Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-01-18
|CA|tLAUX IS SHOWN
IN TOUCH WITH FOE
FORMER FRENCH PREMIER'S CON,
NEcTION WITH GERMAN
AGENTS REVEALED.
MESSAGES ARE MADE PUBLIC
Rernstorff's Cables to Berlin Given
Out-Contain' Damaging Refer
ences to Prisoner-Teuton
Censor Warns Papers.

Washington, Jan. 17.-From it's
mysterious stock of intercepted diplo.
matte communications the State de.
partment has published corr%spon.
dence between Count Won Bernstorff,
former German ambassador here, and
the Berlin foreign office, showing
former Premier Caillaux of France
in communication with German agents
in Argentina in 1915.
Contains Damaging References.
The first Bernstorff dispatch con:
tanned damaging references to Gail
laux's references to the French gov.
eminent and warned German news.
papers against praising him. Another
gave notice of the ship on which Gail
laux was sailing from Argentina and
planned it's capture by submarines.
The capture of the ship was sought
because her captain carried important
papers. The German government was
asked to treat Caillaux with every
courtesy and consideration if the ship
was taken.
Following is THO text of the message
sent by Bernstorff: -
8ernstorff's Message.
"Buenos. Aires telegraphed the fol.
lowing:
"Caillaux had left Buenos Aires after
short stay and is going direct to
France evidently on account of the
(group undecipherable) scandal which
he regards as a personal attack upon
himself. He speaks contemptuously Of
the president and the rest of the
French government with the exception
of Braid. He sees through the policy
of England perfectly. He does not an.
ticipate the complete overthrow of
France. He sees in the war now a
struggle for existence on the part of
England.
"Warns Against German Praise"
ALTHOUGH he spoke much of the in.
discretions and clumsy policy Of the
Wilhemstrasse and protested to be.
lieve in German atrocities, he has in
essentials hardly changed his political
orientation. Caillaux welcomed indi
rect courtesies from me, but empha.
sized the extreme caution which he is
ment, he said, had him watched even
here.
'He warns us against the excessive
praise bestowed upon him by our pa.
pers, especially the Neue Freie Presse,
and desired on the other hand that
Mediterranean and Morocco agree.
ments should be adversely criticised.
Our praise injures his position in
France. Caillaux's reception here was
cool. His report about Brazil had
nothing new. On his return to France
he will begin to reside in his own con.
stituency. He fears Paris and the
fate Of Jaures.
"BERNsTORFK"
Another message which Count Won
Bernstorff had forwarded was from
Havana, as follows:
"Tol, Rio de Janeiro, telegraphs
steamer Araguaya left Buenos Aires
January 80. The captain is carrying
important papers. Capture very de-.
sirable. Caillaux is on board. In case
of capture, Caillaux should in an I'M.
obtrusive way be treated with cour.
tesy and consideration. Can you in.
for mour cruisers?
"BERNSTORFF."
German Censorship Ruling.
The instructions of the German cen.
sorship to the German press on June
Is, 1915, follow:
"For political reasons it is urgent
ly requested that nothing be written
about the former French Prime Minis.
ter Caillaux and that his name be not
mentioned under any circumstances j."
This correspondence, although no OF.
fetal announcement to that effect is
available, is made public by arrange
ment with the French government,
which desired it's exposure. Caillaux
now is waiting trial in France for trea.
son on revelations developed by the
celebrated Bolo Pasha case.