HUSHED UP.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18602, 29 January 1926, Page 10

HUSHED UP.

BANK-NOTE SCANDAL. FRANCE DISSATISFIED. (BY CABLE—JfRES3 ASSOCIATION— COPTBtOHT.) ( THE TIMES.") LONDON, January 27. The Paris correspondent of "The Times" says that, being dissatisfied with the manner in which the Hungarian judicial enquiry into French banknote forgeries is being conducted, the French Government lias .made strong representations to Count Bethlen, Hungarian Prime Minister, virtually . demanding complete ventilation of all the facts. This action is believed to be a sequel to reports alleging that efforts aro being made to hush the matter up, and that attempts are being made unduly to favour those concerned. M. Briand, French Prime Minister, is determined that the clearest light must be thrown upon the whole affair. The "Journal Des Debats," in a strongly-worded article, warns the Hungarian Government that the matter is too serious for silence, which will not be tolerated. The guilty must be punished. (The arrest, at Budapest, of Prince Louis Windischgraetz,, who was formerly Royal Chamberlain, an ex-chief of Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a relative of the old Imperial House of Hapsburg, and a recognised, leader of the so-called Legitimists, was followed by revelations of a most remarkable plot for the printing; and issue of forged bank-notes, in order to provide funds for a Monarchist coup. Many arrests were made, including Dr. Nadossy, the Chief of Police. The forgeries developed into "an international scandal, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, and being affected in various ways.]