You are accused..." - accused of having, in a newspaper article... ...defamed the members of the Esterhazy court-martial... ...in acquitting Esterhazy by order of the high command. Down with Zola! Down with Zola! Quiet! Quiet, please! If there is any further demonstration, I'll have the court cleared. Mr. Advocate General, you may proceed. The defense will restrict itself to the single fact... ...that Zola accused the court-martial of acquitting Esterhazy... ...by order of the high command. But that's intolerable. Zola's accusations cover a wide field... ...yet you are allowed to confine us to six lines of his complete article. Zola's accusations were intended to reopen the Dreyfus case... ...regardless of the evil effect it might have on the country. That case was closed four years ago and won't be reopened. How can you defend Zola unless the Dreyfus case is discussed? One is interlocked with the other. Are you asking my advice on how to conduct your defense? - That is not my business. - Then it must be mine. You won't be permitted to introduce a closed case. - Who is your first witness? - The minister of war. The minister of justice declines to allow the minister of war to testify in this case. I will call the chief of general staff. The chief of staff regrets that the minister of war won't allow him to testify. The assistant chief of staff, then. The assistant chief of staff regrets that the chief of staff... And Colonel Dort? He regrets that duties imposed upon him by the assistant chief of... Officers are not an exempt class, and I insist on their testifying! I demand that this court be recessed until my applications... ...to introduce the Dreyfus case and call military witnesses is agreed upon. You will submit your request in writing in the usual form. The court is recessed. Quick! Give Brucker the signal. Down with Zola! Gentlemen, the court! Military witnesses may be called... ...provided the defense does not violate their professional secrecy. Attendant, conduct the witnesses to their room. - What about the Dreyfus case? - Referencing it will not be allowed. Mr. President, if Dreyfus was justly condemned... ...a full inquiry now would give that condemnation increased weight... ...and we would lose our case. If the prosecution does not fear what a reopening would reveal... ...why does it not take this easy means to defeat us? You have heard the ruling of the court. Who is your first witness? Colonel Picquart. Attendant, call Colonel Picquart to the stand. Colonel Picquart. - Your name? - Georges Picquart, Mr. President. Take the oath. Do you swear to tell the truth without hatred or fear? I swear. What do you wish to ask the witness? I'd like to ask him the circumstance under which he first suspected... ...that Esterhazy, and not Dreyfus, was the author of the bordereau. You have heard the question. Answer it. In May 1896, while I was chief of intelligence... ...I received parts of a torn letter addressed to Esterhazy... ...from the representative of a foreign power. I obtained Esterhazy's letter and compared it with the bordereau. Both writings were Esterhazy's. This was confirmed by Esterhazy's banker. I was convinced that Esterhazy had written the bordereau. I gave this proof of Esterhazy's guilt to the general staff. Was Esterhazy informed that Colonel Picquart suspected him? Naturally. And the warning originated from a certain intelligence officer of the general staff. Stop! You're lying! Silence. Silence! Now I will tell everything. I will tell why I was sent to North Africa. Gentlemen of the jury, I will tell why men like Colonel Henry... ...have made the most vile accusations against me without proof. Gentlemen, if you but knew why all this is being done! La patrie! La patrie! You disgrace me! Gentlemen! Well, I... Silence. Silence! - May I? - ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Дом дураков на английском - текст Обитаемый остров на английском - текст Остров сокровищ на английском - текст Когда Святые Маршируют на английском - текст Семнадцать мгновений весны на английском |