FRANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1918, Page 5

FRANCE.

THEBOLO TRIAL SCHEME FOR PEACE. BETWEEN GERMANS AND FRANCE. Bf ORDER TO DEFEAT BRITAIN. Paris, Feb. 6. Bolo's trial has been resumed. Ttta President announced that Casualjai, who is imprisoned in Italy, admitted that he had remitted 2,150,000 francs from Kemll Pasha. The examination of Porehere, who is accused of being Bolo's accomplice, .then commenced. Porehere said he was a dawned fool, but not a traitor. He onlv ney.

Boio, interrogated, said he thought there was no harm in having relations with Sadik Pasha, Abbas, and Hilmi. Everyone knew of it Bolo's indictment states that, after Ihe battle of the Maine, Germany,' finding no longer hope of success by a sudden attack, desired a rapprochement with Frarice..in order to be able to defeat Britain. It wm necessary to prepare public opinion for a separate peace, and Bolo's mission was, by means of cleverly disseminated reports, to' show that Germany was prepared to make large sacrifices in money, alto to neat* pessimism in order to cause confusion and disturb the, patriotic agreement between the French parties. The Indictment also stated that 8010 lost a fortune of £1.200/100, and apparently sought and received money from Germa* sources. Bolo's defence was that he was a victim of a plot. ' PreMed regarding his monetary transacti6mi with the ex-Khedive. he stated rbat the last-named got into deep water. 8010 lent him a million francs for. his. abdication. Regaling £400.000 received from New fork, he declared that the money was bis and he invested It In Antwerp and Hammwf? before the war in order to escape the threatened income tax. BOLO'S ATTITUDE.

> POTENT INDICTMENT. , ' Times' Service. ' Received Feb. 7, JJ.3O p.m. Pane, »b. fl. 8010 maintained an attitude of Mun-«ba»isen-like audacity. He declared that Jw associated with the ex-Khedive solely to induce hhn to abdicate, and adAd: "He placed his crown at my disposal.ton when cohered, declared that tie hostile witnesses were liars. Ho etttaed that he still possessed a fortune Of *6»,ooo,but it wpnld be useless for IwwKwewtor to try end trace It«fc todietaant xgftiMt 8010 delineate* Mm as a fascinating libertine, a cajoling, tmn philanderer, bigamist and gambler, « extravagant lirer Mid unscrupulous totttoess adventurer, w'jo conquered v *<*** with hU silken mouatt/jhea and foMHhg eye and won -their devotion, de•ptte his cruelty and infidelity, while he imposed on business men br his clever cynical andaeity and.«elf«confidenee. Aft« buxainously marrying the rich ♦Wow of a Bordeata wine merchant, Bote launched into a life of wild «jnsiS«BspWttl*fioitt and social pretensions. Be promoted batjneaees in various .parts «f tte world, all of which failed.