Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-18
CAILLAUX WILL
STAY IN LINE
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 TIE CASE.

Paris. April lS.-JoScph CailIaux. the
leader nf the Radical and Socialist Hadi
cal parties. will not b. allowed bv his
friends a. retire from French politics.
a. he announced he would do the day
after his wife shot GaSton CaImrttc. the
editor of the Figaro. Mr.. Caillaux did
withdraw a. finanrc minister from the
cabinet he constructed with NJ. Doumer
que a. the premier. but ~ n still con
suited h ysnbordinatc leaders of the two
great groups ia the chamber ~ which h.
il the chief. And il j. understood to bc
his advice which guides the campaign
now going on throughout France for the
elections April -.
The first popular impression after The
killing of Calmcttc was that Caillaux's
career was ruined. No one appears tO
think - now. a. 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 i that the shooting ~ CaImctte
u only an in-idcnt in the rise of the
most powerful politician In France: not
the ahlcSt nor the most winning person
aliy ia French politics. but the most
capable organizer ~ the forces Of hiScon
tent AMI change among that great mass
~ the people between the extreme social
lists and the moderate conservatives.
CailIaux IL more gifted organizer
probably than any other politician IN
France and employs every source ~ In
tcrcSt and patronage ~ maintaining his
voting machine. II appears that within
the last four months nearly nnchalf of
the projects the chief civil administra.
tors or governors Of the departments Of
France. have been replaced ~ support
crS of the ministry. The Prcfc-tS aud
deputy projects are able "a influence
greatly district politics.
w. CaiIlaux'S wealth j. n subject of
gossip He said On one occasion that
nc had inherited S300.O00 from his f.
Their and II u Obvious that this sum has
grown. for he j. director in variors
important institutions. among them the
Egyptian Credit Foncicr. Of which h. IN
honorary president. aud the Credit Fnn.
cicr of Argentina of which he J. prc>i.
dcnt lie u sometimes spokeE of a.
worth 10000 O0n francs tSlnm00n hut
this j. probably exaggerated.
Althnnhg a statesman of immense in.
T flucnce. nc j. also hated and diStruStel
IN the conservative and moderate rcpnh
lican interests. lie j. represented by hi.
enemies a. \ sinister figure. one ~ the
. II A a
that l. the view ~ his supporters TINT
he j. a high minded man who has shown
himself too adroit for his advcrsaricS
and who have had thcrcforc recourse Nm
dctraction in an effort to break him
down.
L. smoking a help ~ q literary compr-
sition?
Emile Faguct. the a.adrmirian. who it
an invetcrate smoker thinks not.
smoke great deal. but ! a. not belirvr
that il does any good. ] even think III
may ~ harm
Andre Thcuriot. the novelist. who al
ternatcS between pipe aud cigir't' I.
isavs: II have never found that th"
habit has the least influence ON what =
commonly called inspiration
Pierre Lott shares his colleague
lopinion: As far a. have observed
the use Of the cigarette has no effect
whatever on my faculties
Among smokers who are members -
the French academy, Maurice Barrcs w
not averse To cigar. while Paul IIervie'
considers the habit n vice and weak.
; ness. Rene Bazin also r severe: u
smoke only an occasional cigarette bH'
! derive nothong from the practice y =
neuralgia and the unpleasant knowletE
that. in continuing 10 indulge. I Srr
render to weakness, which no longrf
has incxpcriencc a. NJ excuse for il"