St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-20
The President Of France Can
not Get Any One to Form
a Cabinet.
Even Ward Politicians Decline
to Be Elevated to States
manship.
Freycinet Has Been Ap-
preached and Will Give q
Reply To-Day.
King Milan of Servia Will
Abdicate in Favor of His
Son.

PARIS. Feb. 19.-ln spite Of continued
negotiations the settlement of the cabi-
net crisis appears as distant as ever.
The failure of M. Meline indicates the
absolute imposSibility of forming a cabi-
net On Ferryist or Opportunist lines. 1t
was to demonstrate this that President
Carnot insisted SO strongly that NJ. Me
line attempt the task, saying that If he
could not succeed no man in his
group could hope to do better.
President Carnot to-day offered the
premiership to NJ. Tirard, only to
meet with another refusal. He then
sent M. Tirard to summon NJ. MeHne,
whom he urged to make anOther effort
under fresh conditions. nj. Meline
steadily declined to undertake the task.
The difficulty of the position may be
realized from the fact that an obscure
politician named Prevet was afraid to
risk entering M. Meline's proposed min
istry. Later, President Carn0t sum-
moned Senator Magnin, a former mln-
ister and we'll accredited report says
that the president strongly lnclines to-
ward cabinet formed mainly of Sena-
tors, coEceiving that such ministry
would have better prospect of secur-
ing general support than government
composed of the more pronounced mem-
berS of the chamber; but late this eYeIl-
ing
NOTHING HAD BEEN SETTLED.
Thete is no basis for the rumors re-
garding an extra parliamentary cabinet,
which would be unconstitutional. Dep
uty Delaittre has Withdrawn his motion
in favor of the formation of ministry
outside of parliament. At a meeting of
ho pndsool I Oft Iarntinc
pressed themselves in favor of ''cOn-
eentratien cabinet" having special
mandate to conduct elections. and CON-
priSing minister of the interior ac-
ceptab!e to all the Republican groups.
President Garnet will probably be
obliged to give the new cabinet the
right of dissolution. Ex-PreSident
Greyy has been taken suddenly ill. 1t
is feared that his constitution will break
down. The members of his family are
very anXiuhs. The report that Gen.
BOulanger would make tour of Italy
and Hungary is denied. NJ. Meiiot,
Republican. deputy for Cher, has writ
ten to BOulanger announcing his adhe-
sion to the Boulangist programme.
PANSLAyISTS BACKED BOULANGER.
PESTH, Feb. 1S,-The Pesther Lloyd
Processes to have secret knowledge of
the source from whence Gen. BOulanger
derives his election funds. 1t says the
PansiayistS staked their hopes on Gen.
Boulangcr, and the political success he
has achieved is TO no small extent due
to the support given to his cause by
Russia. The Pesther Lloyd further de-
ciareS that NJ. FL quet owes his defeat
to his. Discrimination to pick quarrel
with Germany or Italy for the sake of
giving Russia free play. 1t says: RUS
sia desires to separate Austria-Hungary
from the triple alliance. but her efforts
are doOmed to failure. We shall stand
where we are called by our treaties to
stand, and we shall be seen neither
with the, enemies of our friends nor
with the friends of our enemies" The
paragraph is believed to have been i'll
spired by Count Kalneky, who is now
in Pesth.
FREYCINET rs APPROACHED.
PARIS. Feb. 9.-Midnight.-It is re-
ported that M. de Freycinet has been
approached with the view of his form
ing cabinet, and that he has promised
to give his answer tomorrow. Bou-
langists now claim to havn seventy ad-
nerents in the chamber of deputies.
Several other members are expected to
follow the example of Deputy Meiiot.