New-York tribune., 1918-02-05
mo Traitor" 5"
Cries Bolo to
His Judges
International Intriguer, on
Trial for Life, Bests
Lawyers in Repartee

PARIS, Feb. al am no traitor. I
have asked to be judged, and l am
willing to die, but not as a traitor
Thus spoke Bolo Pacha, who was
brought to trial by court martial to-
day on charge of treason in having
been chief factor in German propa-
ganda in France. Bolo's quick wit and
repartee were features of the sitting
as he tried to eXtricate himself from
the conclusions of the report of Cap
tain Bouchardon, of the Paris military
court (who took" the preliminary testi-
mony). and asked for explanations by
Colonel Foyer, the president of the
court martial
Fumbles His Monocle
Otherwise than for the fumbliny of
his monocle nervously, Bolo was i'm
passive during the reading of Captain
bouchardon's report of The invcstiga-
tlon dealing with Bolo's activities in
Switzerland and deals alleged to have
been carried out in the United States.
The report dealt extensively with his
affairs in the United States in con-
nection with Adolph Pavenstedt, who
formerly was connected with a New
York banking house, but now is in y
Georgia internment camp.
! Inc defence outlined by Bolo's coun-
sci was that Bolo's activities had been
wholly in the interest of the Ententa
Powers.
When former Premier Caillaux was
Gslied as witness for the defence,
nolc SAID ne would waive Caillaux's
testimony, but Darius Pochere, CO.
cefendant, objected to this, declarir =
mat Ca'llauN's testimony must be
heard. If not in the present case, then
! on behalf Of himself.
His Best of Repartcc
During the reading of Captain
Bouchardon's report Bolo appea red
somewhat bored, but when called upon
by the president of the court martial
to explain discrepancies in his previ-
ous testimony the prisoner soon be-
came voluble. He spoke with patroniz-
ing arr to the prosecuting attorney
and the president Of the court and adj
mltted many discrepancies, and alto
getner was considered tc have the
better of the rcpartee.
On being questioned by Captain Nor
net, the prosecutor, why, considering
the volume of business transacted by
MN, ne kept no books or records. Bolo
replied:
Il am the master of money. not its
| slave"
Bolo claimed that the money he re-
cclved from Abbas Hilmi. former Khe-
owe OF Egypt. through Filippo Caval-
iln1e. an Italian who is alleged to have
! %- y
In Paris in April, 1915, was in repav-
ment of loan made to the Khedivc
IN IVA Bolo asserted that he OBJ
tanned the abdication of Abbas Hi)mi
and declared that he used all his in
fiunce to nave .hc former Khedive ex-
ert his energies in the interest of the
Entente.
The courtroom was crowded when
Bolo appeared, but the assembly was
made up principally of witnesses or
Interested parties, as the general pub
lie was excluded as far as possible.
A CONSPICUOUS figure in the courtroom
ber Of friends who will testify during
the proceedings.
Caillaux Ready to Testify
AS soon as the indictment had been
read Bolo's counsel moved for an ad
journmcnt, taking the ground that GER
tain witnesses would be unable to an
pear for him.
The third defendant, Filippo Caval-
linle, was absent, owing to the fact
that he is under arrest in Italy.
The indictment charges Bolo Pacha
with having maintained communication
with the enemy in Switzerland in 1915,
and in Paris the same year. when he
received German money from Caval-
linie to further the pacitist movement:
IN the United States in 1916, for hav-
ing received through Adolph Paven-
stedt, once head of New York bank
ing house, and the Deutschc Bank Ger
man money to influence the French
newspapers, and for advancing money
to the director of the Paris Journal"
Former Khedivc Called
Broad smiles passed over TIE faces
OF those IN the courtroom when Paven-
stedt, the former Khedive of Egypt.
Abbas Hilmi, and the latter's minister.
Youssuf Saddik Pacha, were called as
witnesses and their absence from the
courtroom formally noted.
Bolo's counsel, demanding an ad
Journment, said that many witnesses
tor the defendant, as we'll IS some of
his accusers, were in Allied or neutral
countries, but their presence was DOS
sible by eNtradition or otherwise.
lie said it would be easy to secure
the testimony of the latter because he
was interned in the United States and
could be extradited without difficulty.
Counsel likewise demanded that wit
nesses in Spain be produced. and that
even the former Khedivc of Egypt, who
is in Constantinople, could be brought
to Paris, since no formal state of war
existed between France and Turkey.
The state replied to the demand Of
counsel for the defendant by saying
kilograms had been addressed to each
of the witnesses, but that none of them
had been answered. The states coun-
sci added that Pavenstedt, the former
khedive Of Egypt and Youssuf Saddik
Pacha could appear only in the role of
accusers, which would be unnecessary