BOLO TO DIE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1275, 14 March 1918, Page 4

BOLO TO DIE.

APPEAL DISMISSED. liy Cdbh: —Press Assnrialinn.- — Copyright. (A. & N.Z.) PAIUS, March 12. 8010 Pasha's appeal against the sentence of death imposed upon him was dismissed. [ln the trial the Public Prosecutor set out to prove, among other things, that 8010 Pasha, who was arrested on a charge of espionage in Paris, had received advances of t:!2(),l)(l(t from Count von Bcriistorfl" In order to buy up the French press in favour of Germany. The money was deposited in a New York bank, and relayed to other bunks before reaching 8010 Pasha. linlo Pasha tried to buy til. Clcmenceau's "L'homme Knchaine," and lie also tried to negotiate for the purchase of "Figaro." French people were amazed that such a shallow adventurer, holding the rank of Pasha, which was conferred upon him by the pro-German exKhedive of Egypt, was able to attain public and social eminence through a lavish expenditure of German money. The ".Matin" revealed that 8010 Pasha was constantly conferring in Switzerland with Sadik, the ex-Khedive's emissary. They jointly arranged a scheme for the insertion of proGerman articles in French newspapers. Sadik then proceeded to Berlin and explained the scheme to Herr von Jagow (Foreign Minister I, who consented to pay iiiIMMKKI in ten monthly instalments. Polo Pasha regarded the terms as niggardlv. He declared that he could not buy people's souls for such small instalments.]