The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-12

a1so paio by him to certain con,rsc,o,
nhose iavor. like that of Hebrari an.
Ienach, was Indispensable. All thes
aonlssions were made only after a sever
course OF questioning. The presidin,
Juoge then asked Eifei what he did wifi
.ne o'ooo'oo francs received by him 70
A!ns 70 pieces. shipping to the is,hmu
A"u fecohstructlng machinery which, as
.iat.er OF tact, he had never even supplied
Al 'his country. Il kept that sur,." re
p.ieh EiUei iamely. ''beca use it formed .
p"'. oi my remuneration for the risk wa
undertaking." :"
Your contract" said the judge. ..pro
'ueo 'nat you receive 80 per cent. to b.
paid within thirty days of the date a
sehoihg orcers. Now, you took 2.s75 os
francs from one firm as your nercsnts,s
| although the order was never execntad ,
| EInei replied that it was not his FAM,
| tnat the order was not executed Besides
| TINS contingency had been contemplated
Dy the general condition of the trans
| action.
consider such a transaction void. p
saio the Judge, severely, ''since it was the
Jesuit II. OF error, to call it nothing worse,
1Ae procurator general will tell Won mora
anout TINS tomorrow and at the subsequent
sittings." sA'
Eitfel tiinched under these words.
~ riorey, the government accountant
WHO examine the accounts of the com.
pany, testified that Eiffal had been paid
o7'ooV,uJo francs on his contract, and had
made profit of SO, 200. 600 francs on it.
1t Is reported that NJ. de Freycinet. ex-
minister of war, and NJ. Floquet, ex-presi.
dent OF the chamber of deputies. will he
examined by Magistrate Franauev,lle
ihey, OF course, are not under arrest or
accusation
with reference to the statements of
Cnaries de Lesseps, attention has been
eahed 10 the statements OF Proves. de
Lunay and N. de Lamarzelle. The latter
saio ne was told by Charles de Lessons
'nat whenever company issued fresh
eapi.ai large sums OF money had to be ex-
Peiioeu on the press. Some financial con-
eeFhs even made newspapers monthly
allowance. but in the case Of the Panama
company the journalists who tocked to
lts onces whenever fresh issue was made
received nothing. In spite of this the ex-
penses of the different issues reached a
considerable sum. They did not, how
ever, amount to 6 per cent. The various
financial houses who formed a so called
guarantee syndicate" and whose co-op-
GRAFTON was indispensable, received large
sums without really guaranteeing any,
thlng. Whenever a fresh issue was an
hounced many people called on the COM
pany and offered their assistance. Most
OF THESE were Jews. 1t was not ouiy the
bankers who made these offers, but all
sorts of influential persons, who would
praise or decry the operations as thew re-
ceiVed more or less money. De Lesseps
added that there was nothing astonish-
ing In the large profits made by contract
ors. Their high charges could not be cut
oown. They ran great risks. De Lesseps
concluded his statement with the words:
IL Certain persons and certain things are at
'acAed the success of an undertaking will be
compromised, and those who make the attacks
wiz contribute to the taking over of the enter.
prise by Americans. Those who attack the
fanama project are people who wish to strike a
blow at the Suez canal