Dec 27 • 11:00 UTC 🇫🇷 France Le Figaro

"I did not intend to harm anyone": Gaston Calmette, the director of Figaro assassinated by a minister's wife

Gaston Calmette, director of Figaro since 1902, was assassinated by Mme Caillaux just before the outbreak of World War I after he exposed the immorality of the Minister of Finance and published excerpts of his correspondence.

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