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Show CfliLLAUX IS Former Premier and Twice Minister of France Escapes High Treason Verdict. PANDEMONIUM IN SENATE CHAMBER (High Court to Reconvene and Pronounce Sentence; Incarceration Incar-ceration Pro'oable. PARIS. April 22. (By The Associated Associ-ated Press). Joseph Caillaux, former premier of France, and twice minister of finance, standa tonight convicted of having placed his personal poltical ambition am-bition during (he war higher than -the interests of tho country that honored him and gave him birth, Caillaux while escaping conviction for high treason was found to have been recklessly reck-lessly impudent and vory close to treasonable ambitions, for such Is tho Interpretation of the verdict of "guilty of commerce and correspondence with the enemy," which was rendered today to-day against him by the French senate. This is tho first verdict of the sort rendered in any of the allied countries since tho war began "commorco" as interpreted by the senators who woro the judges, not meaning financial trading, but commerce by means of common idoas, whilo "correspondence" In this particular case is employed in tho sense of association. Senators Detormlncd to End Affair. The senators entered Luxembourg palace this afternoon determined to finish the affair, which has taken up iheir time during the past three months. After (ho court had disposed of the high treason charge and that of "intelligence with the enemy" and had declared Its own sovereignty in less than four hours, word was passed that n decision was Impondlng and Luxembourg Luxem-bourg gardens were filled to overflowing overflow-ing in the neighborhood of the palace by dense crowds, and police reserves had to bo called out. The ballots followed one another with great rapidity. The partisans of tne formor premier woro thrilled with oy and hope when the treason charge was so promptly eliminated, confidently confi-dently predicted acquittal and began to apportion among themseh'03 tho portfolios in the cabinet which Caillaux Cail-laux was expected (0 form within six months after his rolease. When they attempted to have the senate refrain from establishing itself as tho highest constitutional authority, author-ity, with power to find tho accused not guilty, as charged, but guilty of a lesser offense, their enthusiasm waned. Deliberation Behind QJosed Doors. The rioofs of the' deliberation chamber cham-ber wore Closed, almost hermetically scaled. Two ushers stood by each for the purpose, apparently, of warding off inquisitive newspapermen. But occasionally oc-casionally a dishevelled, perspiring senator would rush out of the chamber cham-ber and make a direct line for tho senate sen-ate bar, where ho was immediately surrounded by correspondents offering to purchaso for him the best vintages in France If only he would talk. Pandemonium Reigns. At times the noise shouts and tho ringing of bells heard within tho chamber was simply deafening. It seemed on several occasions as though the deliberations might degenerate into in-to a free-for-all fight. It was a stormy scone, a jurors' room in a criminal court building multiplied by twenty. |