A PARISIAN SENSATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2521, 27 June 1893, Page 3

A PARISIAN SENSATION.

Paris, June 22. The documents said to have been stolen from the British Embassy had reference to a secret service list. Certain newspapers threaten to publish an official list of the deputies said to have been bribed. The officers of the Embassy declare the whole story to be apocryphal. M. Millevoye created a scene in the Chamber of Deputies to-day by declaring that Great Britain had bribed M. Clemenceau to advocate the concession of Corsica. The majority of the condemned the odious calumny, and this is regarded as a victory for M. Clemenceau. M.M. Millevoye, and De lioulego have resigned their seats in the Chamber. M. Clemenceau is accused of selling Egypt to England, Iclavi, the Socialist paper, says that the stolen documents show that deputies were bribed to promote British policy in India. June 23. M.M. Mevoye read in the Chamber of Deputies, amid great uproar and shouts of derision, the documents Bajd to have been stolen from the Marquis of Dufferin by a subordinate, including a list of bribes paid, to members of the Chamber of Deputies. The names of M.M. Clemenceau (who was accused of receiving £30,000) and Rochefort, Bardeaux, and Maret were mentioned. The letters plainly indicated that a hoax had been perpetrated, qf that they were forgeries. TJie Government declined to recognise the stolen documents, aud referred them to the Judiciary Chamber. The Chamber, however, insisted that they should be read through, andthe vote of 389 to 4 showed that the attempt to crush M. Clemonoeau had ended in a complete fiasco. During the reading of the documents M. Bardeaux maintained an incessant cry of " liar." M. Deroulede was unable to bear the ridicule heaped upon him, and rushed from the Chamber shouting " I resign." The editor of Concorde, M. Mevoye, and M. Deroulede, are likely to be prosecuted in connection with the forged papers. June 24. Norton, who is suspected of forging the documents iu the possession of M. Millevoye, alleged to have been stolen from the British Embassy, and M. Ducret, one of the directors of Concorde, who purchased them for 10,000 francs, have been arrested. London, June 24. Lord Rosebery, the Foreign Secretary, declares that the documents are gross and palpable forgeries,