THE FRENCH CRISIS

Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1925, Page 3

THE FRENCH CRISIS

f Australia tV N.Z. Cable Association. ~\ THE NEW CABINET. PARIS. Oct. 29. The new Cabinet has been complet'd. M. I’ainleve—Premier and Minister if Finance. M. Briand Foreign Affairs. M. Fortier— Colonies. The new Government is distinctly more inclined to the l.elt than the outgoing one. It consists of thirteen Radicals. live Republican Socialists and three Radical I .eft. Apart from kite disappearance of M. Cailliiux, the most significant is the departure of Senator Chaumet. who represented the Moderates in the Senate. His portfolio of Commerce is assigned to M. Daniel Vincent, an ox-Minister under M. Poincare, who In-longs to the l.ceheur group. It is announced M. Chaumet will he appointed the Governor ot the Bank of France.

M. Herriot is represented bv two of his principal limits. M. Chaiitemps and M. Delndier. The former insisted upon having the portfolio of Justice which carries with it the deputy Premiership. An important feature is the division of- the Finance Department into two sections, namely, the Treasury of which M. Painleve is head, and the Budget, which is entrusted to M. Rennet, "ho was under-Secvetarv in the Premier’s Department in the last Cabinet. | All the new members of t"he Cabinet have previously held office, except Senator Perrier, and all are deputies except four. It is reported one of the first acts of the new Government will he to recall General Sarrail from Syria. The newspapers state that the Socialists. M. Blum and M. Benc-our. de dined portfolios, but promised to support tlie new Government’s financial reform plans, while stipulating there must be po supplementary tiwib