Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-23
ADJUDGE CA|LLAUX
FALSE TO FRANCE
acquitted of High Treason, but
Condemned for Commerce
With Enemy"
fREAT CAREER is BLIGHTED
Once Powerful Politician, Virtu-
ally Prisoner in Sanatorium,
Hears Courts Verdict.
fREAT CAREER is BLlGHTED
my AssocIate,I prcsal

tBy Associated Prcssl
PARIS. April 22.-Joseph Cuillaux.
primer Premier OF France. and twice
linister OF F!napce, stands tonight
onvictcd of having placed his per
k'nnl Political ambition during the
ar higher than the interests Of the
ountry that honored him and gave
I'm birth.
Gaiiiaux. while escaping conviction
pr high treason. was found to have
cen reckless!y smprdudent and very
lose to reasonable ambitions. for
|uch Is the Interpretation OF the
erd'ct of guilty OF commerce and
orrespondencc with the enemy"
Mich was rendered today against
I'm By the French Senate.
Interpretation OF Verdict.
This Is the first verdict of the sort
.ndercd In any OF the allied coun-
les since the war began.-"com-
cree. os interpreted by the Scna-
'rs who were the judges. not mean
financial trading. but commerce
means OF common ideas. while
correspondence" In this particular
use is employed In the sense O; as
Dciation.
The Senators entered Luxembourg
alace ;his afternoon with tn. de-
'rmlnntipn TO have finished with
10 affair. which has taken up their
me during the past three months.
No one took seriously the pred!c-
on that tho verdict would be reach
this evening. But after the court
ad disposed OF the high t.enson
large and that OF Intelligence with
pc enemy" and had declared It's own
Pyereignty in less than four hours.
ord was passed thnta decision was
npending. and Luxembourg gardens
ere filled TO overhowing in the
,ighborhood OF the palace Ny dense
'owds and police reserves had to
called.
Fnlsc Hopes Shattered.
The ballots followed one another
ith great rapidl,y. The par,isans
the former Premier were thrilled
ith JOY and hope when the treason
iargc was so promptly eliminated.
'nfidcntly predicted acqu!ttnl and
.san to apportion among themselves
10 portfolios in the Cabinet which
ttlla&x was expected 10 form with
six months after his release.
When they attempted to have-the
mate refrain from establishing it
e as the highest constitutional au-
iority, wlth power to find the ac-
used not guilty as charged. but
iilty Of n lesser orrensc, their en-
iusiasm waned.
The doors Of the deliberation
iamber were olosed--almost her,
eticany sealed. TwoS ushers stood
:. e:.ch for the purpose apparently
warding off inquisitive newspaper
on. But occasionally disheveled.
;rspiring Senator would rush out
the chamber and make direct
nc fer the Senate bar. whore he was
Immediately surrounded by CORE
pondants offering 10 purchase for
m the best vintages in France ff
fly he would talk. .
Mny Mean Five Yenrs in Jail.
The verdict may mean sentence
five years banishmcnt for Call
ux which may, however. be dimin-
he'd 20 one year, according to
neither or not extenuatinE circum-
anccs are found. Incarceration In
fortress is another sentence which
ay be pronounced tomorrow when
e high court reconvenes: 1t was
o consensus OF opinion that the
ntence would be light. and that
C twenty-eight months which Call
ux has spent in Jail and sana-
rum would be taken into cons!d-
fation.i
Tho former Premier's attorneys
ere disconsolate over the verdict
hd rushed in an automobile to the
natorium to Inform NJ. Caillaux of
e verdict. The defendant had re-,
aimed In the sanatorium through
he days sitting.
Before his friends started away.
,wever, NJ. Moutet said to the AS
ciated Press:
M. CaillauX' was convicted, not
+ what he has done. but for what
might do were he allowed to go
&C."
Sullen Crowd IIisses and Cheers.
Prior to this NJ. Moutet had said,
expressing his conviction that
Q Senate would find extenuating
rcumstances, and that the sentence
ou!d be light "the length of the
ntence does not matter. The fact
at there Is sentence at all means
o defeat OF liberty of thought"
It seems probable NJ. Caillaux will
condemned to pay the costs of
o trial. amounting to moro than
0,000 francs. Among these Is n
II for investigation in the United
ates, which is one of the promi-
mt items. M. Moro-Giafferi, of Call
ux's counsel. saying,it would reach
5000.
The crowds around tho palace dis
rsed somewhat sullenly, prodded
gendarmes. Cheers and hisses
pro about evenly divided. but tbAD~
20 no rioting.