Calmette, G.

…He was an effective politician who opposed the pro-war faction by advocating cooperation between Germany and France, but was also hated. Just before World War I, his wife shot and killed Gaston Calmette, editor-in-chief of Le Figaro, who was an anti-Cailleau critic. During the war, he was accused of conspiring against Germany by his former enemies, including Clemenceau, and was imprisoned for three years after the war. …

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…独仏協調を主唱して主戦派と対立，有能な政治家だったが，嫌悪されもした。第1次大戦直前，反カイヨーの論陣をはった《フィガロ》紙編集長カルメットGaston Calmetteを夫人が射殺，事件となる。大戦中はクレマンソーら旧敵から対独通謀の罪で告発され，戦後3年間投獄された。…

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