The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-13
NJ. DUPUY IS DEPoSED
FRENCH EARINET is FINALLY
roRcEn 6pT eE QfFlcn BE
AcTIoA OF CHAMBER
DREYFus case n FACTOR


Brought About the Discontinue
of the Cabinet-President LOubet
Undfsturbed by the Situation.
PARIS, Junea12.-President Loubet has
accepted the resignation of the cabinet
ministers. butohasIrequested them to re-
main in their oiices until their successors
are named. 1t is presumed President
Loubet will summon the presidents Of the
chambers tomorrow In order to consult
with them on the formation Of new
cabinet.
On leaving the chamber M Dupuy OBJ
served to group of deputies in the
lobby: I'VE hand over the business to
luckter, but not more courageous men,"
The interview between M. Dupuy and
colleagues and President Loubet was
most cordial. The president expressed his
thanks for the support he had received
from the retiring ministers. adding that
he would always remember their services
gratefully. M. Dupuy was agreeably sur
prised at M Loubet's cordially
There are already many surmfses as to
the composition of the new cabinet, but
1t is pointed out that, as the Dupuy minis
try did not fall on question involving
the political complexion of the ministry
1t is difficult to see on what basis the
new cabinet will be selected.
The successive votes in the chamber
of deputies today clearly demonstrated
the existence Of a majority, including
members of all parties. who were deter
mined to rid themselves of the premier
ship of M Dupuy. The Interpolation Of
M valiant was simply cleverly selected
pretext to conceal the real cause of the
approaching crisis. Socialists and Radi-
Gals alike are dissatisfied with what they
have considered the contradictory att
tude of the Dupuy cabinet in the Dreyfus
affair. The Moderates hope to secure the
return of M. Meline to power The Revo-
1utionaries. Nationalist and anti-Semites
hope in their opposition to M. Dupuy to
find more tolerant man in his successor
This is the explanation Of todays voting
| resulting in the downfall of the cabinet
The supporters of the government num-
bered 173 recruited for the most part
from the ranks of the Moderate Radicals
Many. deputies agree that the Dreyfus
affair is largely responsible for the cabi-
net downfall. All the Royalists and many
Radicals demand that their share of the
responsibility be brought home to Gen.
de Bosdeffre and Gen. Mercier At the
same time those taking this view have
been all along persuaded that NJ Dupuy
would never proceed to that extreme
Accordingly they seized upon M Vail
lants Interpolation as a means of ex-
pressing their deStrust Of the Dupuy min
istry.
Certainly there is no denying the fact
the the question of the final settlement
Of the Dreyfus case hangs like a dead
weight on the situation tonight, and will
prove great obstacle in the settlement
of the crisis.
PARISIANS NOT SURPRISED.
Shortly before 6 o'clock this afternoon
the boulevards presented a typical scene. J..
Inc sidewalks were crowded with leung-
ing. houleyarders, and every seat at the
little tables in front of the cafes was oc-
! cup1ed by Partisan, slipping absinthc
| or something similar before dining. and
anlmatedly discussing the races at Au-
teg1l and everything but the debate In
the chamber of deputies.
Suddenly the newspaper vendors rush
ell along With patches of papers hot from,
the press shouting Fall Of the ministry"
and Special editions" Promenaders
looked at each other half increduIousIy.
but in another moment each newsboy was
the center of mob, everybody snatching
up the papers.
linen the people, settled down again at
the tables. read the brief bulletin, The
government has been defeated in the
chambers and rendered It's resignation"
shrugged their shoulders and looked at
each other with half amused air. Every
trace OF interest seemed to disappear and
the matter was barely discussed through
out the remainder of the evening" The
boulevardS are, if anything. less crowded
than usual. The well dressd throngs seat
ed In front of The Cafe de la Paix and
other leading cafes on the principal bou-
leVards gazed stolidly at the vendors crv
ing the special editions of the Soir and
the Presse. WITH headlines covering half
their front pages, and announcing the
latest details regarding the fall Of the
ministry, but Absolutely refused to DIR
chase
Th first news came as surprise; but
after that Paris, accepted the event in the
spirit of Oriental fatalism The fact Ia
Dupuy's fall was merely a matter of
date Every Partisan knew he was
standing on the Threshold of resigna-
ton. He was not Dreyfusite enough for
the Dreyfusards. and too Dreyfusite for
the alti-revisionists.
NEW CABINET MATERIAL
There was no demonstration outside the
Pala1s Bourbon when the defeat of the
ministry became known. Only a few
idlers and intending visitors to the public
galleries We're grouped at the entrance
The deputies in the lobbies discussed the
affair, and after mentioning M. Poincare
and NJ. de Lanessan, settled to the gen
eral opinion which still prevails at late
hour, that NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau will I'M
dertake the formation of a cabinet, as
Stunning for himself the portfolio of war
continuing M. Delcasse at the foreign
office, and appointing M. Traieriux minis
ter of justice. Other portfolios in such
combination would be given to NM
Foincare and Rouvier.
M. Reuvier, who is deputy for Grasse,
In an interview this evening, declared his
belief in a Waldeck-Rousseau cabinet,
predicting that it would receive the sup
port of the extreme left. N. Peytral also
expressed his conviction that a Waldeck-
Rousseau ministry was certainty.
The fall of the cabinet was evidently of
as little surprise to M. Dupuy himself as
to parliament or the country, although 1t
is said he looked rather for presidential
crisis and had an eye on the presidency
for himself. The egisis has come, how
ever, rather sooner than he expected.