Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02
DuV AL REALIZED
PLANS OF BOLO
Say Bonnet Rouge Manager
Sought to Dishearten
France
RAN aDEFEATIST" PAPER
Pafisians Fascinated by Rev
clations at Trial Humbert
and Caillaux Implicated
5peciui Gable TO Eueniug Public Ledger
Eorprioht. 1915. bv the Ncio York Tincs

Special Gable TO Erenirg Public Ledger
roruroht. 1915. on ne Nc'o York rme9
COupuHU
Paris, May ..
rWhat Bolo wanted to do, DuvaI
did This fairly sums up the opinion
Of Paris in regard to the Bonnet Rouge
trial Bolo, as all the world now
: Knows. was able to get something
like s2,500.OOO Of German Government
money and with It TO buy what he be
hcved to be controlling interest in
the Paris newspaper, Le journal. His
Intention, and the German Govern
ment's Intention, undoubtedly was to
make use of this newspaper as "a
means of Undermining French opin.
lon in the direction of defcatism and
peace at any price in the interest Of
Germany
The fact that Bolo did not succeed
IN attaining this objective has already
been made abundantly clear although
at the same time his success was suf-
ficient to Justify the authorities in ar
resting Senator Humhert the chief
editor OF the Journal and one Of the
largest OF Bolos Coproprictors, who is
now waiting trial on a charge Of com
merce with the enemy because Of his
association with Bolo.
Carried Out Plan
Duval. who is the principal surviving
member of what ls known as the Bou-
net Rouge gang. was able n carry out
n the full an exactly similar plan to
that Of Bolo. In the eN-couvict Morphlu-
omaniac. and all-round swiudIer Nlmer-
edyca and his journal the Bonnet
Rouge, Duval found tools ready 10 his
hand. although it is still question
whether Ameredyca or puyal was the
principal culprit. The Bonnet Rouge
had been founded some time before the
war began and tho fact is beyond dis
rute that a part at least of the money
Afineredyea required to start tn" paper
was provided by former Premier Call
laux.
The extent OF CaillauN's knowledge Of
Almeredyea's plans may or may not be
revealed and Almeredyea closed his own
mouth forever by his suicide i'm the
Fresnes prison a few days after his ar
rest But there is no possible doubt both
Almeredyea and his paper were more
than suspected long before the check
for $4,000. the first Of series Of ten
signed by Marx, the banker Of Mann
helm and agent of the German Foreign
onice, was found in the pocket of Duval
when he was stopped by the French
police at Belgrade in the act Of crossing
tho frontier to return to Paris.
BIacLmsiIinG Journalist
Almeredyea was undoubtedly a black
mailing journalist. who turned to all
sources Of plunder as the needle turns Ia
the pole With such mud birds avail
able. German money soon found ready
cmployment The Bonnet Rouge. OF
which Duval. the confidaute Of Almored-
yea, was the manager soon became for
all practical purposes the organ Of the
German Government. The Bonnet Rouge
consistently for many months pursued
rs insidious campaign of sappiug the
morale Of France. In times of depres-
sion the Bonnet Rouge always found the
means 20 dash from the eager lips Of its
readers the fore taste of tr+umphs TO
come. In spite of all this, il continued 10
receive subsidies from the secret service
nlnds OF the French Government
A curious fact is that the Bonnet
Rouge. although the total amount OF
checks brought TO Paris by Duval and
Fefcasson amounted to less than 5000,
mans value for their money, while Bolo
who certainly received at least a dozer
times that amount Of German money
gave them absolutely no return.
One reason was that Duval contente,
1T himself with very quiet life i'm a mod
est apartment of less than $500 year
while Bolo was prominent in society an,
spent money royalty. This strange char
actcristic of Duval, who appears to hav
pocketed very little of the punder him
self Is puzzlng to Parisiaus. who hav
begun to make a close study Of tn
strange personality Of the man. hi
Steady flow Of statements, his utterI
callous and unconCerned manners com
bined with fiat contradictions betwee
his explanations and facts revealed b.
the judicial inquiry, are fascinating tn
French public.
Direct public interest in the case how
ever has for the time being almoS
ceased. as was evidenced by the fac
that the court yesterday was almos
empty 80 far as the general public wa
eoncerned Interest will probably no
revive until the formalities are com
pieted and there Is a probability of Gail
leanN and other witnesses being called.