Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-23
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French Government Denies
Rumors Of a Revolution.
Provinces Are All Tranquil and No
Leader for the Monarchists.


p.gtS. bee. 2e>--Many iumors are cur
rent here as TO the attitude of the provinces
toward the government because Of the
Panama scsa,lal, and some reports say that
the country districts are upon the verge of
revolution
TODAY the government issued u denial OF
these ,hsqaieting rumors, declaring that the
prcfect IN ali the provinces report the dis
tricts rs tranquil, with NO; the slightest in.
,iicatinn of an outbreak. The man TO shape
events in the direction Of monarchy IL
wanting, and without leader the mon
archsIS have no hope of success.
VI. fl0qnet president of the Chamber of
Deputies, appeared for examination before
the T. mama investigating committee today
and declared empha,ieally thai he never re-
cvire5 from the Panama Company money
for secret service or any other object.
NJ. Floqart further toll the committee
that when he MAS a mcu1;sF of the minis
try he oriefei certain advertisements
printed in the Partisan newspapers, These
advertisements he admitted were inserted
from political point of view. THIS admis-
sinu is h,uch commented upon rs being
tantsmount 20 an ackues ledglnem that The
advertisements were but cover under
which the ncv spapers were brihed TO sup
por, the ministerial schemes,
NJ lvts-Guyol. formerly. minister of
public works. has been summoned to ap.
pear hcforr the committee To explain the
statements made by him that full list Of
the names of the names Of the men COM
promised in the scandal had been seen by
President Carpot.
NJ. ives-Guyol refused to appear before
the investigating committee, basing his re-
fusal on the ground that the statement AZ
tributed to him had been distorted by u
spy.
NJ. Bourgeois minister of justice, ap-
peared before the parliamentary commits
sion of inquiry and explained the seizure
OF the counterfois of rhierree checks. NJ.
Audreux, eS-prcfcct Of police. was the
next witness. lie said he hsd photograph
of the statement and account written by
Baron nr Reinach. This showed the names
of the pavccs of the checks drawn by Baron
DE Peinach,
AndriruS wrote the list OF names ON 10
piece of paper and hanlcd II to Chairman
Brisson. saying there were four other
names that he was prevented from mention
ing by dictates of discretion.
pr. Herr had shown hm document
bearing the names Of l0i deputies, bought
hy fnbbyist Ar,on for $50 900 francs.
The witness could not guarantee abso-
lntely the accuracy of the document, Or
Baron de R.inach's statements. In his
opinion Baron de Reinach's word was FAR
from unimpcachahle. To his knowledge
Reinach had hcgun to pay personal debts
with the money of the Panama Canal Go.
NJ. Andrieux stated that Felix Quito,
director of the Canal Company. told him
that Baron ic Rrinach once spoke of Flo
auets needing 750.0 900 francs for the secret
service fund Cottu had been rendered 80
apprehensivc by what he heard that he had
consented TO give the government the 11o,-
600 francs required.
Cottu told Reinaeh that the affair was
hlackmailiug swiniIc and might cause
trouble. but Rrinaeh responded, "No, No,
none at all can say that received tho
money to pay the advertis'nR expenses of
the company and no one will know the dIi-
ference"
Subsequently Cot;u seized Reinach hg
the beard and dragged him into his private
Office, and after calling him ,mbezzler and
coward. demanded back the check for 1'o,-
900 francs. Reinach succeeded ~
hol,ling of Cottu until the fiun'
crash came Part Of the amount had
then been paid over To the govern.
mpnt
NJ Riciau, advertising agent for tie
Panama Canal Co.. testified tna, the sums
paid to newspapers by the company, ranged
from t00 600 francs to 500 600 francs for
each issue of shares.
Count Cafarcili. Monarchis, depnty for
Aisne, told the commission tina, he couit
confirm the report that President Cafnot
had a list of the deputies corruptly impl'-
ca,e.i in the Panama canal lobbying The
list, he said compromised many deputies
whose names had not yet been mentioned
in connection With the scandal.