Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-23
BRAND HAS TROUBLE
Meets Difficulties in Attempt
to Form Cabinet.
HOPES TO UNITE FACTIONS
Will Accept Premiership Only With
Republican Support.
CAILLAUX MAY BE DROPPED
Raymond Poincare May Supplant.
Him &C Minister IF Einance-Af-
HOPES TO UNITE FACTIONS
CAILLAUX MAY BE DROPPED
Raymond Poincare May Supplant
Him as Minister of Finance-At-
titude Of Radicals.

PARIS. July o3-Aristide BRAND, who
was summoned to the Elysee Palace last
night and charged with the task of form
ing a cabinet, is encountering difficulties.
A definite decision however. is expected
by tonight.
In the event Of NJ. Brands failure.
further efforts probably will be made to
induce Leon Bourgeois. former premier
and foreign minister, to accept the pre-
miership.
NJ. BRAND had a long conference today
with Raymond Poincare, former minister
of finance. which gave rise to the pre-
sumption that the latter is to succeed
NJ Caillaux, who is understood to be
somewhat dissatisfied.
Hopes to Reunite Factions
BRAND is brilliant scholar. orator and
avowed socialist, and author of the final
chapters of the separation law. He Will
try to reconstruct the Clemenceau cab
met. M. BRAND, in the course of an in
terview, stated that unless he could unite
the republican groups he would decline
the post of premier.
NJ. BRAND was minister of justice and
worship in the Clemenceau cabinet. He
is consulting with his colleagues.
President Fallieres on the advice OF the
parliamentary leaders, whom he was con-
stitutionally obliged to consult, Intended
to make the first offer Of the premiership
to Leon Bourgeois, former minister OF
foreign affairs, but delay In NJ. Bour-
geois' arrival In Paris and doubt regard
ing his acceptance induced the president
to save time by offering the premiership
to NJ BRAND in the first instance.
It is presumed that the reconstruction
OF the cabinet will be effected, II it can
be done, by shifting some portfolios and
retaining all the ministers except NM
Picauart. Picard, Caillaux and Miles
Lacroix, ministers of war, the navy
finance and the colonies, respectively.
Plan for Electoral Reform.
The program Of the retiring govern
ment will be adopted. but probably will
be extended to include the passage at the
October session of bill relating to cleo
toral reform, which provides for voting
by departments, with proportional repre-
sentation, instead of the present choice
of deputies by ACCOMPLISHMENTS or small
districts
Considerable opposition to NJ BRAND
has developed, especially among the more
conservative senators and radicals. who
dominate the party Of the republican ma
jority. on the ground that the selection
of socialist as the head of the govern
ment will be equivalent to proclaimlng
the bankruptcy of the radicals
Sixty radical socialists. headed by Dep
uty Duber, have voted not to support any
but a cabinet headed by a radical or a
radical-socialist. Consequently predictions
are freely made that NJ. BRAND will fai
in his efforts to form ministry which
can command a majority.
On the other hand, NJ. Jaures. leader
of the socialists In the chamber. and his
followers have come forward with offers
of support. Should NJ. BRAND succeed In
forming a cabinet, as his friends believe
he will, the tendencies of the new minis
try will be distinctly more socialistic than
those of the outgoing cabinet.
NJ. BRAND Is opposed to the dissolution
of the revolutionary General Federation
of Labor. which NJ. Clemenceau favored
and NJ. Barthou. minister of public works
and NJ. Viviani. minister of labor. have
tention of NJ. Pchon. the foreign minis
ter, in any cabinet formed would be a
source of general satisfaction.
Conservatives Are Philosophic.
A BRAND cabinet would be exceedingly
distasteful to the moneyed class, who
at least knew that Clemenceau was not
afraid to resist revolutionary tendencies
The conservatives, however. believe that
a BRAND cabinet would be short lived
and find consolation in the theory that
the farther the pendulum swings in one
direction the farther it will swing back
in the other.
The moneyed interests are hoping
against hope that NJ. Caillaux, minister
of finance. will not succeed himself in the
new ministry. A majority Of the leaders
who are committed to the income tax
the workmen's pension scheme and other
social reforms consider his retention i'm
perative in order to avoid a popular mis-
Interpretation with regard to his retire
ment in the face Of the coming elections
Despite the storm of Indignation vented
on NJ. Clemenceau for his attack on NJ
Delcasse. even the formers worst enemies
admit that he told the truth, as 1t ha.
long been an open secret that M. Del
casse, relying on the friendship of Eng
land. wanted to risk war with Germany
when he was foreign minister in 1905
but the revelations then made showinf
the unpreparedness of the French army
and navy, compelled the government t.
yield to the German threat, dismiss NJ
Delcasse and take the Moroccan dispute
to the Algeciras conference.
BRAND a New Comet.
The rise Of Aristide BRAND has beer
so rapid that the biographical diction
aries have not had time to notice him
The most recorded outside Of France
about him is contained in newspape,
clippings. which feature his work on the
legislation separating the church and the
state in France, and, most talked abou,
of all. his declaration for trial marriages
divorce by mutual agreement and fres
love.
The latest edition of the French who's
Who says that NJ. BRAND was born ir
Nantes on March %. 1852, and that he
attended school in that city. There is
no mention of university training bu,
he became a lawyer. He was elected to
represent the Loire In the chamber OF
deputies. Five years ago he was known
only among his own party. the socialists
He was appointed reporter of the
church and state separation BILL ano
soon became recognized as a high au
thority on the subject. He aimed to draw
up bill broadly liberal in spirit. but de
void of fanaticism and designed to assure
freedom of worship and conscience. Fol
his work on that bill he was elevated te
the post of minister of public instruction
and worship in 1906.
During the church and state troubles
he acted with f1rmness and moderation
and after the death of NJ. Guyot-Des-
saigne December 81. 1907. he was appoint
ed minister of justice, retaining also the
ministry of worship
1t was last year that his name got ir
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