Evening star., 1920-02-17

pected to last between two and three
months.
Theodore Lescouve, procurator of
the French republic, will conduct the
case for the state. assisted by NJ.
Regnault and Capt. Mornet. who pros
Duval. who were tried for treason
Cailiaux will be defended by NJ De-
mango. who was attorney for Capt
Dreyfuss. Deputies Morogiafferie
and Moutet will act as assistants.
Arrested Two Years Ago.
Two years ago on January IA, 1919
for the Girst time In the history o. inc me
third republic of France. one OF It's
former premiers. Joseph Caillaux. was
thrust into prison on charge OF hlgh
trea son and of endeavoring to make a
premature and dishonorabie peace with
Germany. For more than twenty
years he had been power IN frenen
political life. both as premier and
minister OF finance. He has expressed
his determination to fight to the last
ditch" although his long detention has
made inroads upon his health. Attef
forty -four preliminary hearings ne
protested in vain against the law oe-
lay. Last September Caillaux was re-
moved from his Paris prison to hos
pital at Neuilly.
The case against Caillaux is some
what related to that against Bolo
Pasha, who was executed at tlncehhes
as u spy in April, 1918. and NJ D'tvai.
editor OF the Germanophile newspaper
Bonnet Rouge. who went to his death
for similar trea cherry the following
July.
Caillaux was not in the cabinet when
the war began. He resigned shortly
after March 16. 1914. the day his VIE
shot and killed CASTOR Calmette. editor
OF Figaro, fer accusing Caillaux of
having played into Germany's hands IN
settling the Moroccan crisis of 1911.
Louis j. Malvy. a close friend. was
minister of the interior at the time
CaillauX resigned.
Malvy. it will be remembered. was
later accused of high treason and
tried in 1918 before the senate high
court The treason charge was un-
proved. but Malvy. a radical socialist.
was convicted of other ohenses and
sentenced to FIVE years banisbment
from France He is now an exile in
Spain Through MIaIvy, it is alleged,
Caillaux directed affairs so that the
Vaccinations charged against him
could be carried on.
Suspected Of Heading Pacifists.
Caillaux was suspected of heading a
pacifist movement having as it's object
reconciliation between France and
Germa ny. a suspicion which became all
the more serious by reason of the fact
that German spies were everywhere in
France and were believed to have pene-
trated into the councils of the govern
ment. The ''defeatist' propa ganda, in
tended to break down the morale of
the French people by leading them to
believe Germany was invincible, had
wide ramifications. 1t reached from
Paris to Rome and from Rome to
Washington and Buenos Aires. Count
Won Bernstein, formerly German am
bassador at Washington. was charged
with having spent more than $4,000. 900
to create similar "defeatist" conditions
in Italy.
Upon the acquittal of his wife and
his retirement from politics Caillaux
went to war. serving in the paymas-
ter's department of the French army.
Within two months he was in trou-
BILE with British officers. and. sub
sequently, with his own military SUI
periors in Paris. for which he was
punished. Released from service, he
sailed in November, 1914, for South
America and passed most OF the win
ter in Argentina. While in Ruenos
Aires. it was said. he conferred with
Count Karl Won Luxburg. ihe Ger
man minister who will be recalled as
the author of a message to the Ger
man foreign Office requesting the
U-boats to "sink without a trace" all
Argentine ships, the vessels of neu-
trail power.
Next Heard Of In Italy.
Caillaux returned to France and
was next heard from two years later