The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13

of former government leader starting the war under dang. country. The governments surprisingly brief and mercl should be covered by the courts inquiry. It did not contain detailed charges, nor list those whom the government believes responsible for Frances defeat,
 After receiving the governments opening statement, the court pre- pared to hear State Prosecuting At tpruey Cassagnau, read the docu- ment before . formal session of the court.
 when this for1nality is oyer the court will meet in council session and each member will be assigned as an examining magistrate by Court President Caucus to conduct separ- ate inquiries which will compose the preliminary stage of the inquiry. These preliminary hearings will be secret and the court has taken extra ordinary precautions to prevent leaks.
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 The case of George Mandel. form- CT minister of interior and Clemen- ceau's right hand man in World War. I, whose charge of treason is still pending in the military courts will necessitate the supreme court Issuing an order transferring the case from court martial to supreme court jurisdiction. It is understood here that Mandels case will be one of the first examined by the court.
 The injury may result in; severe punishment-deat or exile for life flor those declared responsible for Frances entry into the war and sub- sequent defeat. There can be no appeal. The sessions were private mo spectators, not even the press, will be admitted.
 The special tribunal of seven magistrates and three alternates will function as a grand jury to gather evidence warranting indictments. It was expected that the injury would last three months and that foreign and national policies sheet he sign- ing of the Versailles treaty would be examined.
 Centers Around Daladier
 The inquiry centers around form- CT Premier Edouard Daladier, who had been associated with the gov- ernment in one form or another since Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany until forced to resign a. few months before France bowed in defeat. But hundreds of others who, were prominent in governmental af- fairs since 1920 will be asked to justify their roles. These include:
 Camille Chautemps, one of the principal leaders of the radical So-. cieliSt party, several times premier and a minister in practically every cabinet in the past six years. He is said to have joined Paul Reynaud, the last premier before France s,rr- rendered, in refusing to capitulate to the Germans.
 Guy La Chambre, air minister in the last Daladier cabinets, with re- sponsibility for the failure of French aircraft production.
 Albert and Maurice Sarraut, two powers of the radical Socialist party.
 Albert Saurraut was premier on March 2, 1886 when Hitler denounc- ed the Locarno pact and remilitar- ized the Rhineland.
 Won Delbos. a professor of his- tory and radical Socialist who fos- tered collective security when he was foreign minister. l!
 One Is In England
 Pierre Cot, radical Socialist, in- transigeant enemy of the third reich, also is charged with Frances inadequate air force because of his long term as air minister. Cot Is now in England. His American wife recently returned to the United States.
 Reynaud, independent politically, took over French finances during the crisis. He became premier when the war was several months old re- placing Daladier. He wanted to carry on the war at all costs. Georges Mandel, independent poli- tically. the late Georges Clemen- ceeus right hand man, once was known as the Tigers Cub"
 These men only few of perhaps several hundred former cabinet ministers and high civil servants who may be called for questioning and possibly indictment.