The Judge.--“Oh, come!”
M. Clemenceau.--“Certainly. How is it that one cannot speak of justice
in a court?”
The Judge.--“Because there is something above that,--the honor and
safety of the country.”
M. Clemenceau.--“I note, _Monsieur le Président_, that the honor of the
country permits these things to be done, but does not permit them to be
said.”
Major Esterhazy was then allowed to step down, and his place was taken
by M. Jules Huret, of “Le Figaro,” who testified that on November
17, 1897, he went to the garrison at Rouen to question the officers
regarding Major Esterhazy, and found among them no astonishment at the
mention of Major Esterhazy’s name in connection with the _bordereau_,
one of them saying that Major Esterhazy, in spite of his services in
Tunis, and in spite of the services of his uncle and father in the
French army, was considered the _rastaquouère_ of the French army.
The defence then offered as a witness General Guerrier, but the court
declined to hear him, because his name was not in the list of witnesses
furnished by the defence to the attorney-general. For the same reason
the court declined to hear M. Bouton, whose card had been passed up by
General de Pellieux. An adjournment was then taken until the following
day.