Evening star., 1918-01-16
APPROVES ACTION
NCA|L[AUX CASE
French Chamber of Deputies
Sustains Course of the
Government.
PAUL COMFY ARRESTED
Nv the Associated Press.

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~ the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 16.-The chamber of
! deputies sustained the governments
action In tho Caillaux case late yester-
day by majority of 274 out of the 4s4
members present The vote was taken
after the government had been interpret
lated by Ernest Lafont. a socialist dep
uty, who held that the opening of Call
laux's safe deposit box in the absence
Of q representative of the accused was
illegal
Premier Clemenceau was called upon
by the socialist to reply. Edouard
IEnace. undersecretary for military
Justice however, answered for the gov
ernment. saying that the case was in
the hands of the department of justice
and was following the usual course.
After repeated calls Premier Clemen-
ceau rose from the government bench
and said it was the Italian government
which had presided at the search of the
safe in the Florence bank, and France
was obliged to suppose that all legal
forms had been observed.
The chamber then, by vote of 3I9 to
los, gave precedence to resolution
accepted by the government over a
resolution introduced by the socialists.
The socialist resolution invited the gov
eminent to observe legal forms and the
principles of justice in the prosecution
of the cases being investigated.
Paul Comfy Arrested.
Paul Comfy was arrested last night
IN connection with the governments in
vestigation of the activities of Former
Premier Cail1aux at luncheon given
to Signor Cavallinie. an Italian. Comfy
also is said to have accompanied Dep
been suspended in connection with the
Caillaux affair, to Switzerland to see
Abbas Hilmi. the former khedive of
Egypt.
[Gen. Dubail. the prosecutor of former
Premier Caillaux, signed an order for the
prosecution Of Paul Comfy on December
-, and on the same day Comfy was
examined by Capt Bouchardon, in charge
Of the investigation. Signor Cavallinie is
alleged to have been connected with Bolo
Pasha. He was arrested in Italy on No
yember Il. The charges against Deputy
Loustalot are similar to those against
Caillaux. and the immunity Of the two
was suspended at the same time by the
chamber of deputies.
Document Causing Arrest.
The document which caused the arrest
g NJ Caillaux, according to the Temps
directly in communication with a repre-
sentative OF an enemy power
Ihe newspaper adds that Count Won
Luxburg, the then German minister to
Argentina, warned his government that
the praise CaillauX was receiving in the
German press was compromising Call
spoken OF in a praiseworthy manner.
Count Won Luxburg," the Temps con-
tnued. recommended that the German
nsswspspers should be requested to say
do
solve the Moroccan question too favorably
to France. The Berlin cabinet was mott
ned that Caillaux was soon leaving for
Paris to appear in a lawsuit in which his
opponents would use everything against
This dispatch was not sent direct from
Bernstorff. the German ambassador at
washington. who sent it to Berlin via
Documents From the q. S.
The Temps says 1t understands that
viii add materially to the above state
ments.
The Associated Press was informed
that the name of Baron Won Der Lane
Ken, chief of the political department
IT Brussels and counselor of the Ger
man embassy in Paris prior to the war
may be brought into the Caillaux case
owing to remarks made by Won Der
AAeuShoA " d Neutral QlplOmat In BruS-
sells some time ago with reference to
the settlement of the Agidir, Morocco.
controversy
Won Der Lancken is reported to have
re9erred to Caillaux as a stanch friend
Of Germany and to have used laudatory
remarks which threw new light on NJ
CAilIauIs activities in the Moroccan
ena1r. Permission will be requested
from the government of the neutral
diplomat to permit the conversation be-
tween him and Won Der Lancken to be
recorded in the Caillaux document
To Investigate Finances.
Capt. Rouchardon. head of the Paris
military court has appointed an expert
accountant to make a complete report
on NJ. Caillaux's financial situation at
the present time, as compared with his
fortune prior to the war. Capt Bou-
chardon, contrary to previous reports,
10 still awaiting the documents from
Florence. NJ Caillaux will not be CALL
cd before the court until they are re-
ceived. which probably will be within
four or f1ve days.
An official of the court-martial which
is Investigating the Caillaux affair said
today that the telegram of Secretary
OF state Lansing giving information
concerning Caillaux's activities in Ar
not the essential factor in causing the
arrest of Caillaux
Several more interviews with Nine
Gaillaux were printed today. In one
OF these she said:
We never knew or saw Count Won
Lu4Durs at Buenos Aires. 1t is possible
that he tried to approach my husband:
II IS probable that some third person
tried to bring them together, but with
out success: ! never left my husband
one hour. / know every person with
whom he talked. and at no moment
was he in communication with Won
Luxburg." ''ii
Interest in Two Points.
Public interest in the CailIaux c.se
is concentrated upon two points-tbe
contents OF the safe in the Florence
Bank and the terms of Secretary
Lansings cable messages on the s,,h,
ject of the Caillaux-Luxburg reIations
The reports regarding the contents ~
the safe vary in every newspaper Hn-
mantle says the documents include
e sketch OF concordat between
France and the Vatican drawn -. -