The Judge.—“Oh! nothing about that. Not a word concerning foreign politics.”
M. Clemenceau.—“This does not concern foreign politics.”
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.”
M. Clemenceau.—“I will offer a motion, if necessary.”