Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
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dependent republic. One day, down m
the Pyrenees, French secret service
agents arrested the distinguished white
haired Catalon colonel, Francesca
Macia: former deputy in the Madrid
Parliament, who has been living in exc
lie in Paris under pledge not to 60
near the Spanish frontier.
In the hills near his villa they cap
tured his general staff" band OF
young men equipped with uniforms, ma
chine guns, ammunition, maps, bombs
and even medical equipment and a
stock of flags that were to be flown
as the emblems of the new republic.
The next day, at Nice, near the italian
frontier, Chiappe's men arrested Col.
Garibaldi, whom they accused of hav-
ing posed as an anti-Fascist while lur-
ing back to Italy men who were opposed
to the Black Shirt regime, all the while
receiving for his trouble a tidy wad OF
400 900 lire from MuSsolinis organlza-
ton.
II Duce wired the Quai d'Orsay not
to take action or think that things were
what they seemed, promising to explain
the whole situation within 48 hours. But
France was at fever heat already, 1rri-
tated by recent demonstrations made
by Italians against the French con-
sulate at Vintimiglia and on the streets
of Tunis. Troops were being concen-
trated on both sides of the Alps.
Garibaldi confessed his duplicity and
put it in writing. H. was also accused
Of having been a party to the Catalon-
ian plot and then of having tipped the
Spanish police off to it. He did so With
out informing the French, VINO I'M
mediately assumed that this had been
another italian attempt to engender III
will between Madrid and Paris.
Europe's diplomatic atmosphere was
heavily charged when Chiappe brougnS
Garibaldi to Paris and confronted nlm
with Col. Macia. The Spaniard snubbed
the Italian frigidly. At the trial that
followed the Spanish defendants object
ed to being put in the same defendants
box with Garibaldi. They openly called
him a coward and stool pigeon. One
of Macia's henchmen, his black eyes
flaming with contempt screamed at
the Italian from the witness stand these
blistering words:
eft is only out of respect for Justice
that refrain from strangling you right
here"
Garibaldis attorney described the
bravery his client had shown In the
war, where five Garibaldi brothers
fought in the French army before their
own country entered the struggle. Henri
Torres, most famous Of Paris criminal
LAWYERS, who was representing the Cat
alon patriots, cut him of with soaring
sentence:
Don't raise the specters Of the Ar
eonne," he said, cor beware lest the dea0
themselves arise in winding sheets ana
murmur from tomb to tomb their horror
and disgust of you.''
ing that trial Chiappe conferred one mo-
with the French cabinet, the next with
Judge, for the affair was delicate one
natically. Finally the court let pass the
e of plotting against a friendly state ana
need both Macia and Garibaldi to prison
70 months, which they had already served
he minor charge Of having accumulated
They were ordered expelled from France
aldi went away quietly, spent year III
In South America and then was permitted
turn to Italy. The world this SIDE OF
lps has not heard of him since he crossed
.ontier of his homeland.
cia, on departing for Belgium, was cheereu
gh the streets of Paris, even by the French.
: he is still waiting in Brussels for favor
moment to try again to separate Catalonia
Spain.
J last feather that was put in Chiappes
lerby before he left the Surete Generate to
ne project of police was his recovery OF
PRICELESS Condo rose diamond and other
" of historic and regal renown that had
filched from the treasure tower of the
,au Of Chantilly. The Condo diamond,
4 at a million dollars and more, was given
e Due d'Enghien by Louis XIV after the
daring victory over the Spanish army
'croi in the Spring of 1913.
vas stolen in October, 1926, along with
dagger that hey of Tunis
i've, LIE Grand Condo in the seventeenth
ry, and cross of diamonds King had
,ted to that great warrior OF Frances
l age.
anne went tn Chantillv and directed the