M. Joseph Cramer, the ex-Premier, was arrested on Monday in
connexion with the Bolo affair. The French Chamber had already suspended his Parliamentary immunities, at the request of H. Clemenceau. Two telegrams- sent in February, 1915, by Count Bernstorif to Berlin, which have been produced from MT. Lansing's inexhaustible "lucky-bag," prove that M. Caillaux, during his visit to Buenos Aires, was intriguing with Count Luxburg, the notorious German diplomatist whom Argentina was forced in self- defence to expel. It is unofficially stated that the Italian Govern- ment have found evidence against M. Caillaux in Florence. Par our part, we admire the courage of the French Government and the French people in resolving to probe these scandals. It is an un- pleasant business, but the political atmosphere will be clearer when the truth is told. A deasocragy likes to trust its rulers, and to he trusted by them.
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