The sun., 1899-05-14
FRANCES SECRET FUNDS.
THEY HAVE LED TO MANI SCAN
DALR ~ THE REPUBLIC.
The Dreyfus Affair Trnceabie in Some Degree


The Dreyfus Anair Traceable In some Degree
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LONDON. April IA special application OF
the dictum that there were no receivers there
Wouiu DC no tnie'es is becoming current
namely that IL there were no secret service
luhu thete woulu pe no Dreytus aHair. IL Is
Incoming more palpaoie daily that the root
OF the whoie eVii was the corrupt anxiety
IN hlgh places TO ma excuses Tor draw
ing heavily upon fund. the expendi-
ture OF which Is absolutely uncontrolled.
Ihere are three secret service funds
AT tho disposai OF the french Government:
one Tor tho MINISTRY OF war OF SZoO.OOO
year, apotner lor the forelgn oIilce OF 9io'ooo
ana third ior the ministry of tho Interior OF
sZ4'ooo. Inc money IL PAID out on the ue-
mand OF certain hiRh officials. and often with
out even receipt or dehnitlon OF the gem
erai pnrnose Tor which 1t Is required.
All that happens IL that once year the Presi-
ueht OF the council OF ministers hands to the
fTesiuehe OF 'he repuphc closeu packet
WHICH contains OF Is supposed 10 CONTAIN. the
"ccouh's anu uocumehts re'atlhR 10 the en-
p'oyment OF the secret innds-but the Presi-
ueht OF the republic never opens the packet.
ana the matter goes no further
The present agitation will doubtless lead to
propoSitioh among me reforming section OF
the 'hamper' either Tor the suppression OF the
secret service money aitogether or Tor the IN
troduction ot some form OF control: but 1t Is
quite certain that neither OF these proposals
mas any chanee OF success. Tho matter has
oeeh ra'seu peiore. ana there nave, In TACT.
peeh revelations more explicit and more scan
dalous than those which are now appearing.
Two instances are worth citing:
IL IS wen known that Gen Boulanger hated
tne DUO Anmaie IL is also common knowl-
edge that the predecessors OF the General at
'he ministry OF war mad been comparatively
Saving IN thelr expenditure OF the Secret Ser
vice 1uhd. anu that no found accordingly
large accumulation awaiting him. That
money ne IS known 10 nave spent In
various ways ior personal ends. but as to ono
rorioii ot IL there was ulstihct evidence.
Almost Immediately after he became Minister
the waiIs OF faris were placarded with snowy
anu expensive advertisements OF book en-
@itieu ihe honor OF the orleans FAMILY.
Which was SIMPLY savage and slanuerous
hpei ON the Duc Aumaie. suggesting among
other th'hRs that the Prlnce de Conde
nau peeh assassinated IN order that the
puke mlRht inherit MS fortune When the
author OF the book died shortly aiterward
MS papers uisclosed the fact that the whole
OF 'ne puoi'catioh hao oeeh carried out unoer
tne immedla'e SUPERVISION OF the Minister OF
war. ana that the expenses OF It, which were
very large. hau been paid Tor out OF the Secret
service iuhd'
Another scandal OF recent years Is note
worthy. because IL led NJ. camille felletan
VINO is at the present moment reporter OF the
nuuSet commission. 10 move resolution
aemh M. Charles Dupuy. the present Pre-
mler. 1or misoppropriation OF the secret Ser
vice money allotted to the Minister OF the In
terror III concerned the anair OF the Norton
lorgeries. in June. 1885 the Cocdrde. which
was eulteu py NJ Edouard Ducret. puollshed
cohcocteu ist OF supventiohs said 10 nave
Deeh paiu by the BRUSH Embassy TO certain
politicians ana papers IN faris. Ihe list was
lmmeoiately discussed IN the ChamDer. and
NJ Charles Dupuy. VINO was then Minister OF
the interior ana PRESIDENT OF the council.
openly anrmeu Hs authehticity. Neverthe-
less. the document was presently found by
the courts to be q forgery OF Norton 9. and Nj.
Ducret was sent 10 prison. When ne came out ne
published book entitled How Politics Are
carried oh. IN which ne ecategoricaily declared
that when ne was IN prison an emissary OF NJ
Charles Dupuy had arranged with him that he
paper from the Minister OF the Interior on
condition that he would maintain silence about
the Norton AFFAIR. and that he had in fact ac-
cepted the proposition. and had FOR four months
received the subsidy In question. This revela-
tion was the subject OF q violent discussion in
the Chamber. The Radical group sent a
deputation to NJ. Dupuy to ask him whether
it was or was not true. but his only re-
ply was that he could not make any3 state
IL h. H.
Secret Service money. Thereupon NJ, Camille
Pelletan moved in the House that NJ. Dupuy
should be called upon to refund the 5000 francs
which we're thus improperly spent. but the
motion was lost on division. further mo-
ton. calling on him to resign. was got rid OF by
the previous question. and the matter was
| hushed I'D.
Then. as now. all the leading politicians met
the reformers. who insisted on the abuses OF
the system. and the terrible national dangers
to which it might easily give rise. with the re-
~, hot he 49, tha Il