The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-12

10 Mere imam one 90 the l.laulSlnI or>
Sp,ciG Cabis D,spa,eh 70 TnE sax.
PNRIs. March ~. The scandal growing
out 81 Duez's embeEzlen,ent 1t fund.-
obtained through the liquidation al
religious congregations under the sep
Aration act gains In importance. Rumors
Of further revelations continue. They
received countenance in the ChamhsI
Of Deputies this afternoon in the cO,irss
! Of a debate arising from Interpretations
pat to the Government concerning Du~l .
/ defalcntion-.
II mas been q long time since the than
her was 80 stirred The House itself was
fun. the galleries Were packed by eager
crowds, which OVsraowed on the stair
cases and into the corridors. while the
Hobbies we're almost impossible. Hun
dreds % psrpons on tho street tried Nainiy
to enter.
NJ. Jauras. the Socialist leader. and NJ.
Berry. one Of the most prominent Nation
Alists. were the interpellAtors. VI. Jaures
had precedence. He was rapturously
received by the members of the is1it
when he entered the tribune.
Speaking with his c'Ist oInary sloquencs
he demanded Ia know how DueI was
able 10 carry on his frauds No long an
checked. Great humiliation. he said.
had been brought on the republic 10y the
scandal IL vas not for the sake or the
Church's money that the separation Law
was passed. and the House had the right
to demand that no consideration " mere
lucre should suIly the principle for which
IL worked.
The liquidation 81 the property of the
congregations had been entrusted almost
wholly to three men. The first Of them
vas Duez. with whose frauds NJ. Jaures
dealt at length. The second. he
added. was Iyecouturier. who has been
the obi ect OF serious char Ge- IN the Senate.
and I shall show that his role has been
very nearly the same a. Dues
This statement caused a sensation in
the House and there was an excited buzz
in the galleries NJ. Jaure~ then asked
the Government for The figures agreed
to between the liauida,ors and the con-
greeaiions.
Premier BRAND put IN that full infor-
nation would be gwen. whereupon NJ.
Jaures rssorted in q surprised tone that
the Government was showing good will
in probing the scandal. hut why. ne asked.
had u let the matter 20 on for fifteen
months. u was evident. he said. that
the Government had long been aware
Of what was happening.
He next raised the question of the
dissolution Of the Carthusian monastery.
where the famous Chartreuse iqueur was
made. and he accused Becouturier OF
MALPRACTICE in this matter. He said that
the lioueur factory was sold on terms
which the trade said excluded compesi-
ton. The Chartreuse trademark. which
was valued in isaS az s.OOO.OOO Francs.
and for which SON. OD had been actually
offered. was sold for sOo.OOO francs.
". Berry followed N. Jaures in . speech
which criticised not 40 much the method
a. the principle Of the affair Re said
causticaIly that the Government and
Parliamen, had d~spOiled the conkre-
cations and 10 was natural that the hquI-
dators should sei1e and ahare fhe spoil
The main point in ". Brands reply
was q definite promise 10 throw light on
the whole matter and to punish any one
found guilty. "" challenged ANYBODY
to prove that IecouturieT had benefited
in the Charireuss affair. The
" hols liauidstion no said had been at
tended with enormous difficulties. many
Of which would have been avoided ~ VI.
Brands proposal to entTust the liaui-
dation TO tho Administrative instead of
to the judicial authorities had been
adopted The Government. he declared,
had done it, whole duty
tn. Chaenhar than adtouFnsf