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SEND THEM TO PRISON.
appeal for Conviction of Pan
ama Canal Swindlers.
EIFFEL A COMMON EMBEZZLER.
Bow D« L«urpi Worked the Catholics
Through the Priesta—Clemenccau In
an Kini>arras<loe Situation.
tiKs, 11—Advocate-General Rau, in the
psnans* trial, continue ! his ad Iress todav for
tb* MQSorntI"TT He declared the ls«ue# of lot
ttrr bonds wee a swindle; that the report* pub
lished contained inaccurate figure* Intended to
»t»iesd the public, and that fraudulent under
writing syndicates were forme 1, for all of
which Ferdinand de Lesaeps and others accused
were equally responsible. Eiffel was an accom
plice in the frauds, secretly receiving money,
knowing well that he received part of the pro
ceeds of a swindle The advocate general, con
tinuing. said the bad faith of the defendants
tu manifest through the maneuvers to which
they resorted. Both Ferdinand and Charles de
lesseps msde statement! full of lying promises
to their hearers. Eiffel, through breaches of
trait, obtained nearly 25,000,000 franc*. He
simply erabexs'ed the company's funds. In con
elnsinn Advocate-General Rau demanded severe
punishment for men who, in order to attract
espits!, had recourse to every kind of trick and
fraud. A fine would not be sufficient punish
ment. Justice demanded that such crimes
should lie severely repressed.
The first witness before the parliamentary
eomtcission of Inquiry today was 1L Ptephane,
• clerk in the service of Baron Be Rcinach's
partner. M. Propper. Ha said that Baron de
Eeinach left him a list of persons compromised
in the distribution of Panama canal mOner.
Among those named in the list were: Arene,
Dcves, Grevy, Roche, iJugue de la Fouconniere,
Bouviar, Floquet, Brou*t. Renault, Barbe,
Jsrail and Thevenet. Several names were re
petted on the list as men indicated who had re
wived Panama money more than once. The
vlwle 'let contained the names of more than
100 deputies who bad been beneficiaries of the
Panama fund. The sums paid these men
vsrsei be'.ween 1,000 and 3 0.000 francs each. M.
gtephane said be gave tlie list to M. Clemen
reau, who he thought con d make the best use
ef it Considerable questioning on the part of
Chairman Bri«*on elicited many .additional
tscu which show that M. Stephsne had in his
possession a!i«t similar to the one photographed
forM. Andrieur M. Stephane was req<ie*ted
to wa't in the committee room while M. Clem
enceau was summoned from the Cham
ber. Five minutes later Clemenceau arrived.
He denied emphatically that he had ever re
ceived any list of compromised deputies from
anybody. He had not even heard of such a list
from Baron de R"inach or anybody connected
with bim in business. M. Btepbane was than
recalled and repeated his former testimony
without variation, directly contradicting every
thing M. Cituieuceau said.
The IW xitt -ays the police hav* found 200
checks paid by M. Arton, the Panama canal lob
byist nn<l agent of Baron do Keinacf, and in
dorsed by conspicuous men. It is supposed
tnat most of the checks were drawn In favor of
lc4 deputies. among whom were M. Andrieux.
It is said that Arton had been commissioned to
•jv-n<i 1,350.0 0 franca.
Republicans, 'unurin? personal differences,
a'e rallying to the cause of the povernment.
oob!et states that he will not associate himself
with a campaign designed to provoke a pre-1-
deutial crisis. This sentiment ia creneral y ex
pressed by other prominent men whom the re
•ctio:iist-j had h<>(iod to attract to their aide
through motives of peraonal ambition. The de
tection of royalist plotting at home Hnd the in
creasing interest iu affairs abroad have serve'!
to weaken the hold of the Panama acandal on
tbepubl.c miii'l, and the enemies of the gov
•rnineut also find tue public more incredulous,
In view of the earnest prosecution of De Les
wps aud associates, of the assertions that Preai
dint < uruot or his ministry have anything fo
conceal.
Iu Vie*v of the developments of the trial at
tention ha* been called to the part which
Ferdinand do Ijcsseps got the clergy to take
in helping his scheme, which has heretofore al
most is < aped obiervation. l»e 1-estteps and his
whol« family went promluently to high mas- at
Ha delaine ail the time the bubble was being
blown. The christening of each of the sueea
ive children of the family, not leas a public
♦rent, was celebrated at the nunciature by
license. A prelate was lu one instance
j asked to be godfather. Speculation in l'auuma
options, it is said, weut ou at the Vatican. A
marquise who left to tne p<»j»e a mansion in the
[Place <le la Concorde was advised by her
Priest.y counsellor to convert her offering of 40,-
10 i francs a year to the l'eter's j»ence fund into
I'snama paper. The adviser got a heavy per-
nu the transaction. Of course, the corn
pa:.* wh« expected to pay heavily and answered
lo the expectations. K"ery priest who got one
Ci h.s flock to take a bou or a share go| a com
mission. The run of priests on the Panama
Offices was a<> great that arrangements were be
ing made for a special oflice and a secretary to
Nceive them when the co lapse eaine.
lie Leßseps also sent out in a most sensational
wsv brigades of Sisters of rharitv to the hos
pital at the canal works. An appeal was one
day made through a religious paper to the real
and devotion of the liaughters of .St. Yiuceut
daPaul. The next day there were thirty-three
volunteers, who were taken to Saint Nainiru the
following day to embark. The even of the
[Catholic world of France were for an hour riv
eted on the poor neroines, who were th -u for
gotten until another brigade of volunteers was
Deeded, for yellow fever had co more yiared
them than other whites on the isthmus is the
Bnheaif v season. I 'iere was a call on® for
ehar'lains, but not with ao much success. 1
It has been claimed t.'iat the connectim of
tho deputies accused of c irruption iu ttie l'an
ama aifair to< W p.nee in <>n the occasion of
tbo paamitre of the lottery loan. The purlin
lientsr? U« D! l«v> 1 1 arm* on trafficking with
the e'e .•'tivc mau into i« therefore innppllraMe
In their ca#<.\ but claiue 177 of the ge i»! c«do
ttin!»h«r« wth c vil <1« all public fuuc
tlooarc* entity of von tiny.
W*«niv,!'N ( iTY, Jan. I s .—Representative
Ft-, m.> today i;• r l l lit the U'>n-e for reference
»re»i>: itum i .ret ute inquiry t»y a congressional
ftitumit'.. into the atate of stTiirn on the Nth-
Eu»o! I'auania. the expenditure* of money in
America t > cccr.ro ai ijuieM enro iri the canal
'!>-' t. mid Tin.* propriety of <<r:i Newton scou-
E'ctioa with the Panama « at:*! Company.
\»W YOKE, Jan. I S *»en. N »wtou. president
0 t'.e i'mauia Knilr -ad Company, says re-
S»"4inir the proceedmgs involving the canal
•>aJ railr >td company, instituted at Albany,
thai th«?\ nsre Instigated by the I'ae !,e Mail
tonipauv. "They are trying," he »aid, "to
fsres u* into « contract with them, but we are
n> ho bulldozed. The directors of the
it.lr a,i o'tapany were not paid by tho canal
•ompiii'v. ■
P*n> Jan 17.—The court room was not
tiiroi . > 1 w iii'Ti the triai til Charles de l.cv
and a-« .i. ates was resumed today.
A :v. ate aientT.il Kau opened for the
prosecut >n. He satd that out of 3>io.ttk>,-
ttan-- t;rst ob:a:;ied three-fifths
fitegMiY '.ispoaed of. The capital
i®. the company was no ia<d open
to plunderers that 700 ,<nO,<j<» franca
*ere squandered l>es;de t B u:ns ex
jwnded ma« tut.iv carry n.» out the legiti*
tn«te of the company. l'he mxaker
pKrteded to analyze and criticise the
Jsrin- stints paid out under the heading,
''Remuneration to directors, the Ameri
fnncit nutiee and oth» r hicU vf!i iats of
the company." Kau declared that the
payments made on commas; n were out-
Nfeotuly high. Ttoboobi f the company
*ere kept in an irregular manner and
• vomits manipulated alter the conclusion
®' contract*. M. Kau emph; « i i ,at
"•'wspapers of aii shades, their editors,
■irectors and managers, received nj>t»ev
»nd all sorts ol disgraceful transactions
*ere cone. a t*d tin ler the heading of "A i-
l icenses." I lie advix-ate
►neral had i. it hnished bis address
*n the c urt adjourned.
Intert-si t is v centered in the eon:es««i.>n
*< ' ha-iis I>, Usv't * to M. Frarupievile.
*e i-avt* an oral ..story of liie Panama
* ; -ery, in 'trat-.n? two more deputies .-s
jKe.vera < i regu.ar sulwid.es lrotn the
fenarua i Hi*; Company. I; is
he i ate dates a- i amounts, and that
Mn.mona tor t ,e r.icu whom he names
**«• ! eeii t>«ued.
jjfai itie < ourse < ; tiie Panama trial todav
®*t*Uuiic j<ro»v«.ulor ui«d« au i^uporiaui
For oar Effort Sale have been boiled, roasted—ia facl,
literally cooked to pieces, and it means, as we stated
yesterday, a pnddiag for the pablic. The proof of the
pndding, ia this case, will be forthcoming if yoa wijl
look through oar store dnring this sale. 1
SOO, 803 and 804 FRONT ST.
statement to the effect that the canal was
impracticable. For a canal with locks
the expenses would be still 1,500 000,0<j0
francs more and it would take fif
teen years to complete it. As 1,400.-
(MJU.OOO francs have already been
spent, this would represent a capital of
nearly B,ooo,ooo,ooofrancs. The engineer's
reports state that the maximum protit
would be 60,000,000 francs per annum and
would onlj' be realizable after twelve years
oftratlic. These calculations would show
returns of barely 2 per cent, upon the
capital invested. The conclusion drawn
ttierefore is that the canal is not possible.
Thestatement produced profound impres
sion. The government has decided to de
mand the extradition of Cornelius llerz
from England upon a charge of swindling,
which is one of the extraditable otlenses
provided for by English law.
The government will soon strike a blow.
It is reported on excellent authority that
now there is ample evidence of a royalist
conspiracy, and that arrests will be made
ut au early date. The conspiracy has been
hatched in London and Madrid,
and the Count of Paris, instead
of Laving been especially close
in expenditures for the royalist
cause, lias been unusually lavish. He is
not himself managing any of the details,
and it is not desired that he should, but
his leading representatives are more active
than ever. Royalist influence and funds
had much to do with the recent activity in
revolutionary circles in Paris. It is re
ported that much of the applause of
the extremist speakers at the Tivoli Vaux
hall was furnished by paid royalist
clacquers. The royalist plan appears to be
to overthrow the republic by some means,
no matter what, aud foment and promote
disorder in the hope that people will turn
to the Count of Paris or the Duke of Or
leans for rescue or protection.
Deputy Pelietan made a violent attack
today in the chamber upon the Dank of
France, which, he said, had increased its
note is*ue by "A>,f* | o.ouo francs in the iast
few months to meet emergencies caused
by its own reprehensible policy. M. Tir
ard replied that the present linancial dead
lock consequent upon the general feeling
of apprehension had greatly hampered
commerce and compelled the bank to
draw upon its gold reserve, which was a
guarantee of the security of the national
credit.
I>eputy I'aul deCassngnac appeared he
fore the parliamentary commission of
inquiry today and reproached iK-puty
Dutemps, one of the committee, with
having circulated retiorts to the effect that
he accepted bribes from the Panama Canal
Company, "such reports are unqualified
falsehoods, and 1 shall demand personal
satisfaction from the man who i? responsi
ble for them," said l»e Caasagnac.
Chairman Hrisson had assureu him that
no charge had been preferred against him
by Putemps or any other members of the
commission, and that hts integrity was
not under suspicion. M. de Cassagnac
left the commission, however, stiii pro
testing the conviction that he ha I been
slandered, and this evening he sent a sec
ond to M. l»titeni]>*
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