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Show DISCLOSES A BIG FRENCHSCANDAL Paris, March 20. Tho parliamentary parliamen-tary scandal over the escape of Henri Rochctte, so-called "King of Swindlers," Swin-dlers," was brought to a crisis today when Victor Fabre, public prosecutor, testified before a committee of the chamber of deputies: "It is true that I received tho order from Permier Monls to postpone the Rochette trial." "When I wa3 being examined by this committee iu 1912, I was asked whether Intervention from above had prompted me to request a postpone-mcnt postpone-mcnt of the Rochctte trial. Availing Avail-ing myself of tho secrecy permitted to officials. I replied: 'No.' 1 did not consldor it within my power to make known my interview with the premier. pre-mier. "When afterward M. Briand, as minister. a3ked me to explain. I gave him tho document which previously had been In my personal portfolio. He had no right to make public what was confided to him aj minister. Every Ev-ery sentence in It, however, is true,' Three widely varied points of Interest Inter-est occupied the attention of the Ifrench public today In connection with the assassination of Gaston Cnl-mettc Cnl-mettc by Madame Caillaux. One Royalist Shot. The funeral of the victim of Madame Mad-ame Caillaux's revolver and its accompanying ac-companying demonstrations was tho chief attraction owing to the possibility possi-bility of disorders and the extraordi nary measures against disturbances In the streets of Paris. The police precautions failed to prevent a collision colli-sion between the rival factions and one royalist was shot. The dislocation of the government by the resignation of ministers was next, but subsided in interest after the announcement of the complete reorganization bf tho cabinet. The last and most promising phase in respect to the likelihood of sensational sensa-tional developments was the examination examina-tion of Joseph Caillaux and Ernest Monis. former ministers, as to their connection with tho hushing up of ;hc scandal about Henri Rochctte, who 1b allegod to have defrauded the French public A'cry extensively. This phase was regarded in political circles as likely to occupy the public mind for some time. |