Major Lauth.—“Perhaps one-twentieth of a square inch.”
M. Clemenceau.—“How were these pieces reassembled?”
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.”
M. Clemenceau.—“By what process?”
Major Lauth.—“By the use of a transparent paper, cut in very narrow strips that followed almost exactly the traces of the tearing.”
M. Clemenceau.—“On which side of the dispatch were these strips pasted?”