The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-18
Panama Canal Scandal to Be
Thoroughly Investigated.
De LEssEPs DIsLIkEs HIS JAIL.
The Astounding Revelations Received
With Interest in Germany.
They May Break the Franco Russian
Alliance or Afford an Opening for .
New Napoleon-The Army Bill May
Be Passed IL Greatly Modified.

Asts, Dec Is.-SndrieS DE Jeesep9 ana MS
fellow prisoners protested today against the
rigid seclusion to which they are subjected in
prison and requested the privilege of being al
iowed TO see visitors. The examining magis-
trate promised 70 consider the request after he
had examined documents relating to the case.
IT'S rumored that several parliamentary re-
porters will be arrested as agents In the corrup-
uon OF legislators, and several of these
reporters are already under surveilla ance by the
authorities. An entry in one of the
books of There & Co shows that Joseph
keinach, ason-in-law of Baron Reinach, received
4,ooo francs from the firm Joseph Reinach says
ne received the money as dowry, and he will
return the amount to the liquidator of the Pam
ANA Canal Company if it can be shown the
money came from frauds. The Offices OF the
newspapers which received money from the
Panama Canal Company will be searched at
once, and unless 1t is found that the money was
entirely expended in advertising, the proprie-
tors or others who accepted money will be pros
ecuted.
duel growing ont of Thursdays heated de-
bate in tho chamber of deputies was fought to-
day. Deputy Aren, Republican, having chal.
lenged Deputy Gabriel, Boulangist. Two shots
were exchanged, but no one was hurt
The deternli9 alton of the government clear
away all the mystery surrounding the affairs of
the Panama Canal Company is undoubtedly
founded on the belief that in this course alone
lies safety for itself and the country. Any dis
play of hesitancy now would result in ruin, and
a. their Official lives depend on probing the af-
fair to the bottom, there can be no doubt that
the whole mass of corruption will be cleared
away. Today the police searched the house of
Laur, Boulangist member of the chamber of
deputies, and seized q number of documents
pertaining to the Panama affair The
ministry will ask the chamber OF deputies to
authorize the arrest of any of its members
fn,sph to how Hoov, nvIy tod -
La Libre Parole, which appears to be exception
ally well informed on Panama matters, stated
that the amount of bribes distributed by the
agents OF the company 5eached the enormous
total OF 20,000,o00 francs.
L'Ect0fre saws that among the papers seized
belonging to Charles DE Lesseps were found the
minutes. signed by three directors, giving the
full revelations OF the affairs OF the company for
several years.
Dr. Cornelius Herr, who appears as the payed
OF two checks of million francs each, is an
American. He is an electrician who has at
tracted much notice in Paris, where he has been
established some time, and is editor OF the
Electric Light, journal devoted to electrical
matters. The doctor has been engaged In many
big enterprises and it is said by his friends that
the checks came to him through Baron de
Reinach, who owed him money and paid him
In canal checks. This was probably true of
some of the other cases, the checks might
have been received from canal company ofncisis
for honest debts.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE developments In the
Panama scandal arc being watched with the
keenest interest. One comfort to Germany Is
that the spectacle OF corruption and confusion
among the French political leaders lessons Rus
sia's desire to make France an ally. Advices
received here from st. Petersburg show that in
formation has recently reached the czar that q
certain Russian paper received from Paris $780,
900 for advocating Russo-French alliance, and
that part of the bribe distributed by the Panama
Canal Company had been accepted by prom.
inent persons in Russia. The Russian court
party 10 hostile to French alliance. and they
seized this opportunity to work on the cars
prejudice against the French republicans The
German foreign Office Is hopeful that Gen. wer-
der, the new German ambassador to Russia,
will succeed in detaching the car from France,
Another, and to Germany q far more important
may produce an adventurer who would hazard
war with Germany as the best stroke to carry
himself into power.
VIENNA, Dec. 17.-Cottu, wanted by the Paris
police to answer for his part in the Panama
canal frauds, came to this city q week ago. The
Paris police have warned the Vienna police that
he should be detained The police department
here, however. has refused to arrest him. Cottu
declares emphatically that the stories that he
fed from Paris to escape criminal prosecution
are without foundation and that a. soon a. he
heard that an order for his arrest had been Issued
he made preparations to return to Paris, and he
says he will so back at once.