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...departure from France of Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux, who this week marched down the gangplank of the Paris into Manhattan after his first trans-Atlantic crossing, was marked by felicitous farewells...
...daily routine of Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux, according to a recent report from Paris, is as follows...
Undoubtedly he had done well at London (TIME, Sept. 7). The British had asked France to pay ?20,000,000 yearly for 62 years on her War debt. Caillaux had offered ?10,00,000. The British came down to ?16,000,000. Finally they offered to compromise on ?12,500,000, provided France would not pay any other creditor (meaning the U. S.) more proportionately. M. Caillaux said "Yes, that will do" and went back to France with the British offer...
...understood that M. Caillaux will offer equal terms to the U. S. He may well be in training if he expects to induce the U. S. experts to agree to a similar settlement...
...chief matter of note about the Mission is that it is composed chiefly of men who command a large following in the several groups of the French Parliament. It looks as if Wizard Caillaux plans to insure beforehand that any agreement which he may make at Washington will be approved at home and promptly ratified...