THE CAILLAUX CASE.

Southland Times, Issue 17866, 17 January 1918, Page 4

THE CAILLAUX CASE.

it is not possible yet to say whether M. Caillaux has been conspiring with the enemies of France to bring about peace without regard to the interests of France, hut the French Government is in [Kissession of information disclosing facts which warranted his arrest. No doubt he will be tried and the evidence should lie instructive. It is more than possible, that the Matin is well informed when it states that information communicated to M. Clemenceau by Mr I.arising, Secretary of Flute in the United States, derived from the Luxburg telegrams, showed that Caillaux, in order to gel himself appointed negotiator for France, advised the German Government, through Luxburg, to instruct the Gorman press to treat hint as an enemy. The unfriendly references of the German newspapers, reprinted in France, would satisfy the French people that Caillaux was a safe man to represent them since he was not too popular with their enemies. To British ideas this story may sound far-fetelmd, but it is quite in keeping with whin we know of German methods. Since the beginning of the war Germany has “pulled the strings” in thousands of ways and thtere is hardly any country in which she is not exerting influence through seme channel. France ha? already had the Holo ease, iiotn which the term “Boloism." now in common use was coined. Soon after the Bnlo disclosures Mr Lloyd George took occasion to warn the Allies against Boloism. H<> declared that it was everywhere, even in places where its existence was not suspected. Boloism is largely respoasiljle for the breakdown of Russia, and the Germans arc busier at Fet-rograd and Kieff than at the Brc.st-Litovsk Conference. That Boloism is active in Italy is beyond doubt, for Germany has powerful frienxls and -supporters in Italy, even in the legislature. Boloism is also at work in France, though the soil is not congenial there, and there is perhaps some of it in Britain. The 8010 case was an eye-opener to the Allies as well as to France, and the Caillaux case is a matter of interest to all the Allies equally. Developments from the arrest of M. Caillaux will be followed with very close interest.