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...defense of his Minister, Premier Painlevé said that his keenest impression of M. Caillaux was that, in 1914, just after the Battle of the Marne, he (Caillaux) had urged him to use his to the three great problems confronting the country?Finance, Religion, Security?was set forth...
...Andre Maginot, ex-Minister of War in the Poincaré Cabinet and leader of the Nationalist Opposition, said that the Government's proposal was accept able to his party, but that it could not tolerate M. Caillaux's presence in the Cabinet. "There still is in this country," he asseverated, "too great grief, too many mourners, too many wounded men for us to tolerate that...
...days later, Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux faced the Senators, 287 of whom, out of a total of 423, had condemned him five years before for treason (TIME, June 2). M. Caillaux expounded his financial policy. The Senate listened attentively, deferentially, but said nothing. This was taken to mean that the Upper House was prepared to give the Finance Minister a chance before passing judgment either on him or the Government...
Their Majesties called upon bachelor President Gaston Doumergue at the Élysée and remained to luncheon. Among those present were Premier Painlevé, Foreign Minister Briand, Minister of Marine Borel, ex-President and Mme. Raymond Poincaré. Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux was tactfully absent. The King afterwards invested Premier Painlevé with the insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order...
...rumor, attributed to Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux, that France intended to sell Indo-China and the Antilles to the U. S. provoked a storm of indignation in Paris, particularly among the Colonial Deputies. There was, however, not the slightest foundation in fact for the rumor...