FRENCH POLITICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1924, Page 2

FRENCH POLITICS.

AL AIILLFUAND S DEAIAND. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. PARIS, June 3. Alarsal has virtually completed a stop gap Cabinet, including Al. AL Lelebre Duprcy (.Minister of Foreign Affairs), and AL Alaginot (Minister of War). All the members belong to the Bloc National. Almost all of them were members of AL Alilli'iand’s or Al. Poincare's cabinets. It is understood that the President's message to Parliament, a draft of which he communicated to the prospective members of the Cabinet in the afternoon, declares that the new majorities determination to cut short the ten years tenure of the Presidency amounts to a I'oup-de-foreo. and a violation of the Constitution. He asks Parliament to state, by an unequivocal vote, whether it sanctions such a dangerous precedent. AL Alillerand asserts that he has acted constitutionally throughout his Presidentship. It is a foregone conclusion that the Chamber will vote against AL Alillernhd. It is expected a new President will he elected by the National Assembly at Versailles on Friday, and that AL Herriot’s Cabinet will thereupon be formed. Al. Alarsal will take the Premiership and the Finance Portfolio. AL Deselves retains tlie Portfolio of the Interior. PARTS. .Tone 9. The general impression is that Al. ATarsal’s Government is only a prelude to Al. Milleraud’s retirement, which will he necessary after the Chamber and the Senate refuse to accept Al. Alarsal's justification for Al. Alillcrmid's attitude.