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...During the War, the great patriot Tardieu went to America to buy ships for France but what he really did there still remains a mystery. He was also the man who, together with Klotz, the finance minister, liquidated the American stocks in France when the War was over. Poincare has characterized this liquidation as follows: 'Of the $2,933,000,000 that France spent in America on the War, $1,840,000,000 went into illegitimate profits.' The man responsible for this was Tardieu. And in conclusion we must also remark that it was he and not Klotz...
Seemingly, this single exposure toppled a whole house of frauds, painstakingly erected by M. Le Senateur Klotz. He was found to have purchased jewelry, clothing and a motor car on credit, then sold them for spot cash to meet gambling losses. All last week the music halls of Paris rang with mirth and "Klotz. . . . Klotz. . . . KLOTZ...
Comedians recalled that as Finance Minister M. Klotz started the slogan: "The Bosches will pay!" That was supposed to justify the War expenditures of France, however staggering. Also, at the close of the War, Finance Minister Klotz signed a paper which enabled him to buy from the U. S.-on credit-the $400,000,000 surplus war supplies of the A. E. F. in France. Promptly M. Klotz sold this credit-bought goods for cash. They brought so little that ever since France has been repenting his bargain. Today one of the chief perplexities of Prime Minister Raymond Poincare...
Throughout last week the man who wanted to stay at Malmaison sought to feign madness before a trinity of famed French psychologists, Professors Truelle, Claude and Heuyer. Their verdict: "M. Klotz presents no signs of mental illness. Nothing indicates that he was in an unbalanced condition at the moment when the acts were committed. He is therefore responsible and must render an accounting for these acts...
...luxurious Malmaison but to chill, cheerless Sante Prison went Clemenceau's Klotz. When merciless reporters sought out "Tiger" Clemenceau himself, he shook his shaggy head impatiently and snarled...