Dreyfuss Innocent

Berlin, Jtouary 25.- The minister for fareign affalrs, Baron voii Buelow, n ■ .1 1 !■ ■ a solemn statement yesterday beforè the budget eom'mittee oí tlw reichstag in regard 10 Che Dreyfus affa-iv. He declarad most emptiattcially tha't theve had nevei been relations of any kind bebween Germán representatives or agents and DreyLus. Continuing, the minister said the story of the waste paper bastet incident it the Germán' emtmssy in Paris, and the findiug thereiu of eoüipromisug documents atfetting Dreyfus, was scheer invention. He added that the Dreyfus affair had not affeoted iu the slihtest tlie calm relations between the Germán and French govemments. The speaker knew nothing oí the visit oí Dreyfus to tlie reieliland and stlll less of the alleged special faeilities given Dreyfus by Germán, officials during the alleged Visit.