New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

money without hesitation
This person in a high position, As 1t
later became known, was the president OF
the Court Of Appeals, Monier.
Bolo Pacha, however, in spite of the de-
mands Of the "Victoire," "L'Homme En-
chaine" and other papers that he be i'm
mediately arrested, enjoyed liberty until
the report came from the United States
saving that he had drawn s1,600,000 from
the Deutsche Bank through banks In Can
ada, Switzerland and France. Bolo was
then Immediately arrested and taken to
prison.
Then Came the Tunnel Trouble
l Over Swiss Banknotes
Following closely upon the Almereyda
Bolo disclosures came the Tunnel affair.
It began when one Of the ushers In the
dressing room Of the French Parliament
found In Deputy Tunnels locker an en-
velope containing twenty-five l,0o0-franc
Swiss banknotes. The matter Immediately
attracted the attention Of the police su-
thorities. Tunnels frequent trips to
Switzerland had provoked suspicion, and
the discovery Of the Swiss money seemed
to corroborate the suspicious. Nothing,
however, was done about the matter, since
shortly afterward the vacations began, and
DEPUTY Tunnel left Paris. When he re-
turned to Paris on September IL the
echoes Of the Almeredya scandal were still
much in the air, and the public, imbued
with the traitor-hunting spirit, clamored
for the prosecution Of all those suspected
of having had any dealings with the en-
envy. The Tunnel case was taken up, and
Tunnel was questioned in regard to the
source from which he had obtained the
money. Tunnels replies were not salts
factory to NJ. Herbaux, the Attorney Cen
| eral. who directed request to the House
of Deputies that Tunnel be deprived OF
parliamentary immunity. The Attorney
Generals statement read:
VI. Tunnel who has been asked
to furnish information in regard to the
source from which he had obtained his
money, made three different statements,
which do not agree with each other
"On September y, In letter addressed
70 the President Of Parliament, he saidi I
/ demand the return Of the Swiss banknotes
which had left IN my locker, together with
/ other valuable papers and correspondence, as
It was my custom 70 do since the day
became a member Of Parliament. have
never kept in the locker less than $4,000 to
10000 francs. These sums had been paid mo
as consulting lawyer. and not as conn
sci, for services by various Franco-Swiss
firms.
"Or the 18th Of September Tunnel made
the following explanation Of the source OF
his money to the Journal
az have earned, thanks to my operations
! in Switzerland, a sum Of 10000 francs. AS
/ 20 the last $4,000 francs, | earned them In
( the following manner: There was dispute
between Switzerland Italy and France In
regard to the delivery of beef; 1t was
, question Of $4,000 900. The trial could have
been lost OF wont all depended upon pro-
mulgated decree in airy one OF these coun-
tries which forbade this kind Of a deal. My
nelp was summoned In the matter and my
legal advice made possible the 100000
transaction. received 10000 for my ser
vices There IS nothing abnormal or Excess
sive about IT,
But on September IT, NJ. Tunnel, sum-
r.oned By the President Of Parliament TO give
a definite explanation, refused to do so; later,
however, he addressed TO him the following
letter:
"'To the President and the Questors Of
tho House Of Deputies The payment Of the
money has been mads to me by the Swiss
Federal Bank, which paid me for the advice
| gave by which the bank can profit from
fiscal and similar rights In France"
Under the circumstances, Tunnel be-
ing unwilling or unable TO explain the
source of his money, the Attorney General
asserted that there was no jorbt that
Tunnel had relations "of an economic
nature with subjects Of an saemy coun-
try" And as the government cannot take
proceedings against deputy, the Artor-
ney General demanded that Parliament
deprive Tunnel of parliamentary i'm
munity.
This was promptly done.
The case is now In the hands Of the
Examining Judge Gilbert, who ordered q
careful search in Tunnels house and Of
fees. Meanwhile Tunnel has brought &C
ton against the usher, N. Cousin, who
found the money In Tunnels locker. Tur-
mel insists that he had $4,000 francs in
his envelope and that the usher had stolen
1000. He also claims that the charges
against him are part Of plot maneuvred
by people who are cooperating with Cou-
sin.
While Deputy Tunnel was thus trying
to prove his innocence, without much sue
cess, ex-Minister Malvy continued his ef-
forts to clear himself Of the charges made
against HIM He delivered early this
month a powerful speech in the Chamber
of Deputies, in which he bitterly assailed
his political enemies and emphatically re-
futed all the accusations against him.
Chief among these enemies was Leon Dau-
det son of the celebrated French writer,