witness admit that he had relations, not
frequent, but not hidden, with Colonel de Schwarzkoppen, military
_attaché_ of the German embassy, whom he knew at Carlsbad, as ‘Le
Paris’ says?”
The Judge.--“No, I will not put the question.”