Note 858 — Chapter XIV

Quoted in Quest. dipl. et col., XX, 500 f. The revelations were made by Stéphane Lauzanne, a journalist. Lauzanne denied that he had received his information from Delcassé. He stated that he had written the articles three months ago. See Lister to Lansdowne, Oct. 11, 1905, B.D., III, 83 f., No. 100; Bertie to Lansdowne, Oct. 14, 1905, ibid., 84, No. 101. His assertions were in the main corroborated by two other French journalists, Eugène Lautier and Alexandre Ular, in Figaro, Oct. 13, 1905, and by Jaurès (G.P., XX, 666 n.).