Gaston Calmette: Journalist, Le Figaro, Minister of Finance, Joseph Caillaux, Progressive Taxation, Agadir Crisis, Louis Barthou, Raymond Poincaré, Henriette Caillaux - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 6132768823 ISBN 13 : 9786132768827

Editeur : Alphascript Publishing, 2010

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Gaston Calmette (30 January 1858 in Montpellier – 16 March 1914, Paris) was a French journalist. In January 1914 Calmette, who had been editor of the newspaper Le Figaro since 1902, launched a campaign against Minister of Finance Joseph Caillaux, who had introduced progressive taxation and was known for his pacifist stance towards Germany during the Second Moroccan Crisis, in 1911. During this campaign, which was orchestrated by Louis Barthou and Raymond Poincaré, Le Figaro published several letters from the Minister''s private correspondence. Caillaux''s second wife Henriette, fearing that the newspaper would also make public a love letter that showed how he was already having a relationship with her during his first marriage, entered Calmette''s office on 16 March 1914 and shot him four times. Calmette died instantly. Caillaux had to resign his post the next day, but during a spectacular trial later that year his wife was acquitted.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Alphascript Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 6132768823
• ISBN 13: 9786132768827
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80