The morning call., 1893-03-31
RIBOT is FALLEN.
France Once Again in
Grave Peril.
HAVE PREcIPITATED A CRISIS.
A Discussion of the Budget Made an
Excuse to Rally the Foes of
the Republic.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

PARIS March 30-The Government was
defeated by narrow margin in the CHAM
Der of Deputies to-day, and another Cabi-
net crisis is the result.
The crisis arose through the submission to
the Chamber OF the report of the Budget
Committee. LOckrOy ANNOUNCED that the
committee had resolved to send the budget
back to the Senate IN the form in which it
had originally passed the Deputies. The
Senate, he added. had suppressed all the
reforms passed by the Chamber.
The Chamber then, proceeding to discuss
the clauses, rejected the Senate amend
ments, including the bill amending the
liquor laws. Tirard declared that these
must be separated from the budget, as the
Senate proposed; otherwise, he said, the
Government would be obliged to ask for a
vote on account. Rlbot supported TIrard.
and urged that the Chamber ag rec with the
Sen ate, and on the division the Chamber
decided, by a vote of 247 to 242, to retain
the liqnOr-law amendment bill as a part of
the budget.
When the vote was announced Premier
RibOt adjourned the session until o'cluek
this evening in order TO give him and his
fellow Minister time to consider their posi-
ti0n. After lengthy consultation the Min
listers proceeded to the Elysee and rendered
their designations 10 President CarnOt. The
President urged them to reconsider their
determination, but his arguments were In
vain aud the Ministers insisted that their
designations must be accepted.
at 9:15 o'clock the Deputies reassembled.
All the outward signs of Cabinet crisis
were apparent in the crowded galleries and
among the animated groups on the floor.
Whpn ir fba oh ~ he
ministerial places were vacant, but a mo-
ment later Tirard, Minister of Finance, came
in. He announced in few words that the
Cabinet had resigned. but said they had
been ch arged by President Carnot to carry
on the affairs of the State for short period.
He would therefore ask the CHAMBER for a
vote on account to cover the next TWO
months. The Chamber referred the report
10 the Budget Committee and then took a
recess.
At 10 o'clock, the hour set for reassem-
bling, not chair in the whole House was
vacant. and hundreds who could not gain
admittauce were waiting at the entrance to
get the earliest possible news of the pro-
ceedings.
The disorder, which the president had
been unable to quiet. Was hushed the mo-
ment LockrOy stepped to the tribune to
announce the decision of the Budget Com
mittee. In few words he stated that the
committee feltit to be inexpedient to grant
the request made by Tirard for two months
supplies, but would recommend a vote cover
ing one month from the present time. Shouts
of approval greeted the statement.
The brief discussion which followed was
one-sidei, as the difference of opinion in
the Chamber practically concerned only the
question as TO whether the supplies should
be voted for one month or not at all. Event
ually the repsrt Of the cOmnittee was
adopted by a vote OF 504 to 5, and the Cham
Der adjourned until Tuesday.
1t is rumored that De Velle, Minister of
Foreign Affairs in the Ribot Cabinet, VIII
be asked by President Garnet TO form a
Ministry.