FRENCH POLITICAL CRISIS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1336, 13 January 1912, Page 5

FRENCH POLITICAL CRISIS.

M. CAILLAUX EXPLAINS. IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE. THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH GERMANY. By Tclerraph—Press Association—Copyrlshf Paris, January 11. All tho Premier's colleagues except M. de Selves have written to M. Caillaux 'expressing confidence in him and approbation of his action. The "Echo de Paris" publishes an interview with M. Caillaux, who states that, seeing tho difficulty in securing a Minister for Marine, he resigned. M. Delcasso insisted on President Falliercs giving guarantees that the Foreign Minister would he sheltered from all interference, and asked for a declaration that ho would not bo expected to continue the policy resulting in tho Franco-German Agreement (Rec. January 12, 11.5 p.m.) Paris, January 12. The "Debats" has published correspondence showing that under tho pretext of railway concessions to a Franco-Ger-man group of financiers, M. Caillaux, when Financc Minister, proposed to transfer the whole outlet of French Equatorial Africa. M. C'ruppi rejected tho scheme, and was not retained as Foreign Minister in the reconstructed Monis Cabinet. M. Caillaux further conveyed to the Gorman Government his willingness that Paris should be the money market for tho Bagdad Railway, and also approved of tho appointment of n Gorman every three years in connection with the Ottoman debt. Finally came the general understanding with Germany on political questions: All this was done while the Morocco question was unsettled, tying the hands of the French Government. A dossier presented to the Senate Committee included 31. CailLiux's negotiations with Baron von Lanckin, Councillor to the Gorman Embassy, wherein BaTon von Lanckin expressed surprise that tho Minister for Foreign Affairs rejected certain German proposals, in view of the fact that an eminent French personage, meaning M. Caillaux, had mado much larger proposals to Germany. M. Caillaux protested against the authenticity of the document, which M. De Selves insisted should include the dossier. The "Temps" blames the Chamber jof Deputies for the crisis. Practically the same Parliament which sacrificed M. Delcasso because he forgot Germany, accuses M. Caillaux of fortifying that omission.