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Show OO 1 CLAIM DEBT TO FBANCEJJNPAIfl: Old Revolutionary War Bills Were Never Settled, Deputies Assert PATHS. March 24. (Bv The A dated Proas). The question whether the I'nlted Stale.- bad ev. j repaid the iadvances made by Louis XVI of France durliiR th.- American revolution raised recently by a writer in tho 1 newspaper L'Eclalr, was brought up in the senate during Tuesdaj night's debate oh the budget by Sen. iter Gau-dln Gau-dln do Vlllalne, representing the cle- partment of La .Manche. "I said last year." thc senator de-i dared, "that Louis XVI In 177K save the young Amen,-,,, republic, had loaned America 00, 000,600 fram TELEGRAM run BTED. Senator Gaudin de Vlllalne calculated calcu-lated that at three per cent this sum now would exceed 37.000, 000,000 j francs or sufficient not only to pay I what France owjjs to America but also' what France owes lOngland. "A Washington telegram; replying to the point of which you speak, uches the dates at which this debt WW repaid," re-paid," interrupted Senator Brangier ' This debt never has been paid," exclaimed ex-claimed Senator Qaudihe de Vlllalne, "The telegram gives the exact date of the payment," declared Senator! Grangler " "A telegram is not historv." ex-1 claimed Senator Vlllalne S I 1 Ks ( Pi it. "I must ask pardon," said Senator Brangier, but it would be darigorous for the good relations which it is in-! dlspenslble to maintain with the l nit -ed States to open such a discussion if really this debt has been paid " "That telegram is a canard. " remarked re-marked Senator Dominique Delhnyo, causing murmur from many benches. "Until there is more complete information," in-formation," said Senator Gaudin de, Vlllalne, "I assert that It has not been paid, and I await knowledge to whom it has been paid '' Turning to Senator Dominique Del-haye, Del-haye, Senator Brangb r exclaimed I will make an appointment with you S week hence, my dear colleague, and we will see who Is right." HISTORY b v. s PAID WASHINGTON. March : Several treasury officials directed attention to a history of the national loans of the L nlted States written in lsj fael Bayley of the treasury depart-ment depart-ment This volume shows France made four loans aggregating $(5,352,-FlOO $(5,352,-FlOO to the American colonies for pros-! ccutlon of Ihe war of independence. ..rious payments on tho loans, the. histor- shows, were made In the form Of tohacco and otherwise in addition; to cash These payments left one bal- a m.-e .,f Sl.sis.noij which was merged into tho 54 per cent stock of 1795. final payment having been made In! 181E The only other balance, the history says, amounted to $176,'K0 when it was merged Into Ihe I""1' cent stock of 17 96, and final payment, was made In 1808. |