New-York tribune., 1902-06-22

judicial circles OF that extraordinary advent
NJ. VaIle is a good orator. and is re-
garded one of the strongest men in the
Combes Cabinet.
NJ Camille Pe1etan, Minister of Marine, fs the
only Partisan in the Combes Cabinet. He Is a
journalist and with NJ. Georges CIemenceau.
founded the radical newspaper lie Justice In
1850 In the following year he was elected
Deputy, and has remained in Parliament ever
since. He is naturally aggressive-he is a
chronic 'kicker''-and has devoted his energies
to tearing to pieces the plans estimates, re-
ports and conclusions of the successive Min
listers of Marine and of Public Works He Is
somewhat negligent in dress and personal ap-
pearance but his brilliant intelligence and
quickness of repartee always put him to the
front This is the first time that NJ Pelletan
has ever been a minister. and his friends and
enemies (and he has good sh. of both) are
watching eagerly to how the violently ag-
gressive orator will acquit himself the
defensive passive head of department NJ
PeI--tan made his first official appearance on
Sunday. when he drove the Auteun races in
a smart victoria drawn by pair of magnih-
cent jet black horses.
NJ Trouillot. who succeeds NJ Mflerand as
Minister of Commerce. is a lawyer and jour
naiist He born at ChampagnoI in the
Jura in 1851, and has been a Deputy from his
department since 1883 NJ TrouiIlot was Min
ister of the Colonies in the Brissor Cabinet of
1898. but won his reputation as reporter of the
famous Law of the Associations, He is short.
wiry. active and alert. He wears a black.
bristling, closely cropped beard and mustache,
and is quite nearsighted.
NJ. --aruejouIs, who succeeds NJ. Pierre Bau-
din as Minister of Public Works. a cadet
de Gascogne" by birth. and lawyer by pro-
fessiOn- He is sixty-fve years old, and friend
of young architects and artists He was Min
lister of Commerce in the Brisson Cabinet NJ
Naru&jou's is a clever and scholarly writer. and
excellent art critic
NJ. Chaumie Minister of Public Instruction.
is a stout, fiorid man of robust health, with a
profusion of pepper and salt hair and whisk-
ers. He has for some years represented the De-
partment of Lot-et-Garonne in the Senate He
is lawyer by profession. and distinguished
himself by his active support of the Law OF the
Associations He is strongly Antf-Clerical.
NJ. CASTOR Doumergue. Minister of Colonies.
is the Benjamin of the new Cabinet. having
been born in 1868 at Aigues-Vives. in the de-
partment of the Gard. has been a Deputy
from his native department since 1893 and has
been a vigorous supporter in Parliament OF the
pastime of bulIfghting in the somewhat
dyne form in which it is carried in Southern
France. NJ Doumergue is a Protestant in re-
Iigfon. and. notwithstanding his singular fond
American and English T -r-iamentary instftu-
tions. He is a good speaker. but has strong
MarseilIes accent. especially noticeable when
excited in the heat of animated debate
NJ Mougeot. who for four years has been
Under Secretary of State of the Department Of
Posts and Teegrap phs-a position correspond
ing to that of Postmaster General IN the United
States-is Minister Of Agriculture in the Combes
Cabinet NJ. Mougeot born at Montfgny-
in nd
Mayor of Iangres when first elected Deputy in
1898 He has accomplished much needed re-
form IN the postal and telegraph departments
He is a man of military bearing, and wears
slight rnustache. Like almost all the other
ministers. he is nearsighted I'D wears double
eyeglasses
NJ Berard who succeeds NJ Mougeot as Under
Secretary of Posts and Telegraphs is law
yer and was vice-presdent of the radical group
In the Chamber. He was horn at Lyons in 1859.
and has no political history.
The two most important members of the
Cabinet NJ Delcasse. Minister of Foreign AZ
fairs and General Andre. Minister of War. are
already familiar to the readers OF The Tribune
NJ. Delcasse has been Minister of Foreign At
fairs sin. November l. 1898 when he
ceeded NJ. Gabriel Hanotaux. and is identified
with the sound. practical. liberal policy that has
peen pursued by France for five years. Gen
way without family influence or patronage. sue
ceeded General Marquis de Ganiffet Min
lister of War in the WaIdeck-Rousseau Cabinet
on May 90 1900. His ambition is to eliminate
social caste and family influence from the
French army which. under his direction. is be-
coming a genuine democratic institution The
present service of three years will in all prob
ability be reduced TO two vears-an experiment
which is of great interest to Cermany. where
cd mes of ma IN fO~t he
deficiency of population in France by increas-
ing the available number of the reserves Cen
eral Andre has many bitter enemies among the
ClericaIs and RoyaIsts. who accuse him of de-
stroying the esprit-de-corps of tie officers. and
ct disorganizing the general staff General
Andre has proved himself TO be able military
administrator. and during the Dreyrus a1a1r
had the courage to withstand the venomous
partisan attacks that the Clericals and reac-
tionists directed against all officers who felt
that the victim Of Devils Island should have
fair trial. T. l. d.