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TREASON TRIAL
ST|RS FRANCE.
BOLO PASHA FACES COURT
CHARGED WITH PLAYING THE 4
GAME OF GERMANY II

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Bolo, or Bolo Pasha, the French gov
eminent is endeavoring to disrupt the
whole system of German intrigue and
propaganda in France which in the
spring of 1917 became so bold and
effective as to threaten to defeat
Frances efforts to carry on the war.
Bolo's case has been defined as
but one of a series of inter-related
incidents in the German effort to or
ganize a propaganda of depression and
encouragement among the civilian
leaders and soldiers of France. These
involved not only Bolo, the so-called
"Levantine financier" but also Joseph
Caillaux, a former premier of France,
one or more members of the French
chamber of deputies, and several
French newspapers. These newspa-
pers. These newspapers are alleged
to have been subsidized by German
money to spread abroad in France a
| spirit of "featism," a belief that there
was no hope of beating Germany and
that France should make haste to ac-
cept the best terms possible.
Coin a New Word
AS Bolos connection with the
scheme was the first startling develop
ment in uncovering the plot, his name
has since been applied to the whole
system of German propaganda in.
France and the new word "Boloism"
was coined
In the attempt to bribe French
statesmen and leaders, and to influence
French opinion by subsidizing her
newspapers or founding new publica-
tions to disseminate the spirit of
pacifism or defeat, it has been charg-
ed that Germany devoted sum Off
money ranging up to or even exceed
ing 100000 marks. Bolo, himself,
is said to have had the use of fund
of $1,683,000 chiefly if not wholly to
corrupt the French press. In what
way the remainder of the corruption
fund was expended had not been made
clear up.to the beginning of 1918.
Found the Editor Dead
Partial uncovering of the plot has
resulted not only in the arrest of
Caillaux and Bolo but in driving out
of office of Louis J. Malvy, formerly
French minister Of the interior, in
the arrest of several editors of the
Bonnet Rouge and it's sup
preston on the ground that it had
been subsidized to preach pacifcism
in the interest of Germany One of the
Bonnet Rouges editors who threaten
ed to make sensational disclosures
was found strangled in his cell before
le had a chance to reveal what he .
nay have known of the plot. A few
)ther newspapers alleged to have /.
,een founded in France to spread the :
German peace propaganda also were
ke
Money Through America
Bolo's activities possess peculiar {
interest to Americans because of the
act that, of the funds at his disposal, !.
is charged that $1,683,000 was =
transferred from the Deutsche bank
4 Berlin to France by way of New
'ork. 1t was as a result of discovery
f his manipulation of this fund
trough five New York banks or {
anking houses that Attorney General
[erton e. Lewis of New York state
as able to obtain Information which A
as forwarded to the French am
assador in Washington, NJ Jasser-
nd, upon which Bolo was arrested.
According to Mr. Lewis, Count Won
then German ambassador re
the United States, directed the tn
ansfer Of the $1,6S3, 900 to Bolo in to
ew York, through the financial agent
the Deutche bank in New York. 1t 81
as stated that the money was placed dl
Bernstorff's disposal by wireless Fl
essages in secret code in which sr
,titious names were used to repre- 23
MT the parties participating in the NJ
is
Gets Start in Egypt tn
Bolo's first appearance as factor a
international affairs was as finan- CT
II adviser to Abbas Hilmi, who, in
IA, the beginning of the war, was we
ledive of Egypt. 1t was from. the We
ledive that Bolo received his title
Pasha. BY 1915, however, the Pr
ledive had been ousted and Bolo, it co
said was pensioner fhis brother, go
French priest, in 1914. a
IN the following year, it is asserted, og
} Khedive and Bolo met in Switzer- col
i'd and, with the approval of Gottlieb ne
1 Jagow, then German foreign min ito
er, it was arranged that 100000 ps.
rks should be placed to Bolo's ac- SCI
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