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There was much talk of the amnestied ex-Premier Joseph Caillaux's return to politics. "Is he going to take over the Ministry of Finance?" was the question Frenchmen were asking...
...Amnesty Bill, as amended by the Senate (TIME, Dec. 1), was passed by the Chamber of Deputies, 365 to 120 votes. The original Bill was passed by the Chamber several months ago (TIME, July 21). This makes amnesty absolute, inter alia, for ex-Premier Joseph Caillaux, originally convicted for endangering France's alliances, and for ex-Minister of Interior Louis Malvy, found guilty of communicating with the enemy during...
...attorney. The report on the findings of the Supreme Court was obviously incomplete ; no mention was made of the Count's defense that he entered into communications with Hungary's ene- mies on the request of Emperor Karl. In the main, he was charged, like Caillaux and others in France, of endangering Hungary's alliances, aggravated in his case by entering into communications with the enemy during a time...
...sitting as a legislative assembly without juridical power, passed the Amnesty Bill (TIME, July 21). A motion to include Louis Malvy within its terms was passed, after ex-Premier Poincaré had expressed his belief in his innocence, by 195 votes to 62. A like motion to include Joseph Caillaux was passed by 176 votes...
...Joseph Caillaux (TIME, June 2), however, was still serving his sentence and had not been to Paris since 1920 until special permission was given him to attend Anatole France's funeral, a month ago. He is thus restored to full citizenship and can now function actively in politics...