The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-10
GARIBAL DITOOK
MONEY FROM Roth
ITALY, FRENCH
Fascist Spy Handled
With Care

LONDON, Dec. 8.-The Paris cor
respondent of the London Daily Herald
sends the following account of the
Gariba1di trial now going on in the
French capitol and over which France
and Italy have glared somewhat mar
TALLY at each other:
Ricciotti Garibaldi, the arrested spy
who was bribed by Mussolini to be-
tray the Catalan ''conspirators," is
to be charged with completely in the
accommodating Of forbidden weapons.
Since this charge has been careful
ly framed, because everyone knows
that Garibaldi happens to be innocent
of it, the maneuver is clear. He has
been charged with an offense of which
he Is not guilty in order to prevent
disclosures regarding charges Of
which he is guilty.
II the French police were to ac-
euss him In court of having taken
100000 lIres from MussoIlni In or
der to foment trouble between
France and italy, and TO betray his
friends, the accused would have had
an easy retort. He would have prov
ed that on the other side he had
received 100000 francs from the
French secret service funds under
Herrlot In order to attack Mussolinl.
One of Many.
This, however, is but one of a series
of scandals.
There is, for instance, the decora-
lions scandal. This is a pretty little
continuance by means of which gov
eminent officials in the ministry of
commerce, in league with two obscure
gentlemen, fed on the imbectlity of
the bourgeosie by taking brides for
the granting of the Legion of Honor
and other titles and decorations.
One manufacturer paid down 300,-
600 francs to the combine in order to
secure the coveted cross. Needless to
say he had squeezed this amount out
OF his unfortunate employees of whom
not one earns as much as 1000 francs
per month. Rather imprudently per-
haps, M. Bokanowsky, the minister of
commerce, ordered prosecution. New
names are being brot into the mess
daily and, unless the thing is speed
lily hushed UP, there is no knowing
where it will stop.
Then there is the naturalizations
scandal.
Naturalization Farce.
Hundreds of thousands of foreigners
have within the last few years applied
for French naturalization papers. Each
case is made the subject of an in
quiry. In some cases the inquiry
started in 1919 and is not ended yet.
In others the inquiry lasted an hour
or so, and yielded satisfactory re-
suit. Needless to say the latter cas-
es were those of wealthy men, the
former those of humble workers. And
the secret was that the officials In
charge Of the inquiries gently tap
ped" the aspirants with results very
satisfactory to their own pockets and
to the wealthy candidates desires.
Finally, the Varenne scandal. Va
renne is, or rather was, right wing
socialist deputy. Last year he was
offered the governor-generalship of In
do-China, and like SO many others,
threw his socialism to the wind and
accepted the job. That in itelf was a
minor incident. But, being in Indo-
China, he apparently thot it well to
improve the shining hour.
Banquet Boycotted.
Now the ex-socialist governor has
come home for little vacation and
big public banquet is to be given in
his honor, A shower of letters was
Immediately published from various
well-known persons refusing to attend
the banquet till M. Varenne has clear
ed himself of the charge openly brot
against him in the press of having
sent home ahead OF him twenty large
packing cases full Of the valuable
presents" he is alleged to have &C.
cepted from his loving subjects" in
lndo-China.