I roto i te Hōngongoi 1897 whakapā Dreyfus 'whanau ki te peresideni o te Rōpū Kaunihera Auguste Scheurer-Kestner ki te kukume i te aro ki te tenuousness o te taunakitanga ki a Dreyfus. pūrongo Scheurer-Kestner toru marama i muri mai e whakapono ana ia Dreyfus ko te harakore, ka akiaki Georges Clemenceau he kairipoata niupepa, me te mema o mua o te Whare o ngā Mema. I roto i te taua marama, i hanga e Mathieu Dreyfus he amuamu e pā ana ki Esterhazy ki te Manatū o te War. I roto i Hānuere 1898 e rua ngā i arahi i te take ki te rongonui motu: Esterhazy i whakawāteatia o whakapae tinihanga (i muri i te kuti i tona moustache, me te rere France), a ka whakaputaina e Émile Zola tona "J'accuse...!" he whakapuakitanga Dardreyfus e rallied hinengaro French ki Dreyfus o. ka nui haere wehewehe i runga i te rua tekau, ka meinga
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