The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-23
CABINET SECURED AT LAST.
WALDECK-ROUssEAU SUCCEEDED
IN FORMING ONE.

The Senator Was Recalled to the
Elysee Palace Yesterday-DeI-
casse Made Minister of Foreign
AfInirs-Mnrquis de GaIlifet as Min
isfer of War Is New Departure.
He Has MOnarchicaI Ideas and Is
Favorable to Dreyfus.
Paris. June 22-senator Waldeck-Rous-
seau was recalled to the Elysee Palace
this morning where President Loubet
proposed that he form a cabinet imme-
diately.
Late this afternoon the announcement
was made that Senator Waldeck- Rousseau
had completed the formation of cabi-
net.
The senator, accompanied by the new
cabinet ministers, proceeded to the Elysee
Palace at 6:10 p. m. to present his col
leagues to President Loubet. The new
cabinet as organized, is as follows:
Senator Waldeck- Rousseau, president
of the council of ministers and minister
of the interior.
NJ. Delcasse, minister of foreign af-
fairs.
Gen. the Marquis de Ganifet, minister
of war
NJ. de Lanessan, minister of marine.
VI. Monis, minister of justice
NJ. Caillaux, minister of finance.
NJ. NIillerand, minister of commerce.
NJ. Leygues minister OF public instruc-
ton.
NJ. deCrais, minister of the colonies.
NJ. Jean Dupuy, minister of agriculture
NJ. Pierre Baudin minister of public
works.
The appointment of General the Maruuis
de Gallifet, as minister of war, is an ex-
traordinary example Of the way in which
the Dreyfus case has revolutionized polit-
ical conditions. For years past the gen.
eral has been the bugaboo of the Extrem-
lists, not only because of his monarchcal
sympathies, but on account Of the rigorous
manner in which he took part in repress-
ing the commune. His entry into the
cabinet is undoubtedly due to his attitude
towards the Dreyfus case, which has been
throughout favorable to Dreyfus, al
though he holds that the proclamation of
the prisoners innocence should not in
clude placing the responsibility for the ap-
parent judicial blunders upon the general
staff
Senator Waldeck- Rousseau entered Par
Lament from Rennes, where he once prae-
ticed law.
lie Courier du soir publishes an inter
view this evening with General the Mar
quis de Gallifet, the new minister of war,
who is represented as saying:
II am reproached for my attitude In
1871. At that time / served the majority,
the constitution and the law as a soldier
on the active list. I have remained silent
until now. To-day find the army talking
far too much. I am, as l was thirty years
ago, at the service of the majority, the
constitution and the law"
: The minister of commerce. Alexandra
Milleraud, Radical Socialist, in an inter-
view published in the same paper, is re-
ported as saying:
'"The Republicans have concluded an ar
mistice in order to meet the enemies of
the republic and to restore things to their
proper places in the army, the magistracy
and the administration"
The new cabinet is a strong combina-
ton, and is wholly in favor of Dreyfus;
but, since it contains such extreme men
as Marquis de Gallifet and NJ Millerand,
it can hardly be expected to have long
career.
N. Waldeek- Rousseau, who is perhaps
the most successful pleader at the French
bar, has an income Of 100000 by becoming
minister.
Except in connection with the Dreyfus
affair, the new ministry excited little in
terest, and is received rather coolly. The
Dreyfusites are delighted, and the anger
of the anti-Dreyfusites knows no bounds.