ESPIONAGE SCANDALS IN FRANCE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 6, 2 October 1917, Page 7

ESPIONAGE SCANDALS IN FRANCE

SENSATIONAL ARRESTS OF PROMINENT 1 PEOPLE j BOLO PASHA IN THE LIME- \ LIGHT • I • (ltec. October 1, 9 p.m.) I Paris, September 30. j Further arrests ol prominent persons '■] for communicating with, the enemy are :s cxciting l'rance. U'h© latest arrest is of Vj lioio l'asha, well-known in business and i social circles, His arrest followed on-a j New York cablo message intimating that ; the Deutsche Bank in 1916 had paid .! £300,UtK) into Bolo's accounts wim Amen- 1 can banks, which sums were translerred j to Paris through a I'rench bank.. r 8010 was seriously ill at'.the Grafts i Hotel, and tho Government sent three , j specialists to superintend his transfer toprison. A great crowd in the street j swept tlio stretcher-bearers away and-J shouted: "Death to the traitors! 80108 : i brother, a famous preacher, joined .in , the dvniaud: "Death if guilty! _ 8010 was formerly a hairdresser. Jie j established a brand of champagne and ■-,« Rained ttte friendsliip of the ex-Kiedive, .•, who ennoeied him. He married an htircss ( , and acquired a superb villa at Biarritz. ] According tt> the '"Figaro 8010 became ..j a millionaire in 1916.. Later he acquired. i a share in "Lo Journal • for The Government recently searched Holo s .■ residencee. . ~ .... u•• The Government is disciplining M. .' Jlonior,' President of the Court of Appeal, for revising Bolo's ■ agency with ; J Journal." Inquiries are proceeding wn- rs cerning a. number of other wealthy .men ■; wiio Trcre commercially associated wita Bolo.—"The Times" • ;