For 10 points – name this bribery scandal which rocked the Third Republic associated with the failed construction of a Central American waterway.
Jaures was commissioned to investigate it, and it caused Clemenceau to lose his seat in the 1893 election. In, The Origins of Totalitarianism Arendt, argues that it led to the growth of anti-Semitism as the quarrel between Herz and Reinach (*) added a particular "air of gangsterism," and it was precipitated by the collapse of the company headed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. For 10 points – name this bribery scandal which rocked the Third Republic associated with the failed construction of a Central American waterway.
Jaures was commissioned to investigate it, and it caused Clemenceau to lose his seat in the 1893 election.
{Panama} Scandal [accept {Panama Affair}]