na July 1897 ezinụlọ Dreyfus kpọtụrụ onye isi oche nke Senate Auguste Scheurer-Kestner iji dọrọ uche gaa na ihe akaebe na-adịghị ike megide Dreyfus. Scheurer-Kestner kọrọ ọnwa atọ ka e mesịrị na o kwenyesiri ike na Dreyfus bụ onye aka ya dị ọcha, ma mee ka Georges Clemenceau onye nta akụkọ akwụkwọ akụkọ na onye bụbu onye otu nke Chamber of Deputies. N'otu ọnwa ahụ, Mathieu Dreyfus mere mkpesa banyere Esterhazy na Ministry of War. Na Jenụwarị 1898 ihe omume abụọ welitere ikpe ahụ ka ọ bụrụ mba ama ama: Esterhazy gbapụtara ebubo aghụghọ (mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ịkpụ afụ ọnụ ya ma gbapụ France), na Émile Zola bipụtara "J'accuse...!" nkwupụta Dardfus nke mere ka ndị ọgụgụ isi France jikọta Dreyfus.
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