DALADIER DROPPED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1940, Page 5

DALADIER DROPPED

CHANGES IN THE FRENCH CABINET REYNAUD TAKES DEFENCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS. NEW MINISTER TO CARE FOR REFUGEES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. PARIS, June 6. The Government has resigned and President Lebrun has entrusted M Reynaud with its reconstruction. M Daladier is no longer in the Cabinet. It is officially announced that M Reynaud, in reconstituting the Government, has taken over the portfolio of Foreign Affairs in addition to the Premiership and National Defence. M. Bouthiller becomes Minister of Finance; M. Prouvost, who is the proprietor of the “Paris Soir,” Minister of Information; M Frossard, Public Works Minister; and M Delbos, Minister of Education. A notable feature of the changes is the formation of a new post called the Ministry of the French Family, which includes the health portfolio and which takes over the responsibility of refugees. NO EXPLANATION BRIEF STATEMENT IN PARIS. (Received This Day, 10 a.m.) LONDON, June 6. No explanation is yet available of the French cabinet changes. Paris briefly states that M Reynaud has completed the reshuffle and appointed M Chichery Minister of Commerce.; .He was the leader of the Radical-Group in the Chamber of Deputies. AN ITALIAN VIEW ACTION TOO LONG DELAYED. (Received This Day, 10 a.m.) ROME, June 6. The political significance of M Reynaud’s reshuffle lies in the exclusion, of M Daladier, says the Stefani Agency, which adds that France has waited too long to free herself of a man whose diplomatic and political activities have been disastrous to his own country.