French Minister of the interior, reveals the Cagoulards Party to overthrow state and restore monarchy. The results of the police enquiries into the activities of the 'Cagoulards' (hooded men secret society) were revealed in Paris by the French Minister of the interior, M Marx Dormay. 'Searches have shown', he said 'that we are faced by an organisation modelled on army lines. Seized documents revealed that the plotters aimed at the overthrow of Republican Institutions and their substitution by a dictatorship before proceedings to the restoration of the Monarchy'. Photo Shows, M Marx Dormoym Minister of the interior (right), leaving the Elysee Palace in Paris with Vice Premier Leon Blum , after a Cabinet meeting at which M Dormay gave his colleagues the detailed account of the plot. 24 November 1937