The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-03
wADDINGT0N OR GAMBETTAp

THE FRENCH PREMIER DECLINES TO SUBMIT, TO
PARTY PROaRAMMEs-aENERAL BELIEF THAT
THE SPLIT IN THE LEFT WILL GIVE THE VOTE
OF CONFIDENCE TO THE MINISTRY
(BY CABLE TO THE HERALD
PARIS, Dec. 2, 1879.
M. Gambetta, the President, and all the Min
listers were present in the Chamber of Deputies
today. NJ Baudry dAsson withdrew his inter
pellation of the government for the present.
The Daily NerS Paris despatch says that
he did SO by the advice of tho Bona
partists, they having pointed out that
he was certain to be beaten upon it. NJ
Waddngton, President of the Council and Min
lister of Foreign Affairs, complained of this
course and proceeded to declare that Ministerial
questions should not be raised by unmeaning
programmes drawn up in private convcn-
tons, but openly in the tribune. A truce
to the policy of meeting and news
paper articles, he said, would be to the
interest of the government, Parliament
and to the country If the Ministers had not
the full confidence of the Chamber of Deputies
they were ready to retire. The speech was
theered, not only by Deputies of the Centres,
but by a portion of the Left. Upon M. Wad-
ccedcd to routine business The four Bureaux
of the Left will meet tomorrow, each group
first holding a separate meetings. At yester-
days Cabinet Council it was resolved to imme-
diately demand vote of confidence from the
Chamber of Deputies.
COMMENTS or A BYsTANDER.
Tie correspondent of the Times Mt Paris dis
cussng the statement of the journal des Debats
that the Ministry cannot possibly entertain the
scheme for framing programme for their ac-
ceptance. says:--"This is the only possible
course open to n Cabinet after the unexpected
attitude assumed by majority. Nobody
will he able to comprehend how ma
iority so strong as that of the present
Chamber Of Deputies, on which the government
has been leaning Tor ten months, can declare
that it will not support this very Cabinet, ex-
ccpt on the condition of framing programme
and imposing this programme upon it. For
every individual Deputy has the right Of SUBJ
hitting any bill, and interpretations followed by
an order of the day were devised only to enable
a majority to show Ministry the withdrawal
of its confidence" Discussing the probable vote
of confidence, which will end the crisis by consol-
idatng the Ministry, the correspondent says
"It seems DcyOnu uouDt tilut tnls vote Will be
given, because the Left Is not acting in common
accord. Certain fractions of the majority will
resist the fall of the Cabinet and will force the
minority not to upset Ministry which NJ. Gam
beta does not wish to succeed aud; whose oply
successor, apart from NJ Gambctta, could
NJ. de Frey cinct, and this would always enabIv
NJ Gambetta to wait his own time" s'y
The Standards Paris correspondent says:---
"An article in the Rtpubiiquc Fruneaisc en-
tircly confirms the belief in the early advent Of
Gambet,a to power. The general opinion upon
NJ. Waddngton's speech is that it is dignifed
funeral Grafton over the present Ministry
The Times Paris despatch says nj. Waddihn-
toms speech is generally approved. There may
be II truce for some time, but whenever ~
truce is broken on the initiative Of Parlau1fabt
It will be found that the anniversaries
of the Cabinet are prepared 4 fMk the
attack much better than todaS and
as the victory of tie Cnh is
essentially negative one il NFlhighly
probable that the first cncounfcr NH also be
the last. The Extreme Left hid resolved, in
view of M. Waddingtons challenge to inter
pcllate the Cabinet ON N10rsday, but "a com
promise is probable, in which the entire Lett
can join, ~ ~ to disguise defeat and avoid u
split