The sun., 1882-03-19
NEWS FROM SWITZERLAND.
The Forgery OF Egyptian Coins at Geneva
Vaccination,

GENEVA, Feb. 28.-The readers OF The SUN
may not have forgotten that last year an application
was made to the Government Of Geneva the part OF
the Egyptian Government requesting that the fabrica
ton in this city Of oreutal coins should be stopped and
that the manufacturers should be arrested and trsd for
forgery As some OF the accused were citizens occupy.
ing good commercial position at Geneva this ahair
caused u great sensation here and abroad.
The trial has Just been brought end by the ncau
tai Of a the accused the decision OF the preliminary
court-a kind OF grand jury-who have decided that
there is before the True II 10 that the
Attorney General immediately appealed against this de-
cision but the judgment of the pretty sure
favorable to the accused.
The decision that there case founded on the fol-
lowing considerations, according at least to what well
Informed people say for the official the Grand
Jury have not yet been published
The first fact laid down is there can be no forged
money where there is no legal coin. Now, in Egypt
there no legal coin There is for instance decree OF
the Turkish Government ordering the khedve to coin
pasres identical with the Turkish piastre OF the value
Of Y centncs The Khedive however sighting the au.
thorty OF his master the only authority that has any
legal force for coins pastres Of declared value
centimes, thus creating II not forged money least
Illegal money. Besides these 25centime pastrcs are
not legal tender in Egypt and there is decree
oblging the Inhabitants OF that country receive them
at that value.
secondly the Egyptian Government has withdrawn
its action against such Of the accused had been
rested it's territory These, however must be tn.
most guilty since they had imported into the country
the money which is the subject Of the complaint Now
it would have been ridiculous 10 condemn the de
mand Of the Government of the Khedive foreigners to
Egypt, al time when that absolves its own
subjects THIS would. according to the French saying
be dre plus rOvdtise que ie ROT
In fine, II has been ascerained that the profits made
by the persons accused simply commission of rea
lively small importance and that they sold their coins
goods at their real standard value There was even
produced letter from the Of the Swiss Federal
mint Offering TO Genevese manufacturer to undertake
the coming OF the said piastres OF IS centimes.
As your correspondent you the whole truth /
must add that the decision OF the Grand Jury has
acerain dissastaction among the public not that the
accused are considered as guilty but it is felt that it
would have been preferable that the case should have
been laid before the public and the scQuta
after searching trial. However, we understand that
the duty OF the Grand Jury has;been honestly fulfilled
Our Federal Chambers in their last session passed
law on epidemic diseases and prophy ylactc measures.
This law declares vaccination for the small pox oblga
especially found in the cantons of Zurich and Bern 1t
known that all Federal laws are subject TO the test Of
the referendum If sufficient number OF electors
$4,000 demand that the nation should be consulted
The antiracciniss have lately had meeting in hi cl
they have decided to organize the necessary petition to
obtain the referendum the above named law 1t is
probable that the latter will be accepted as IL ID an i'm
proved form OF regulation long demanded by the peo.
pie on that subject, and kind OF compromise between
citizens OF different political tendencies; but 1t will
nevertheless be curious II the 5000 signatures are OBJ
tanned to the utility OF vaccination decided by the
popular vote OF our countrymen.