Word: caillaux
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Joseph Caillaux, Finance Minister boarded a train in Paris attended only by his secretary. He was going single-handed to beard the English lion in its den. Particularly he was going to talk over the chequered table with Mr. Churchill...
...London the French delegation was expected to return, headed by Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux. At Paris, it seemed likely that France would try to reach an agreement with the U. S. before re-tackling the British debt...
Three attaches of the French Treasury-MM. Barnaud, Roussel and Thion de la Chaume-left Paris to represent France in discussions at London of the French War debt to Britain. The commission of three was expected to function at once. Finance Minister Caillaux expected to be in London as soon as he could tear himself away from preparing next year's budget...
...significance of the election of M. Caillaux, who is not a Deputy, is that, with the fall of the Painlevé Ministry, he will not be obliged to retire from politics, as his enemies had hoped...
...Caillaux shot M. Gaston Calmette, editor of the Figaro, in his office for attacking her husband in his newspaper. Despite the fact that premeditated murder seemed established, the court before which she was tried acquitted her on the grounds that Calmette would not have died had he received proper medical attention...