ELECTION FUNDS
INVESTIGATION IN FRANCE. A SENATOR’S SILENCE. *' ■ ■ Australian and N.Z. Cable Association PARIS, December 17. A surprising incident marked, the opening sitting of a commission appointed by the Chamber of Deputies to inquire' into the sources of party j funds employed in the election campaign last May, with special reference to the extent to which. Moscow funds were .utilised. The first witness, M- Brillet. Senator for the. Seine, who is regarded as the political agent for the Union Des Interets Economiques, refused to take the oath, on'the ground that he would be compelled tp give, names of men who had given hini or had demanded money, or who had received election 1 funds, Thus he would risk legal penalties. , The commission, after ’unavailing efforts by exerting, pressure, decided to refer the point to the Minister for Justice, and the sitting was adjourned.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12016, 19 December 1924, Page 5
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