New Britain herald., 1924-11-18
Vote Was Surprise - Gets Civil Rights Re-
 turned - M ay B e Given Important Post Paris Undisturbed.
ACCUSED OF WORKING
 WITH ENEMY IN WAR
7 Tho Associated Press.

By Tho Associated Press.
 Paris, Nov. 1S.--Joseph Caillaux, former premier, who In October, siS was found guilty of having 'impeded prosecution of the war" was voted amnesty today by the enate 176 10 104.
 The assembly bill was adopted by he chamber last July.
 Louis Malvy, former minister of he interior, convicted of communi-, fation with the enemy during the var and banished from France for hree years, was voted amnesty by 95 to 62.
 The vote on the Caillaux case, liter only two hours discussion, tame as distinct surprise alike to he friends and foes of the ex- premier who had expected long Ind acrimonious debate lasting for bays and perhaps weeks.
 The vote was taken immediately liter stirring speech by Premier Ierriot who pleaded with the sena- ors to let bygones be bygones.
 France Is strong enough to be lble to withstand differences of opinion" he said. Let us bury for Pver the quarrels and political dif- erences which during the war ap- beared to be sources of danger. Your decision will demonstrate your con- ldence in your country and at the Iame time be a measure of mollit- patton. The government it. asking he senate to contribute to the work bf appeasement throughout the Country"
 From a legal standpoint, NJ. Her Hot asserted, Caillaux had never been convicted of treason or even intelligence with the enemy" but had been condemned under an old tlause inserted in the French penal bode at the time of Napoleon's con- mental blockade in order to pre- 'ent French citizens corresponding Ttth the enemy.
 
 Caillaux to fuly civic rights. He now hay run for parliament and hold ,ffice. Upon well-tnformed authority t Is said the government intends to lppoint him to the high post of financial adviser" 10 the ministry bf finance within a short time.
 The ex-premer now Is in good tealth, active and energAtic, and is Ieclared by his friends not to have |aid his last word in French politics.
 The announcement of amnesty for f. Caillaux whose case for many 'ears gave rise to the bitterest dis butes among Frenchmen in all walks bf life, bringing about the estrange- nent of friends. fist fights in res- aurants and cafes, duels, and rioting n the streets, caused hardly rip ble on the surface of the life of Paris today.
 In connection with Caillaux's fu- ure career 1t was noted today that Georges Mandel, Clemenceau's right hand man during and after the war Ind a former deputy, hinted In an Authorized interview in La Liberte hat should Caillaux attempt ito plead his cause, after being granted mnesty, by appealing 10 the French public through seeking election to he chamber or the senate, 1t would probably result in the intervention bf some one who, although no long, IF connected with politics, has the interests of France at heart"
 This is interpreted as meaning hat Clemenceau would take up the kudgels against Caillaux, by making
 series of addresses throughout the tountry.
 The discussion over amnesty to Malvy failed to produce even the brief outbreak of bitterness that fea- ured the Caillaux debate. The for her minister of the interior was merely banished and never forfeited his civic rights. He now is deputy kgain. The only incident came when Eormer Permier Polncare, challeng- ed by member Of the left to say whether fin his soul and conscience" he believed Malvy guilty, replied:
 T cannot grant that former president of the republic can be eailed upon to explain as senator events which occurred during his ncumbency, but nevertheless l may say that to my personal knowledge iuring my presidency no action of Malvy could be construed as lacking n patriotism"
 Next to the Dreyfuss trial, per haps no case within memory that has ever come before the French tourts, military or civil, has excited wider interest or greater animosities among the people of France and at racted closer attention outside of 1t han the Caillaux case.
 Joseph Calllaux, financier and po- itical leader, whose career as a tateman made him a figure of world prominence in the decade before the kreat war, became the butt of at- ack by the hosts of France militant iuring the crisis of the middle period bf the European war when he was accused of trying to bring about a Compromise peace with Germany.
 The echoes of the shots from the pistol of the second Madame Call aux which laid low Gaston Call