Evening star., 1917-10-01
WIDESPREAD PLOT
EXPOSED IN FRANCE
Arrest of BoIo Pasha Leads to
Evidence of Attempt to
Corrupt Press.
CAUSES GREAT SENSATION
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. october 1.-The arrest of Bolo
Pasha and the disclosure of tangible
evidence as to the source of enormous
sums expended in France to corrupt
the press and organize propaganda OF
depression and encouragement among
both civilians and soldiers, has created
a great sensation. but at the same time
a feeling of relief that the scandal
which has been clouding France for
many months is on the point of heine
cleared UP.
The existence of such a plot had been
hinted at Tor more than year. Very
pointed accusations have been made in
certain newspapers, but they passed al
most unnoticed by the general pubic
until the arrest Of NJ. DuvaI. director
OF the Bonnet Rouge, was announced in
the chamber of deputies by Premier
Ribot- Bolo Pasha's case had then been
uhoer nvestigation by order of Aris-
eral months. but all the threads in the
affair led to Switzerland and the ITnited
States. sboth of which countries then
were neutral and unable to give facili-
ICES Ior an investigation as to the
banking operations in the case.
Cashing of Checks Disclosed.
1t was affirmed that BoIo Pasba b,d
cashed three checks for $4,000 marks
each drawn by a German bank an
Swiss and Italian banks in 1918. The
voyage he made to New York in Feb
ruary. 1916. also was the object Of an
inquiry. but no proofs were Obtain.
able of the sources of the funds which
he disposed of at the time. nearlv
100000 francs. which were turned
over to the Journal of Paris as a loan
without interest and in consideration
or participation in the profits of the
journal. This loan was to he reir,o
bursed only upon the liouidation ~
the stock company owning the news
paper.
The Swiss bank refused abso,rt.,,,
to disclose any of its records hnt ~
the time Premier BRAND ordered a ,ut
dicial inquiry it was known that RoIo
nasha ,aist was IN intimate and constant
reiations with the former Khediye Of
Egypt. who was living in Switzer1.,d
Inc British legation at Bern. which
was watching the former khed;va ~
hished evidence that established a COW
nee neSeioii petween Bolo Pasha an0 Ger
man agents through the former kba-
dive. hhe
25,oOo,oOo-Franc Deal o. KID.
One Paris newspaper asserts tb,+ :.
has evidence that Dr. Alfred z;,,r
mann. former German foreipr suo
tary. passed upon the nronesi.;
use Bolo Pasha in propa yanI. - -;
France and agreed that the esnnri,, IN
was worth 25.000.0O0 francs Tba 81.
re pest tba oa N, no Duval and Miguel Almereyda
more closely to the BoIo pasha lion
"hich soon afterward became nrhn; ~
me accused still being at libertv .ra
ms supposed effort to control he fhe
auuinhi so,, nha mo- not having been followed by
any change In the policy of thai 49, os
whlch had been steadfastIv -, pdpsi,
since the outbreak of the - - -.
case was not at all understood pui .ne
sA sAplaihen the extraordinary growth ~
a,S an,.rina m1ai'n 70 fortunate investments in
america ana 1t was only by rett;nn
at the origin of that sudden ,.s
that the case could be cleared nm
Bolo Pasha Committed to Tan
Capt Bouchardon, examine
trate for the court-martiaI or D.
Pasha. after examining tho 1.,
suspect for two hours, decided that ,,-
though he had been i'll. his cond;.ta
would permit his transfer to nrisor
private ambulance conveyed him -
a French jail, where he was nI.cad ~ ~
a hospital cell III
AS he came through the door a cro,,.a
of about 1000 persons. which had o",
lected when 1t became known that he
had been arrested, assembled around
the ambulance shouting: Death to tha
traitor"' Throw him into the Sem" :"
Kill him."
A warrant has been issued for the ar
rest of Goston Routier. a French suh-
5ect. who founded the pacifist news
paper La Paix at Madrid with funds
supposed to have been furnished hv
Bolo Pasha. AS a result Routier de.
clared he would cease publication and
return to France and enlist in the army,
According to other information money
was furnished Routier by Won Krohn.
the German naval attache at Madrid.
Senator Charles Humbert owner of
the Journal, announces he has Cancelled
his contract with Bolo Pasha and re-
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