The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-04
USES ISL BANKS
To BUY PEACE

IldS 0dGkcu dGliISl AylldttUIl
in France Is Kept Here
Chief PIotter Imprisoned.
Paris, Oct. 1.-Bola Pasha, charged
with having relations with the enemy,
according to the Matin met Abbas
Hilmi. former khedive OF Egypt, in
Serbia March, 1915. and concluded an
arrangement which was approved by
Gottlieb o Jagow, her German for-
eign minister, under which TO- 900, 900
marks would be paid in installments to-
the purpose OF influencing the French
press. In accordance with this ar
rangemeht 4.000,0 900 marks was paid by
roundabout methods through SWISS
banks, to avert suspicion. Abbas Hilmi
and an associate are said to have col.
Paris. Oct. PA warrant has been
issued for the arrest Of CASTOR Rou-
tier, a French subject, who founded
he pacifist newspaper La Paix at,
Madrid with funds supposed to have
been furnished by Bolo Pasha.
Paris, Oct. 2.-The arrest Of Bola
Pasha n the disclosure Of tangible
evidence as to the source Of enormous
sums expended in France to corrupt
the press and organize a propaganda Of
depression n encouragement among
both civilians n 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 being
cleared up.
Tho ovfctnroa ~ o,,o1, . r1o& noa Loa~
limited at for more han a year. Very
pointed accusations have been made in,
certain newspapers, but they passed al
most unnoticed by the general public
until the arrest Of M. Duval, director of
the Bonnet Rouge. Boil Pasha's case
had been under investigation for sew
eral months, but all the threads in the
affair led to Switzerland and the United
States, both Of which countries were
then neutral.
1t was affirmed that Bola Pasha had
cashed three checks for $4,000 marks,
each drawn by a German bank on Swiss.
and Italian banks in 1915. The voyage.
he made to New York in February,
1916, also "a the object Of an inquiry,
but no proofs were obtainable of the
sources Of the funds which he disposed.
of at the time, nearly $500, 900 francs Of
which were turned over to the journal
Of Paris, as a loan without interest and
in consideration of participation in The
profits Of the Journal.
British Show Connection.
The Swiss bank refused to disclose
any of its records, but it was known
that Bolo Pasha was intimate and con-
stant relations with the former khe-
Switzerland. The British legation at
Berne furnished evidence that estab-
1ished a connection between Bolo
Pasha and German agents through the
former khedive.
One Paris newspaper asserts that it
has evidence that DR.. Alfred thinner
man, former German foreign secretary,
passed p the proposition to use Bolo
Pasha in propaganda in France and
agreed that the experiment was worth
rs, 000, 900 francs. 7.
Captain Bouchardon, examining mag
istrate for the court martial of Pasha,
after examining the Levantine suspect
for two hours, decided that although
he had been i'll, his condition would
permit his transfer to prison. A priv
ate ambulance conveyed him to Fresno
Jail. where he was placed in a hospital
cell.
In taking Pasha to prison he was
carried on {. stretcher from his room
in the Grand hotel. A crowd of about
1000 persons assembled around the
ambulance shouting: Death to the
traitor. Throw him into the Seine!
NIL llll1i
It now is said Bolo Pasha received
i 900, 900 from the Deutsche bank. In
the transfer the sum was divided into
several parts. passing through a num-
Der of hands before it finally reached
any bank. BY that time all traces Of
its origin a been lost.
U. S. Banks Used in Plot.
The Matin says that nine American
banks figured IN these transactions and
that the American police have been
able to make out a list of names OF
persons in America to whom checks
were drawn by the Deutsche bank,
with the intention Of making payment
to secret German agents in France.
The Figaro says Bola went to New
York in February. 1915. remained there
q fortnight and returned with 5000. 900
marks drawn from a German bank in
New York.
The Echo de Paris says II American
banks were utilized in the transfer,
and that one of tns Intermediates in
the sending Of mo.ey to Bolo was a
relative Of an official OF the Imperial
Bank of Germany, who is connected
with a German-Anerican bank.
According to the Journaa. Bolo's con-
dition is most grave. US he is suffer
ing from a violent attack of ureamia,
and his physicians are doubtful OF his
recovery.