Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
BOIlO PASHA GETS DEATH
Sentence in France as n TruitOr---
Spread German Propaganda.

martlal whlch condemned nm de-
liberated for only ) minutes.
Darius POrchcre, an accountant,
who was Il co-dcfcndaht, was SEN
fenced to three years imprisonment
Filipp0 Cavallinic, another code
icndant who is under arrest in Italy.
was sentenced to death, although he
is not within the courts jurisdiction
When the trial opened to-day, AL
bert SALES, B0l0's attorney, made a
final plea for his clients life. The
crowd In the court room listened
with spcll-bound attention, and with
obviously greater sympathy than had
been shown on the earlier days Of
the trial, to the lawyers impressive
speech.
Spread German Propaganda.
Paul Bolo Pasha's court martial was
one OF the first OF the sO-called cases
Of "intelligcnce with the enemy" and
came up for trial before the third
courtmartial Of Paris on February 4.
i'ol0 Pasha was charged with having
capitalized the company that bought
the Paris newspaper, lie Journal,
with money obtained from the Ger
mans.
BOlO Pasha was an instrument Of
German propaganda, one Of the first
to find exposure in the French in
vestigations Of 1917, and his
name has come to be used as typify-
ing the entire system Of "Boloism,"
by which Germany strovc to break
clown the French morale and instill
Il desire for peace by spreading the
idea that Germany could not be
beaten and that it would be well to
make the best terms possible with
her as soon as they could be ar
ranged.
1t had been charged that Germany,
in attempting to bribe French states
men and leaders. and to influence
French opinion by subsidizing news
papers In France. or founding new
publications to disseminate the spirit
Of paoitism or defeat. devoted n sum
OF money in the neighbOrhood Of TO-
100000 marks. Bolo, himself, was
said to have had the use Of a fund Of
more than $1,500.0O0 to be used IN
attempting to corrupt the French
press
Darius Porcherc, co-defendant
with Bolo Pasha. who was sentenced
to three years imprisonment, is a
receiving correspondence relating to
the affair as an intermediary Of BOlo
Pasha.
Filippo Cavallinic, who was judged
by default and sentenced to death, is
Il former member OF the Italian
Chamber Of Deputies. lie was charg-
cd with having introduced Bol0 Pa
sha to Abba lilmi, the former Khe-
dive OF Egypt, and with having ia
cilitated the negotiations.
The files in the case contained no
less than 1000 separate documents.
some Of which. including the Ameri-
can report and the report OF NJ
Doyen. an expert accountant, were
Of several hundred pages each
Hcarst's Name Figured.
Bolo Pasha's activities were of pc
culiar interest to Americans, because
it was charged that OF the funds at
his disposal 81 $4,000 was transfer
GrD,
lin, to France by way OF New York
1t was as a result OF the discovery Of
his manipulation Of this fund
through five New York banking
houses that the New York State At
tOrney General was able to obtain in
formation which was forwarded to
NJ. JuSserand. the French ambassador
at Washington. and which brought
about Bolo's arrest in Paris.
The name Of VIM. II. Hearst fig
ured prominently in the trial. 1t was
brought out that Mr.. Hearst had
been a guest OF Bolo's at a dinner in
New York.
Lieut.. Provost. OF the French CEN
sorship department, testified that ar
ticlcs praising VIM. II. Hearst re-
pcatedly had been taken to Senator
liumDcrts paper, lie Journal. in
which Bolo Pasha had purchased an
interest, by Chas. f.. Bertelli, the
head Of the Paris bureau OF the In
tcrnational News Service, who ac-
companicd Bolo to America and in
troduccd him to Mr.. Hearst.
The lieutenant said his attention
mad first been called to Bolo Pasha
hN an oMiOSy Of Nj Hearst MINT cd