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Show CAILLAUX READS CALMETTE WILL Paris, July 27.- As soon as Judge Louis Albanel and his three associates associ-ates had taken their seats on the bench this morning in tbe trial or Madame Calllaux. M Calllaux de manded to be heard He. said: "The Figaro, having accused me today to-day or suborning witnesses, 1 would like to submit to the court some authentic au-thentic papers concerning the late Gaston Calmette's relations with the Hungarian government I have ties Hated to use them, but I have decided to do so In view of the Figaro's attitude at-titude I desire also to read the late M Calmette's will." Maitre Chenu "How' did you get it?" M Caillaux ' In the same way that you got my letters." M. Calllaux then proceeded to read the will. M Caillaux afterward said "I shall not repeat what I have already al-ready said about the bonds which unite the Figaro to certain foreign personalities I merely inform the jury that I place at the disposition or the court authentic documents signed by Gaston Calmette. stlpulat Ing in the clearest possible rashion the conditions under which the Figaro Fi-garo would work In tho Interests of the Hungarian government Everv Frenchman will realize today what would have been the effect of that work These documents are of unimpeachable, un-impeachable, authenticity. They were given me by Count Karolyi. chief of the Hungarian Radical party." When he had- concluded. M Cail laux handed a bundle of papers to the presiding judge They were not read in court In his speech. M Caillaux had mentioned men-tioned the name Philippe Glaser as a signer of the documents with Gas I ton Calmette GlaBer is one of the ! leading editors of the Figaro Arter reading the will, which dis posed of $2,600,000, M. Caillaux said "We may well be astonished at the singularly rapid increase of Mr Cal mette'l fortune In our middle class families it would take 150 years tor bui h a fortune to accumulate" v-M,bameard 3 l0t of "teBtimo-ny, "teBtimo-ny, Mr Caillaux continued 'of the rine character or M. Calmette-froni Henri Bernstein (the playwright! in particular. It does not come well rrom a man who failed In his full duty toward his country (referring m Bernstein's alleged desertion from th army) to deliver cerliricates of morality mo-rality " No Excuse for Wife's Crime. Maitre Chenu "Would M. Caillaux tell us in what way all this excuses the crime of his wife?" "There are some questions whicb ought not to be asked," Mr Caillaux replied holly, "but since I am ask"l 1 shall answer. There is something perhaps worse than losing one's life that Is to live by attacking women and enriching one's self at their ex pense." While reading the will of M. Cal meite. M Calllaux said: "I wish to draw particular atten tion to the clause saying: A greater part of the fortune I leave comes from a personal gift made to me bv Mme Boursln, It being understood I paid her an income therefrom durins her life." What do we gather from this will?' Mr. Caillaux continued. ' First of all that the act of gift was executed exe-cuted illegally, which constitutes a testamentary rraud How did Mme. Maria Boursin, who Inherited from M. Chauchard, under conditions it were better not to dwell on, from 40,000.00" to 50,000.000 francs consent to ? - up 8.000,000 to M. Calmette" It has never been explained, but an expla nation has been brought to me which I have refrained from using.-' |