El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-06
Former Premier High Army Officers Various Other Psonag Are Declared
involved IN Defeais Plot Which Was Pro-Geman and Included
Plan for Revolution of the Amy
by JOHN LLOYD BALDERsToN.

By JOHN LLOYD BALDERsTON.
fEll be charged that he tried 10 per.
] suace Italy in 1915 TO betrav the
allies and make a separate peace
] second, that he was in constant COM
/ municatiou with Germany. in itself
an offence punishable by death IL held
! 70 be plotting against the internal
security Of the republic" Thirdly.
| that he organized at German behest
a revolutionary conspiracy By which
I he planned to seize power IN France
/ in 1917 and make peace. securing
favorable terms for France and
abandoning England and Russia 10
7 the victorious enemy.
Plotted An Uprising.
Like the famous b0rdereau in the
Dreytus case the mysterious box
which CaiLauE deposited for safe
keeping in bank in Florence when
italy was neutral, that was seized
afterwards by France with consent OF
italy seems likely 10 loom large dur
ing the trial In this box the govern
menL expects 70 find the Utmost Sc
crets OF Calllaux's heart, the definite
unansWe rable proofs Of his treason.
The friends Of CaillauE claim that
no evidence at all was discovered
Certain memoranda containing lists
ot friends and enemies to be reward
ca OF punished suggestions as To
military steps to be taken by Call
lauN's friends In the army when the
day OF revolution came. were. I
understand, taken from the strong
box
These documents are secret Scores
OF names, many OF the highest repute
including names Of soldiers who won
glory against the enemy are found
IN them. CaillauN claims that what
ever the box contains OF change Of
government refers not to fOrcible
revolution, but to a possible election,
OF perhaps spontaneous uprising OF
the people The papers are merely
private reflections and memoranda
declare why then" their opponents
retort, did Caillaux take the extra
ordinary step, 10 conceal these docu-
nentsi OF placing them in 1915 in a
bank 10 then neutral country"
Wife shot Figaro Editor.
An the world in the days before the
war was thrilled By the trial OF the
brilliant Madame Calllaux, who
walked into the office Of the power
ful editor Of lie Figaro and shot Gas
ton Calmette dead at his desk Il did
II TO save your she cried hysteri-
cally 10 her husband. when he came
70 her in prison.
That cry passes unnoticed when L
was reported without challanEe, and
confirmed at the trial that Madame
CailauL's motive for the shooting
was 70 prevent Calmette from pub
fishing love letters written By her
70 CaillauI at a time when both were
TO others. This motive was
sufficient to secure an acquittal from
a French jury.
But as the greater trial Of her
husband approaches Paris hears
20 its establishment, one
Of the best kept secrets OF modern
times. Il was not love letters that
had driven Madame Caillaux TO frenzy
N 1915; documents Of a far dlffenent
kind which she knew the fearless
editor TO possess had to be suppressed
to save" her husband Paris has {
not heard how there came into Cal
uerte's possession coded dispatches
sent by the German ambassador in f.
Paris N 1911 TO Berlin IN which the
then prime minister Cailiaux's sur 7
render OF French interests in the /
Morocco dispute Is made clear
Would EndnnEer Republic
These dispatches, II published, /
would have ruined Caillaux IN 1914. /
when, just before the war, his re- |
Urn 10 power seemed imminent. Ma i
lame CaillauE walked into the edi-
.or's office and killed Calmette and 4
he dispatches never saw the light. I
Whether Calmette ever intended 20
Irint them Is not certain, but they
nd no love missives. cost him his
ife- During the trial II Lazarus OF I
he Figaro declined to discuss GER
ain documents which he had said
we're powerful enough TO destroy
on the ground that 20 give
violence about them would endauger
he republic The brief reference. u
Which passes unnoticed. was the only I.
inc during Madame Caillauz's trial
hat the crucial motive IN the case ii
7as mentioned
The three metaphorically blood I
tanned kilograms show haw Ger Z
lany won a crushing diplomatic vic
DRY over France IN the sumner OF
9l1, when war seemed near. IL Cam
on. French ambassador in Berlin,
vas appointed by his government TO
ettle the crisis caused By the arrival