Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19
CROWDS ROAR APPROVAL
At SENTENCE OF PAsRA
Convicted of High, Treason
Frenchman Merely ShrugS
Shoulders

PARIS, Feb. I5.-Without the slight
est tremor, Bolo Pasha, convicted OF
high treason. heard Colonel Voyer, pres
ident of the court-martial, pronounce
sentence of death upon him yesterday
amid an impressive silence in the court
room. Merely shaking his head and
Struggling his shoulders, as if to say
it was hopeless to fight against the
odds, Bolo returned to his cell.
Awed by the soldiers with fixed bayo-
nets, those who had assembled in the
courtroom refrained from all demon
stration, but the great crowds outside
the courthouse uttered a terrific roar
and cheers of approval as word of the
sentence reached them, plainly showing
the favor which the sentence of death
found among the French people.
Swiftly the news of the coming execu-
ton of Bolo Pasha spread throughout
the city Colonel Voyer had not yet
completed reading the sentence when
the cheers of the multitude from out
side drowned his. voice.
The court-martial was unanimous In
condemning Bol6. 1t stood for time
four to three against the conviction Of
Porchere, but finally compromised, six
to one, on conviction on the charge of
commerce with the enemy" carrying
a lighter sentence. The judges deliber-
ated only a few minutes, and as they
fled into the courtroom it was easily
discernible that Bolo Pasha's fate was
sealed.
An appeal will be entered on a tech
nicality, but the general trend Of COM
ment heard in legal journalistic and
political circles is: with Bolo's death
Boloism will die"
The courtmartial, which condemned
Bolo Pasha to death, deliberated for
only fifteen minutes
Darius Porchere, an accountant, who
was a co-defendent, was sentenced to
three years Imprisonment
Filippo Cavalinia, another co-defend-
ant, who is under arrest in Italy, was
sentenced to death, although he is not
within the courts jurisdiction
When the trial opened Thursday, Albert
Sales, Solos attorney, made a final plea
for his clients life. The crowd in the
courtroom listened with spellbound at
tention, and with obviously greater SYM
pathy than had been shown on the
earlier days of the trial, to the lawyer S
impressive speech.
Following a brief exposition of the
abhorrence generally felt at the charge
of treason, Attorney SALES charged an
"abominable press campaign against
Bolo" with being largely responsible
! for the almost general belief in France
| prior to the trial that his client was
! guilty, and added that hardly ten men
! convinced of his innocence could be
| found in the country.
The press campaign NJ. Sales assert
| ed. had been deliberately instituted by
! Senator Charles Humbert, former owner
of lie Journal, after the senator had
| failed to induce Bolo to sell back the
| stock in LIE Journal at half the price
Bolo paid for it.
Darius Porchere, alleged intermediary
between Bolo and the German govern
ment, probably will begin serving his
sentence of three years Imprisonment
; at once.
Execution of the death sentence
against Filippo Cavallini, charged with
! introducing Bolo to Abbas Hilmi, for
mer khedive of Egypt, rests with the
/ Italian government. He is under arrest
! in that country, where he formerly was
q member of the chamber of deputies
Bolo was specifically charged with
having capitalized the company that
bought the Paris newspaper, lie Journal
with money obtained from the Germans
He is also said to have been provided
, with 81, 100000 with which to corrupt
the French press. Another 81 ,000,0 900
was to be used in personal propaganda
Of this total sum. s16S3,000 is alleged
to have been transferred from the
/ Deutsche bank in Berlin to Paris via
New York. Discovery of this manipula'
/ ton by New York state authorities leo
! to Bolo's arrest in Paris.