The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-20
VAST CROWDS AT BURIAL OF SLAIN EDITOR Police and Military Protect Funeral Cortege in
 Paris. GAUTHIER SUCCEEDS TO PORTFOLIO OF MARINE Morris, Who Resigned, Defends Himself Before In-
 vestigators.
 

Paris, March 20-The funeral of Gaston Calmette, victim of Mime. Caillaux, took place today ip the Church of Saint Francois DeS1es in the northwestern district of Paris, within a block of the. residence of his assassin Hours before the procession. moved vast crowds filled the streets The police and military authorities had taken great precautions to pre- vent any disturbances
 The police were out in force all along the route and the underground stations nearby were watched by heavy guards. Squadrons of Amounted Republican guards also were under arms and occupied strategic positions in the vicinity.
 Among the notable personages pres ent at the funeral were Emile Loubet, former president of the Republic; Aristide Briand and Louis Barthou, two former premiers; Prince AEurat, Baron Robert De RotIEchiId, Fernand Laborf, the. attorney who is to defend Madame sCalliaux, Sarah Bernhardt and hundreds of others.
 Some of the many wreaths bore the inscriptions "A victim of his devotion to his country and Killed on the field of honor.''
 High prices were paid for advan- tageous places along the route from l which to see the sprocession. No funeral oration was pronounced
 in the church. where a simple mass
 was performed by the parish priest
 GAUTHIER NAMED. The gap in the French cabinet caus- ed by the resignation of Ernest MoniE I from the ministry of marine was filled ] today by the appointment to the post of Senator Armand Elzear Gauthier, A4onis resigned owing to allegations that, when premier, he brought infiu fief1ce to bear to postpone the tfial of Henri Rochette, on charges of exten- sive frauds.
 l Intense interest was attracted today 1 by the appearance before the investi- gating committee. of the chamber of l deputies of Nk. Monis to explain his part in the Rochette scandal. NJ Monis said: Joseph Caillaux, l then minister of finance, called upon
 me early in March, 1911, and men l toned the approaching trial of Henri l Koch cite. He said one of the lawyers l desired the postponement of the pro- ceedings. M. Caillaux added that ow- ing to the financial situation the plead fngs likely to be made at the trial l would cause losses to the savings l banks and would affect public loans. 1 No political interest was alluded to. | Now as to Victor Fabre, the public 1 prosecutor: he had called upon me l four or five times during my premier l ship to report to me on various mat ters. On this occasion I inquired l whether on account of the financial l situation the trial could be deferred. I "M Fabre replied that to send the l Rochette affair back to the investigat- ing judge would not affect the trial It.
 self but would be evilly interpreted by 1 public opinion. I remarked that that T was a question for the presiding judge I of the court to dispose of.
 "No pressure whatever was placed
 on M Fabre. He left me in an a1niable
 mood and stood outside my room talk
 ing with my son for twenty minutes
 during which he expressed the esteem l cad admiration he had for me-.