The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-13
4 NEW FRENCH CRISIS
The Cabinet Resigns and the Res-
ignatisns Arc Accepted.
FORCED OUT BY THE DEPUTIES

The Contradictory Attitude Of tn
Ministry ON the Dreyfus Case Wa
Largely Instrumental in Forcing tn,
Crisis-Gossip ~ to the New Premier
Paris. June 13.-The Dupuy cabine
has resigned. The chamber Of depu
ties yesterday, after an excited debate
adopted by vote Of 321 to 173 tn,
order of the day proposed by M. Ruau
Radical. representing the district of st
Gaudens, which the premier refused t
accept. The ministers forthwith left
the house amid intense excitement.
The text Of M. Ruau's motion was al
follows:
1.-THE chamber is determined to sup.
port only a government resolved to de.
fend vigorously republican institu-
lions and to secure public order and
passes to the order Of the day."
After the vote was announced the
Socialists shouted give la Republi.
que!" The ministers left the house
and the chamber adjourned.
The chamber Of deputies was crowd
ed. and there was considerable sup
pressed excitement when M. Valiant,
Socialist. representing one of the di-
visions Of the Seine. interpellated the
government on Sundays police out
RACES" at the Pavilion D'Armenonville.
and demanded to know the instruc-
lions the government gave the police
in regard to the Socialists, who, he
said, defended the republic against the
reactionaries.
The premier, M. Dupuy, replied that
he realized that Sunday was a fete
day for all Republicans. He added
that there had been few incidents, and
that the only instructions to the police
were to maintain order. The govern
ment. he continued. had ordered an in
quiry into the responsibility for the
affair at the Pavilion D'Armenonville
and the Rue Montmartre At the same
time. the premier pointed out, the gov
eminent acknowledged the services of
the police, adding that the mainte-
nance Of the government was impossi-
BILE without public order.
M. Dupuy and his cabinet went at
once to the Elysee palace and rendered
their resignation to President Loubet.
The interview between M. Dupuy and
his colleagues and the president was
BRIEF but cordial. The president ex-
pressed his thanks for the support he
had received from the retiring minis
tiers, adding that he would always re-
member their services gratefully. M.
Dupuy was agreeably surprised at M.
Loubet's cordially. President Loubet
accepted the designations, but request
ed the ministers to retain their Offices
until their successors are named.
There are already many surmises as
to the composition of the new cabi-
net, but it is pointed out that as tho
Dupuy ministry did not fall on a ques..
tion involving the political complexion
of the ministry 1t is difficult to see on
what basis the new cabinet will be Sc
lected.
OF the statesmen already named in
parliamentary circles in connection
with the premiership of the new cabi-
net those most frequently mentioned
are M. Raymond Poincare, deputy for
Mouse, who was minister of public in
struction at the time of the Dreyfus
court martial, and who testified before
the court Of cessation that M. Dupuy
had recently said to him: II think
we were the victims Of big hoax in
1884," M. Theophile Delcasse, minis
ter of foreign affairs in the retiring
M. Henri Brisson, who was
M. Dupuy's immediate predecessor in
the premiership he has just resigned,
and Senator Piers Waldeck- Rousseau,
who was minister of the interior In the
cabinet of Gambetta in 1881. and
again in the Ferry cabinet in 1888
Socialists and Radicals alike are dis
satisfied with what they have consider
I'd the contradictory attitude of the |!
Dupuy cabinet in the Dreyfus affair. |
rhe moderates hope to secure the re-
urn of NJ Meline to power. The Revo.
utionaries, Nationalist and anti |
'emites hope. in their opposition to M.
)upuy, to find mnrc tolerant man in
ion of yesterdays voting, resulting
n the downfall of the cabinet The
of the government only
numbered 1873, recruited for the most
'art from the ranks of the Moderate
radicals.
Many deputies agree that the Drey-
us affair is largely responsible for tho
abinet. All the Royalists and many
tadicals demand that their share of
he responsibility must be brought
Ome to General de Boisdeffre and
'eneral MERCER. At the same time
hose taking this view have been all
long persuaded that M. Dupuy would
ever proceed to that extreme. Ac-
ordiAgly they seized upon M. Vail
ants Interpolation as means of
Expressing their defiance and distrust
the Dnpuy ministry.
Certainly there is no denying the
let that the question of the final set
ement of the Dreyfus case hangs like
dead weight on the situation and will
rove q great obstacle in the settle
tent of the crisis.
Deputies who have supported M. Du-
ny confessed in the lobbies to a con-
ction that he made a great mistake
inday in covering the Bots de Bou-
gne and Longchamp with sabres and
ayonets, thus rendering M. Loubet
diculous. seeing that there was not
single serious demonstration against
m anywhere.