FRENCH PRESIDENCY.
ELECTION OM M. PAUL DESCHANEL. RETIREMENT OF M. CLEMENCEAU. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, • Received Jan. 18, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Jan. 16. Deschanel was elected President, M. Clemenceau withdrawing his candidacy after M. Deschanel secured 40? votes to M. Clemenceau's -389 jn a preliminary congress.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [Paul Eugene Louis Deschanel was born in 185t>. He was a member of the French Academy and the Academy of Science. In 181)6 he became vice-Presi-dent of the Chambre des Deputes and held office as President from 1898 to 1902. From 1905 to IW2 he was President of the Commission des Affaires Exterieure et Doloniale.]
THE RESIGNATION OF CABINET. M. DESCHANEL'S RECORD MAJORITY Received Jan. 18, 11.30 p.m. Paris, Jan. 18. The resignation of the Clemenceau Cabinet will be officially announced tomorrow. This entails the disappearance of MM. Clemenceau, Pichon, Tardieu, and Klotz as peace plenipotentiaries, but M. Clemenceau will attend the Conference till a new Cabinet is formed. It is expected M. Poincare will charge M. Millerand with the formation of a Cabinet. M. Deschanel obtained 734 votes out of 889, which is a record majority.—Reuter Service.
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