Barthou, has issued the following reply in the Official Gazette to M. Archambaud, Deputy for the Drome, who asked him to publish the names of members of Parliament who had drawn salaries from the Banque Industrielle de Chine:
"The investigations rest with the Juge d'Instruction, who has not coupleted the task, which he is carrying out with entire independence. The Minister of Justic8 has to sce that justice is equal for all and does not flinch from any of the consequences, but he has neither the right nor means to make the publication in question."
M. Archambaud, in view of this reply, has now tabled in the Chamber of Deputies a private motion calling for the appointment of a commission of inquiry with judicial powers to elucidate fully this politico-financial affair.—Reuter's Special Service.
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