1:22:02
Did Commandant Esterhazy
not have dealings...
1:22:05
...with the military attaché
Colonel von Schwartzkoppen?
1:22:08
I will not permit that question.
It involves our foreign policy.
1:22:12
I'll put it differently.
1:22:14
Didn't he admit to newspaper reporters
negotiating with von Schwartzkoppen?
1:22:18
The question will not be put. France's
honor and security mustn't be touched.
1:22:22
I see.
The honor and security of France...
1:22:25
...permit an officer to do things
but not discuss them.
1:22:28
Did he tell an English journalist
that if Zola was acquitted...
1:22:32
...the streets of Paris would be strewn
with 100,000 corpses?
1:22:36
Mr. President.
1:22:37
- Colonel Henry, you wish to take the stand?
- Lf you please.
1:22:42
We've tried to honor the court
and exclude the Dreyfus affair...
1:22:46
...but the defense makes it impossible.
They claim they want light.
1:22:50
Very well.
Now they're going to have it.
1:22:52
We've long had final, positive proof
that Dreyfus was guilty of treason.
1:22:56
A secret document unknown at the time
of the Dreyfus trial fell into our hands.
1:23:01
It was written by one foreign military
attaché to another, containing the words:
1:23:05
"Don't tell anyone of your connection
with this office or deed."
1:23:10
Every time a general officer takes
his hat off, a secret document pops up.
1:23:14
Dreyfus was sacrificed to one.
My client is threatened with another.
1:23:18
Give this to Monsieur Labori.
1:23:19
Will Colonel Henry
produce that document?
1:23:22
It will endanger relations with foreign
powers if secret documents were revealed.
1:23:26
- Where is it?
- My word should be sufficient.
1:23:29
Words are no longer good enough.
Where is that document?
1:23:32
You have already been told
it cannot be brought here.
1:23:35
Call your next witness.
1:23:37
I will not proceed
until that document is produced.
1:23:40
- Call your next witness.
- No, no and no, Mr. President!
1:23:44
Not until this court rules
or that document is produced.
1:23:47
It is not in my power to produce it.
1:23:50
Perhaps the chief of staff.
1:23:56
May I add further information
on this subject?
1:23:58
Certainly, general.
Please take the stand.