Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-23
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
EOptaIus aud De LssSspS Questioned
for Two Hours.
,swspArrn CORRESPONDENTS


pAris Dec. 22.-Floquet before the
Panama committee naid that when he
was member Of tho ministry he or
detei that certain advertisements 10
pr,n,ed In Partisan newspapers. These
advertise ment, he adInitted, had been
,,ser,ed. not from business but from
a political point Of view. This auinis-
slou IL much commented upon, being
,antamount TO an acknowledgment
mat the advertisements were but
aver under which tho newspaper
were brited to support ministerial
schrmea. ~
Mnrius Fontsinc and Charles DE
Lcssrps, directors OF The deiunct
Panama Canal company, were taken
nom the Masas prison this morning TO
Tie Office VI NJ. Franquevilie, the ex-
aiming magistrate, by whom they
were questioned for two hours. Bonr-
reols, minister OF justice, appeared be-
iore the parliamentary committees on
inquiry after Floquet. He promised
that the papers OF the dynamite society
and other important documents re.
Gently seized should be communicable
TO the commission.
b NJ. Andrieux, ex.prefect Of police,
: said he had photograph OF the state
ment and the account written 10y
baron de Reinach. This showed the
names OF the payees OF the checks
drawn by Baron dc Rcinach. An
drleux wrote list OF the names ON O
piece Of paper and handed II to Brisson
saying nj the same time that our other
names, one OF n very high parsonage,
he was prevented from mentioning 10y
the dictates OF discretion. DIR. Herr
bad shown him documents bearing the
names OF l0i deputies who had been
bought by Lobbyist Arton for n total
Of l,S5O,O00 francs; Andrieux could
name the most, II not nil Of tho men
mentioned In the document. He
would try to obtain tho document from
Herr. He wished II understood how.
ever, that no could NOT guarantee
absolutely the correctness Of tho docu.
mentp. In his opinion Baron dc Rein.
ach's word was far from unimpeach-
able. To his certain knowledge Rein
ach began to pay his personal debls
with the money OF the Panama Canal
company.
When asked 10 explain the passing
mention OF the payment OF checks to
Floquet, Andrieux explained that
Felix Cuttu, director OF the canal
company, told him that Baron dc
Reinach once spoke OF Floqueps
needing 100000 francs for secret
service funds. After several discussions
Cuttu was rendered 30 npprchcn.
tivs by what he heard that he con-
tented to give the government the
10000 francs required. He told Rein.
Ach, however, That the whole affair
was matchmaking swindlc and might
cause him trouble. Reinach respond.
ed, "No, can say l received the
money 10 pay tho advertising expen.
sof the company, and nobody will
know different"
Subsequently, Reinach said Cuttu
was too thin skinned. Cuttu seized
Roinnch by the beard, dragged him
from the front room OF tho bank Into
private office, anu alter calling him an
embezzltr and coward, demanded
back tho check for 100000 francs.
Reinach declared that II was ut his
house aud succeeded Ia holding oil
Cuttu until the final crash came, but
i"h w tHt "iuouut NAV bttu Dilu W
the government.
NJ. iiacru-, advertising agent Of the
Panama Canal Company, testified that
sums paid the newspapers 10y the COM
pany ranged from iDg 10 .OOO. OOO
iraacs Tor each issue OF shares. Count
Tarnell, monnrchlst deputy for A insue,
told tho commissioners that he could
confirm the report that President Car.
not had list OF the deputies corruplly
implicated In the Panama canal affair.
This list he said comprised many de.
puties whose names had not yet been
mentioned In connection with III.
scandal.
PRESS COMMENTS.
Ion.. ~. a, M, n,
,.snon' $1,000, D.u. 'N5mne rafs CDR
$500. w ,uo ws say,.
Amounts D. n an ,dp,tas,nt th,, a.. Iii