The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-15
CIPHER LIST WILL
 FIGURE IN CASE Duez Scandal Is Growing More
 Sensational in Paris GREAT MEN INVOLVED
Charged With Being Mixed Up in Case But Declares That Ills
 Political Life Is Clean

Paris, March 14.-A cipher list of per sens who M. Duez. the embezzling liqui- dator of the properties of the religious orders, declares received hush money from him promises to play in the pres ent scandal a part similar to that fla nous eheckbook of NJ. Thierret, which served to compromise so many French politicians in the Panama canal affair.
 The Journal claims to possess proof that all of Duez'e operations were tainted with fraud and coliusIon. The paper says that establishments worth s400000 were sold for sso010, while some were leased for a period Of 30 years under private understandings by which Duez was to re- ceive large annual rake-cffs.
 The Duez interpolation was resumed
 in the chamber of deputies today and M. Millerand, minister of public works, posts and telegraphs, took the tribune to defend himself against certain insin- uaticns. He characterized as fables the runcrs that he had received $1So,o0o In fees from Duez and that he had accept ed 5000 hush money. He explained that he had pleaded a case for Duez in 1907, but only because the suit involved com plicated questions relating to the law it. self. For this service he received a fee of 5000. The minister declared that his political life was an open book, which contained nothing of which he was not proud.
 The minister of justice, who followed M. Mllerand on the platform, declared vas proposed to conceal nothing. He then explained that Duez had been ap- pointed upon the urgent recommendation of MT. Impert and that Lecourier and Manage, the other two interested, nad the Endorsement Of the public prosecutor at the formal suggestion of the chan cery. The latter statement created sensation in the chamber. M. Barthon said
 "Nothins will be concealed. We in- tend to probe this affair and to seer tain if there is any gangrene in our judiciary"
 The minister paused for moment after the applause that greeted his statement and then said:
 "If anybody is responsible he will DC punished. but it is not a party ques- tion."
 The speaker was interrupted at this [ oint by M. De Lahaye, who said; ''That was the cry at the time of the Far anna scandal"
 Minister Barthou replied that parliament was equally responsible and announced that it was the purpose of the govern ment to appeal from the judgment in the liqu:dation case wherever it was possible, saying that a circulas containing instruc- ticns to this effect had already been dis patched to the public prosecutor. M. Labori, radical republican, interrupted here with tho comment:
 These measures come too late. The government is responsible
 Amidst violent and frequent interrup- tions, the minister of justice reviewed tbe Chartreuse affair, arguing that the government was powerless as the court at Grenoble had examined and rejected the hypothesis of collusion among Lecour- fer, Cushnier and Duez, and had con- demned M. Marnier, the head of rival concern, to pay Lecourier &4o00O0 dam- eges.
 He said that the case against Lecourier had not yet entered a criminal phase. In conclusion he announced that the government proposed to reorganize the