Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-18
CAILlAUX WILL
STAY IN LINE
FRIENDS OF MAN WHOSE WIFE
SHOT FRENCH EDITOR WILL NOT
PERMIT HIM To RETIRE FROM
FRENCH POLITICS.
CARRIER NOT RUINED
FOLLOWING SHOOTING IMPRESS
SION AROSE HE WAS RUINED.
But THIS HAS SINCE PROVEN
NOT TO BE THE CASE.

Paris. April lS.-Joseph Caillaux. the
leader Of the Radical and Socialist Radi.
cal parties, will not be- allowed by his
friends To retire from French politics
as he announced he would do the dav
after his wife shot GaSton Calmctte. the
editor of the Figaro. Mr.. Caillaux did
withdraw ~ finance minister from the
cabinet he constructed with NJ. Doumer.
que ~ the premier. but he il still con
suited b ysubordinate leaders Of the two
great groups i'm the chamber of which he
II the chief. And ID il understood Ia bc
his advice which guides the campagu
now going on throughout France for the
elections April ~
The first popular impression after the
killing Of Calmettc was that Caillaux's
career was ruined. No one appears To
think 80 now. ~ il became evident that
he could have had nothing whatever 10
do with causing AN act that threw into
disorder his far reaching political plans
The opinion Of old parliamentary oh
servers il that the shooting Of Calmctte
Is only an incident in the rise of the
most powerful politician Ia France: not
the ablcSt nor the most winning person
ality in French politics. but the most
capable organizer If the forces of diScOn-
tent and change among that great mass
Of the people between the extreme social
lists and the moderate conservatives.
Caillaux il more gifted organizer
probably than any other politician III
Y France and employs every source of In
tercst and patronage in maintaining his
voting machine. Ii appears that within
the last four months nearly one-half of
the prcfects-thc chief civil adminiStra-
tors or governors the departments Of
France. have been replaced by support
crs Of the ministry. The projects and
deputy projects are able TO influence
greatly district politics.
| VI. Caillaux'S wealth j. n subject of
gossip He said on one occasion that
he had inherited S3O0OO0 from his IA
\ thcr and il il obvious that this sum has
grown. for he j. director in various
/ important institutions. among them the
! Egyptian Credit Foncicr. of which he j.
honorary president. and the Credit Fon-
cicr Of Argentina Of which he IL prcsi-
dent. He is sometimes spoken Of as
worth $4,000 900 francs tSl0.000.O00l but
this j. probably exaggerated.
| Althouhg statesman of immense in
flucnce. he is also hated and distrustel
by the conservative and moderate rrpub-
lican interests. He il represented by his
enemies as a sinister figure. one of the
most dangerous men Of the time. Against
thai il the view Of his supporters that
he i n high minded man who has shown
himself too adroit for his adyersaries
and who have had therefore recourse to
dctraction in an effort TO break him
down.
l. smoking help 10 literary compo-
sition?
an invctcraic smoker thinks not. II
smoke great deal. but | DO not believe
that il does any good. even think il
may do harm
Andre Thcuriot. the novelist, who a.
ternates between pipe and cigarette
Isays: II have never found that the
habit has the least influence on what il
commonly called inspiration"
Pierre Lott shares his colleague
opinion: AS far as | have observed
the use Of the cigarette has no effect
whatever on my faculties"