PUBLIC ANGER IN PARIS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2012, 20 March 1914, Page 7

PUBLIC ANGER IN PARIS.

OVER ill. CALIETTE'S DEATH. STORMY SCENE IN CHAMBER QF DEPUTIES. SECRET OF THE DEAD MAN'S POCKET BOOK By Telesra.Dh.-'Pr.esß A.«sooteUnn-Gop*riftM Paris, March 18, The murder of M. Gaston. ' Calfuetto, Into editor or the Paris newspaper' "Figaro," by Madame Caillaux, wife- of the French Minister of Finance, has created a condition qf public excitement which surpasses that which prevailed during the Steiuhill ease, and almost equals that at the time of the Dreyfus trial. It- hag been intensified by M. Caillaux's efforts to rally the Radical forces, which had been riven-by SI. liriaud, and if. Giiiikux's success in regaining persons) supremacy of the party after the Coii.go disclosures. The late M.'Calmcttc's artieies in the "Figaro" have not been ■eqiialfed in bitterness since- Zola's "J'Accuse," mid the revelations rsgjrrdiaig thts Rochctio scandal culminated in a sensation-. • The "Action Fran-Raise," a Royalist newspaper, sumiito-ned tho "Camelots Du Roi" to demonstrate iigaiii&t M. Caillaux. There were many scuffles with tho police, tallies and chairs in cafes being brokofi, and the police-'as-saulted. A series of demonstrations were also maio outside • M. Caillaus's house. Hundreds of students assembled at the "Figaro" office, and shouted "Down with Caillaux the robber." ■. The newspaper comment on the crime as one of almost indecent ferocity. For some tho inipftrtanao of the crime lies in tho sweeping of M. Caillaux from power.' Mounted paYwo patrol the grant] boulevards to- p.fflvent' demonstrations. M: Reno Renault (Minister of, -Interior) succeeds M. Caillaux as Minister of Finance., Secret Documents, The newspaper "intransigfiaut" states that H. ■ . Calraette showed a friend letter from- tho Foreign Office archives, proving Caillaux's farmer secret correspondence- with a foreign Government concerning' the Congo, whichM. Calmotto had hitherto suppressed., lest they should, lead to a diplomatic incident. He 'ahrftys oafriod the letters in his pockethoofc During Ms last momenta; M. Calinctto frequently appealed to his f.fi-en-ds to guard the pocketbook. - ' The police sftizgd all do'c-u-jfien-ts at. M. Calmette's office: These are reported to include M. Caillaux's private letters to his wife, before marriage, M. Caillaux's-, lias handed to the police a letter written by his wi-fo which Jiq found on the -night of the tragedy, wherein she says: ""When yon r6c.eive this I shall have executed justice." Maitrc Labo.ri. who do'fettded Dreyfus, will defend Ma-dame, Caillaux. Madame Gaftkris had previously taken counsel from her friends, but fading it unlikely that sins could secure satisfaction by legal process, she- took the-law in her own hands. . When M. C-Ki'llaux licafd that the ■ Magistrate was going to detain his .wife he said: "I veg-fet that 51. Galmotte is scvorojy. hurt; but I ca-hnot .disapprovo her d.ecrds." Madame Caillaux is detaintt.d in aarge cell at St, kazare. frison. She has a maid to,dress her and- wait at' table. A restaurant..supplios lter.-witlj meals. ' '■.'■."■

STORM BURSTS W THE BHAMEIEff. DEPUTIES WmiY EXCITED. ■_~ '," ParlSj March 18. the debate in. the Chamber of tics was the stormiest siiico JbV Dreyfus affair. M. Delahnye moved that ihe Govern, nient should be called' on ti> dismiss the 1 rocurator-Gciieral, who had yielded fo M. Moms's pressure, and allowed Rochctte to abscond, thus preventing the scandal involving M. Cail'la-itx, ' M. Barthou feid a document which .'he threatened to publish, and which, it was alleged, prompted Madame CittHaux to commit the deed, The document was the PuMic Praseeutor's protest against Ministerial pressure, to obtain immunity for Rocshette.' Tlio reading caiised an. immonse sensation. • M. Ceccaldi, a friend of M, CailJaux, accused M. Bartlio.ii of bci.u.p- M. Caillaux's .political assassin, ho being inflamed by po'litfciil aniniesit.y. M._ Mom's denied the I'reeii'rtitor's allegation, and demanded «n inqviirv into the history of the document and how M. Barthou abstracted it from the ar* chives. The motion was withdrawn in favour of ono ordering tiro proloiication of the Kochetto Commission of Inquiry. AWKWARD QWsmms, ASKED. ■ (Rec. March Ti), Ifi p,m} tu r, ,- ,t, ' P3r,s ' Marc-fi 19. the Radical Rarty in the Chamber of deputies is demoralised, and there is a growing clamour.for M, Monis's resigiiaJ 1 ??' , Tho ' )ul,lio is $S4irsai3iff why a letter of M. -Fahro, the Public Pmsetv,. tor. ; was not submitted to She Rochetto Commission; and why Messieurs Bartnou and Briaird kept the letter by them for three years without breathing a word to the Commission,, iw.irl then finally hand it to the Jat6 Mi Catoette, as us deadliest wejtpoii agaifet -M. CailJaux. . , , .. Tlio_ Rochette Commission has now been,iuvcstcd_with..jiidid fl .l poivcrs, the hrst Commission to bo ; given siieh high powers during the- his'torv of the Third Republic. ■ ' '■

Owing to the prevailing mirost, tk troops arc eonfuiqd to barracks, fn readiness. Measures have been taken to Kuartl M. CniltatiK's hoiiSfi,'Maetamo's Insoii. and Parliament, Airing the funeral of M. Calmctte'on Friday.

Since .1908 Pochette, the company pro- ". Ot M, „(P»,"='l>aUy «f Hid ' species bubble ), who was accused of fraudulent speculation m cc-nrieGtion with his many financial enterprises;, fought the jtdkiil authorities with every possibte legal, aftd political weapon. Tho preliminary investigation of the cass lasted for two years, and led to sensational ineidsuts in Hie Chamber, where it was asserted {hat M. Glcracncean, wlftn Premier, and M, Lepme, the Prefect of Police, had exceeded their constitutional rights And duties in endeavouring to bring about the private prosecution of tho finmjeier, whose ninny bubble companies were a constant subject of complaint in the' Chamber of Deputies and in tire Press, lit 1910 the case was tried, and Bosltette was petite*cefl to two years' imprisonment suid a smalt fine. He appealed without success, and then carried the case to tlwi Coart of Cassation, which ordered a n<?w trial. Tho Court upheld the. verdict, and increased the sentence to t.hvw year*. Undeterred by this verdict, he ome more applied to (lie Court of Cassation for provisional release, Tha appr-al was heard, and l?e----chette, who was on tail to flip amount of •£BOOO, did not appear, jinlgment ii*i»s Riven against him in de-fault. Pochette ' had absconded t« Britain. Olid was subsequently cxtr.idilf-d. Amongst the points . upon which i)m Special Parliamentary t'oimuissinu <rf Tii(|iiiry nppoint?d twoSaminp the l?oehetio case desired more light—which jvfts denied them—was the qnvstian of tlio affiumcnts.or other itHluemncnts employed by Pochette to secure repeated adjournments of the proceedings against, him. The Con?, mission heard the. Public Prosecutor. General M. Fabfe, who pleaded professional sscrecv and■• declined to say anything beyond decUvrinp that justice hsd followed a normal course, Ae reports |

were current in the effect.that M. Caillaux, while Finance- Minister in Urn Moms Cabinet, had used his good ofliees on HociietVs behalf, M. lion is whs invited to appear before the Commission. He protested against this proceeding and declined to say anything with regard to what had happened while ho was in office. M. Caillaux, who is one of Use original members of the Commission, vrs ecMiiimled that ho could fesiinw his seat on it, but he did not avail himself of this offer. Ho has contented himself with insuiiiE 4i d«ial that he ever interfered in "Hie Itochette affair.