The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18

5 INTEREST IN
CABINET AND HORROR
sarrien's Ministry Discussed and
Cour1ieres Mine Disaster
Arouses Compassion.

New York Herald Special Cable Service. Copy
right, 1906, by the New York Herald.
Paris, March IA new cabinet and
a terrible catastrophe constitute the
chief items on the balance sheet of the
week. The new cabinet which was
formed by M. Sarrien is somewhat
colorless, and presents a mystery which
sets everybody guessing, as much on &C
count of it's intrinsic worth and its
membership, as by the political charact-
eristics.
NJ. Sarrien, who takes the seat of
justice and the presidency of the coun-
Gil, retains NJ. Thomson as minister Of
marine. M. Etienne, minister Of war,
and gives the ministry of foreign at
fairs to M. Bourgeois. Three port
/ folios go to representatives Of the
moderates-fnance to M. Poincaire,
public works to M. Barthou and colonies
to NJ. Leagues.
After selecting M. Doumergue for
minister Of commerce fnally-an this
is the original feature of the combina-
tion-he appealed to M. Clemenceau,
radical socialist, and M. BRAND, social.
list, the reporter Of the separations law.
M. Clemenceau chose the ministry of the
interior, remarking that he had no other
specially than politics. AS for M. Bri-
and, he was given the ministry of pub
lie Instruction, joining thereto cults
with which he has been familiar and
which he prefers.
Clemenceau is Vigorous.
r. hoe haan humorouslv remarked
that any one of the ministers could be
president Of the council except the one
who has been thus selected, but IN my
opinion the really amusing and interest
ing phase Of this assemblage is M.
Clemenceau. The senator from Var is
inst as Young in mind and body as he
was thirty years ago, when he over
threw one after another, conservative
and even republican ministers. We
are Going to see practical work OF
this interchangeable critic we are
going to see this demolisher forced
to construct something.
One thing which contributes to the
! philosophical outlook is the reflection
that moderates like Ribot have over
thrown the Rouvier cabinet, which a.
best was just as moderate as tney
only to bring into power cabinet tna'
is more advanced in views and TO con
5 fde election preparations to an avoWee
enemy like Clemenceau, who mas 1urthe
emphasized this Specification in appoint
mo as under secretary Of state youns
deputy from Toulouse, as if for his IN
transigeance, Albert Sarrien.
Universal Suffrage. ..xe
7 don It think it is possible to put II
: practicable operation of universal SUI
d rage, as M. De Fourton said, but 1t ca
> be aided and in all constituencies Wher
Il the election depends on the shifting
a small number of votes, the actions;
Z projects and sub-prefects and conse
y ouently Of the ministry Of the lnterlo
: may be effcacious.
n As for M. BRAND, his entry into tn
ministry indicates the policy which MIC g. WI vi
be followed by the new cabinet regarf
NO church inventories which will y. .
le continued. but with prudence and witt
u out shedding blood. There are abor
: $4,000 churches in France, OF Wh1c
u $4,000 have been inventoried and wor
!" is now going on in 400 others. g.
. Ten thousand are yet to be vis1te'
d The proportion is five out OF SIX ths
u, have been inventoried. A halt will t
20 made before fanatical populations.
" r. Attacked by Peasants.
n Tn this connection may be mentione
1T an extraordinary event which has Ju
}, taken place near Fougeres. A cor
vi pany of the army service corps was
le tackled by 200 peasants armed WI
" clubs who aimed at vengeance on ca
tain, lieutenant and the men In tt
8 ranks. They had no thought OF inve
ne tories and were simply maneuvering
o. the roads. Nothing like this has be.
ed seen since the time Of Chouanerie. II
IN ministry has announced it's intention
d. examine the responsibility and to bril-
is the disturbers before the courts, ar
rd has declared this in the ministerial pr
gram which was read before the chal
Der by M. Sarrien and in the sena
by M. Bourgeois, this program bel
=. received more severely by the sena
il than by the chamber, as the senate ga
the cabinet only seventy-seven maJt
n itv. Furthermore, the cabinet promis
y to prosecute anti-militarists.
y AS for the government employe
trade union. the ministry will allow t
chamber to settle that. It must
noted also that M. Bourgeois, the auth
'ol of the paragraph regarding forei
policy, declared his desire to contin
M. Rouvier's policy, which was a m
ture of moderation and frmness, a
which was about to triumph at All
ciras when the ministry fell.
The Mine Disaster.
lyo9 All the political events are oversh'
nal owed by the stupor and anguish +
eco by humanity as result of the mi
lris disaster at Courrieres, where II
t tn miners persisted by flames and gas
ms In, the face of this calamity all part
lth united in expressions of compassion a
LEX charity, which were shared even
aas peoples abroad. It was surprise ant
lar consolation to learn that Germany h
OF sent the salvage corps from the We
$50 phalian mines, which is better trair
We, and better equipped than French
leu such emergencies. The chamber yot
ON an Immediate relief fund of half
million francs and subscriptions
ties being made in all sections of
"a: country.
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