Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-03
perf;dy Which T1are,D Roun,an;a to Dogs

Isecret fuAds OF the department Of tn
interior. Fortunately the military au
thorities declined to defer to the or
ders Of Malvy. They pursued their in
auiries until they had acquired tn
necessary proofs that the checks cam
from the German espionage bureau 4
Switzerland, and thereupon the mill
tary government Of Paris gave order
for the arrest OF vigo on a charge Q
being in the pay of the enemy.
| Murder Follows Throat.
| vigo. who had formerly gone by tn
name of Almeyreda and who, in spit
of being an convict and an adven
turer of theSmost shady character, wa
on terms. Il. such intimacy with Min
lister of this Interior Malvy that the.
used to address each other familiarl.
| as thou" and. like Bolo was the re
cipient of all sorts OF official favors AM
privileges. took his arrest very coolly
and openly boasted that unless he wa
| Immediately set at liberty he woult
make q clean breast of the entire "Ori
entail papers" affairs, of which nothing
had been heard by the public up to tina
time. The threat proved vigos dealt
warrant, for before he had time Il
make any further revelations aouu
the Oriental papers matter he wa!
found strangled in his cell. with hi.
bootlaces knotted tightly around hi!
throat the examination of the corpse
affording incontrovertible proof of thu
fact that it was IA case, not Of suicide
but of murder.
Find Documents in Safe.
Nigo, however had made good his
threat. In all probability aware OF the
utterly unscrupulous nature Of his as
sociates, he must have apprehendet
that they might endeavor to put hin
out of the way in order to save them.
selves from being blackmailed by him
into coming to his rescue and thereby
compromising themselves in the eyes
of the law and in those of the public
For when the military authorities
opened the safe in the deposit vault
where he had concealed all his most
precious documents, they found in the
very front shelf, so conspicuously
placed as to invite their attention. the
very papers relating to the Oriental
matter thru which he had endeavor-
ed to terrorize his confederates. Had
these documents fallen into the hands
OF Minister OF the Interior Malvy, OF
of his project of police or Of his
chief de Ia Surete tchief OF the secret
service), both of them his creatures
who have since been dismissed in dis
grace and are to be placed on trial
nothing more would have been heard
Of the matter. But fortunately for the
cause OF the entente, the seizure was
effected by the military authorities
and by officers of the military police
on orders directly from Gen. Dubail
the military governor Of Paris.
MaIvy Forced to Resign.
These so-called Oriental question
papers found in the safe OF the muir
dered Vigo were not only voluminou,
but of such a startling character as to
necessitate further inquiries OF the
most confidential and discreet nature
in order to secure confederation. Mean
while Malvy had been compelled to
resign from the cabinet owing to the
persistency OF the attacks brough,
against him day by day in the Paris
Action Franchise. edited and owned by
Leon Daudet "a journal which until
the outbreak of the war was violently
royalist, but which since the beginning
Of the conflict has like the members OF
the party which It represented. aban
doned for the time being all mere
party politics. deyoting itself to the
safety and welfare, Of France.
Leon Daudet, who is the son OF the
celebrated novelist, Alphopse Daudet
never let up in his attacks upon Malvy
and upon Vigo.-B Jellanic, and all
their other associates. holding all OF
them. but in particular Malvy, up to
obloquy as traitors. Daudet challenged
Malvy to prosecute him for libel but
in vain. He entreated him to order his
arrest, and to place him on trial. But
all that Malvy did was to order de-
scent Of the police upon the offices OF
the Action Franchise, and upon the
private residence Of Daudet, and the
seizure OF his papers. on the pretext
that he was engaged in a royalist con
spiracy, which he was compelled by
his colleagues in the cabinet to drou
two days later.
Offers Proof Of Treason.
Finally. Daudet addressed an official
letter to the president Of the republic
and a copy thereof to Premier Pain
leve directly charging Malvy with high
treason, and offering to furnish the
proofs. This letter was read in the
chamber of deputies. which had the
effect Of making it public property and
of creating a demand in the chamber
and also by the people, that either Dau :
Diet should be called upon to pay the
full penalaies Of the law for atrocious-
ly maligning a member of the national
legislature and cabinet minister, OF
else that Malvy should be brought to
the bar of justice. AS the government
could not bring itself to prosecute
Daudet. Malvy had to resign and NJ
Stees was appointed as minister OF the
interior in his place.
While Premier Painleve was in Italy
attending the conference Of entente
premiers and foreign ministers, he
suddenly received news from Paris to
the effect that one of his private secre-
taries was very gravely incriminated
by the Oriental question" papers
found by the military authorities in the
safe Of the murdered Vigo. He a;