The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-06-13
A new FRENCH CRISIS.
The Cabinet Resigns and the Res
ignations Are Accepted,
FORCED OUT BY TIE DEPUTIES

Tho Contradictory Attitude OF the
Ministry on the Droyrus Case was
Largely Instrumental I'm Forcing the
Crisis-Gossip as to the Now Premier
Paris. June 19.-The Dupuy cabinet
has resigned. The chamber OF depu-
ties yesterday, after an excited debate,
adopted by a vote OF 321 10 173 the
order Of the day proposed by NJ. Ruau,
Radical, representing the district OF St
Gaudens, which the premier refused to
accept The Minister forthwith left
the house amid interse excitement.
The text of NJ. Rdau's motion was as
follows:
"The chcsnDer is determined to sup
port only a government resolved TO de-
fend vigorously republican institu-
tions and to secure public order and
passes to the order OF the day"
After the vote was announced the
Socialists shouted "Vive la Republi-
quel" The ministers left the house
and the chamber adjourned
The chamber OF deputies was crowd
ed, and there was considerable sup
pressed excitement when NJ. Valiant,
Socialist, representing one of the dl-
visions of the Seine, lnterpellated the
government on Sundays police out
RACES" at the Pavilion D'Armenonville,
and demanded TO know the instruo-
tlons the government gave the police
In regard to the Socialists, who, he
said, defended the republic against the
reactlonaries.
The premier, NJ. 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
ernment acknowledged the services of
the police, adding that the malnte-
nance of the government was impossi-
BILE without public order.
NJ Dupuy and his cabinet went al
once to the Elysee palace and rendered
their resignation to President Loubet
The interview between NJ. 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
ters, adding that he would always re-
member their services gratefully. M
Dupuy was agreeably surprised at M
Loubet's cordianty. 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 oabi-
net, but Il is pointed out that as the
Dupuy ministry did not fall on a ques.
ton involving the political complexion
| Of the ministry II 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 NJ. Raymond Poinoare, deputy for
Meuse. who was minister of public In
stPuotion at the time of the Dreyfus
court martial, and who testified before
the court of cessation that M, Dupuy
had recently said to him: 81 think
we were the victims Of a big hoax In
| 1884," NJ Theophile Delcasse, minis.
ter OF foreign affairs IN the retiring
cabinet; NJ Henri Brisson, who was
NJ. Dupuy's immediate predecessor IN
the premiership he has Just resigned,
and Senator Piers Waldeck-R 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
ed the contradictory attitude of the
| Dupuy cabinet IN the Dreyfus affair.
| The moderates hope to secure the re-
turn of NJ. Meline to power The Revo
! lutionaries, Nationalists and anti,
Semites hope, in their opposition to NJ
| Dupuy, TO find a more tolerant man in
| his successor. This Is the eXplana
tion of yesterdays voting, resulting
In the downfall of the cabinet. The
supporters of the government only
numbered 173, recruited for the most
part from the ranks of the Moderate
Radicals.
Many deputies agree that the Drey-
fus affair is largely responsible for the
cabinet. All the Royalists and many
Radicals demand that their share Of
the responsibility must be brought
home to General de Boisdeffre and
General Mercier. At the same time
those taking this view have been all
along persuaded that NJ. Dupuy would
never proceed to that extreme. Ao-
oordingly they seized upon NJ. Vail
lant's Interpolation as a means of
expressing their defiance and distrust
of the Dupuy ministry
Certainly there is NO denying the
fact that the question OF the final set
tlement of the Dreyfus case hangs like
q dead weight on the situation and Will
| prove a great obstacle in the eettIa
ment Of the crisis.
Deputies who have supported NJ. Du-
! puy confessed In the lobbies to a con-
vietion that he made great mistake
Sunday In covering the Bois de Bou-
logne and Longchamp with sabres and
bayonets, thus rendering M. Loubet
ridiculous, seeing that there was not
a single serious demonstration against
him anywhere,