Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-07
Especial Correspondence of 1
World \

WORLDLY
Paris, Sept. 6.--The French senate S
commission having finally finished its
inquiry into the charges of reasonable
conduct preferred against Joseph Call
laux, former premier of France. there
is apparently no reason why the most
sensational trial ever staged in this
country should not be begun. That
Caillaux will face his senator judges,
sitting as high court, in the lmmedl-
ate future. howeyer is deemed un-
likely.
f,t c%3 D'ss r. SNs She time when
the trial should coa1e up before the
senate, general elections are TO take
place in France, and there is a unani-
nous desire here that the trial of Jo-
seph Caillaux and its sequel should not
be used as a point of issue by candi-
dates or against them. Caillaux still
enjoys wide popularity in France,
and many are they who firmly believe
in his innocence, while others are
equally firm in considering Caillaux
should pay the price of his mistakes
Case viii Be Kept I'm the background.
With the trial still in allegiance dur
ing election time, there will be no pos
sibility of any candidate for parlia-
ment using as his password the fact
that he voted for CaillauX's acquital,
or any other using opposition terms
according to the points of view of
their constituents. Every political par
ty in France is anxiously watching
the developments of the Caillaux in
quiry and is keenly partisan of the
trial. But there is not one party which
wants to face its constituents with the
Caillaux affair as the principal point
at issue.
Other points can easily be raised
during the elections, but 1t is certain
that were Caillaux to be tried and
either condemned or acquitted before
the elections, deputies and senators
going up for reelection would imnle-
diately seize this as their platform.
Cail,aux's Lawyers Complain.
On the other hand, there Is yet an
other reason why the Caillaux trial
will not come up before the senate as
soon as might be expected. Caillauxs
lawyers are very much dissatisfied
with the evidence furnished them for
their purpose, and they point out that
many documents which have been
used against Caillaux have never been
brought to their knowledge. They
particularly insist on seeing docu-
ments communicated by the American
authorities at the time of the Bolo
Pasha inquiry, in which, 1t is alleged,
much use is made of Caillauxs rela-
tions with the convicted and shot
traitor.
In O. letter addressed TO Premier
Georges Clemenceau, who, as head of
French military justice. had Caillaux
placed under arrest and the inquiry
opened. the former premier's lawyers
---Edgard Demange, a radical social
list deputy; Marius Moutet, a social
list deputy, and M. de Moro Giafferi,
who defended Senator Charles Hum
bert when he was acquitted of
charge of commerce with the enemy
point out that the evolution of the
inquiry has gradually revealed that
"the accusation against Joseph Call
laux is based simply on political opin-
ions and ambitions"
Important Documents Missing.
Furthermore, they state that At
torney Becker's communications to
Ambassador Jusserand, in which
figures the name of Count Minotto,
who is supposed to have met Caillaux
in South America, have never been
seen by any of them, while the court
of inquiry has made use of these doc
uments against their client. In a reply
sent their lawyers, Edouard Ignace.
one of Clemenceau's under secretaries,
SAYS he is not in possession of these
documents and that he can but sane
tion their communication to the de-
Tenders if the judicial authorities so
decide.