East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-24

| his eyes bulging with amazement.
! Because" said the commissary
! emphatically. THAT is all I've got
| to say to you"
Hurrying to the American embassy
for Mr.. Dawson is an American
! citizen-the ex-correspondent fpund
Secretary Scholle on duty and has
tened with him to the ministry of the
interior for an explanation. The Of
| fetal in charge there received them
as though they were two crooks.
| However, the two Americans did fl
nally elicit the information that the
expulsion was "for sending news from
France which was offensive to the
French government" Both Messrs, /
Dawson and Scholle endeavored to
make the official understand that the
| case was one of mistaken identity. The
official would not listen to them.
You don't talk like an innocent
man." he assured Mr.. Dawson warm
ly.
SO Messrs. Dawson and Scholle
had to give it up temporarily. Later
Ambassador Bacon stirred by the in
justice, took the case up and after
unwnding much red tape succeeded
in inducing the ministry of the inte-
riOr to allow Mr.. Dawson to remain
in France, even if he did deserve ex-
pulsiOn on account of having been
! mistaken for some one else against
whom Premier BRAND had a grudge.
But who was the man the govern
ment mistook Mr.. Dawson for? The
man himself knew but the other cor
respondents had not found out yet.
That's why they were so excited.
BRAND Was Socialist.
OF course the man really was Will
I liam Philip Simms, who succeeded
Mr. Dawson as manager of the Unit
:. ed Press Paris bureau.
: Just how Premier BRAND acquired
+ his original crouch against Mr.
g Simms is not quite clear. Probably
s it was because Simms several months
e ago referred in a news story to in
: cidents in the premier's past career
/ as a socialist. NJ. BRAND. it should
be remembered was once a socialis
e of the most extreme type-a revolu
is tionst and a bitter enemy of th'
h French government. When he be
r came premier he toned his views dowl
ID in hurry, became very conservative
h not to say reactionary. and sought t
blot out his socialistic past.
l. As a matter of fact, the situation
4 is rather embarrassing for NJ. Brian
~ and he resents any stories concernin
IN his past. Nevertheless, these storie
ot are occasionally news and Mr.. Simm
ey has handled them. So have othe
Sc correspondents. But it appears ther
n was a particular sting in somethin
Mr. Simms wrote. 1t may seem as
ID the premier of France would be to
OF big a man to seek personal reveng
e. for such a thing-true, every wor
I'd of it-but IL looks very much as If
LII BRAND did that very thing.
er The Paris Flood.
ne There were bad floods in Franc
last winter and in Paris the situatio
LII was quite desperate for a time. Tn
g foreign correspondents sent out tn
as story, to the governments intense ar
ut noyance. ALI France counts heavil
On upon English and American-espt
K cially American-tourists The go,
ernment did not think flood storie
likely to bring tourists.
nt Finally there was a discussion
ot the Paris municipal council concern
ing the desirability of declaring mai
st tial law in the capital to facilita'
as rebuilding. The Paris newspaper
published the news of the discussio
in and the correspondents filed the stoi
he at the telegraph office.
IN. All these messages were stopped
a. the censor, but so far as ever leake
elf out, Mr.. Simms was the only corr
ne spondent who was summoned to Il
IN ministery Of the interior and threa
NJ ened with expulsion from France Vi
,te less his message was withdrawn.
,rk Mr.. Simms referred his case to An
I'm. bassador Bacon, who discussed 1t 4
nd formally with the officials of the 70
Mr. eign office. The latter evidently d
We. cided that a mistake had been mad
ose for they assured the ambassador tn
,ry Mr.. Simms still enjoyed the Cover
rs ment's full confidence and they be
md ged that the incident be consider
hat closed
ent Despite this, there were evidenc
the that M. BRAND was still looking
of an opportunity to cause trouble. N
to Simms' kilograms were frequently u
,ch accountably delayed. There were |
Do dications that his mail was occasio
ally tampered with.
on, Then came the railroad stril