Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-07-24
BRAND Announces He Will Stand by
Clemenceau Policies.
HE PLACATEs THE RADICALS
Will Make Effort to End War Be-
tween Labor and Capital.
WANTS SUPPORT OF WORKERS
Income Tax Measure, Now Pending,
VIII he Modified But Not
Abandoned by New
Ministry.

PARIS, July A.-After a day of confer
ences, Aristide BRAND succeeded in form
ing a new French ministry and officially
announced the success of his endeavor to
President Fallleres at o'clock this morn
ing The new cabinet is made up as fol-
lows:
Premier, minister of the interior and min
lister of public worship NJ BRAND; minister
of justice, NJ Barthou; minister of foreign
affairs, NJ. Pichon; minister of finance,
Georges Cochery; minister of education M.
Doubergue; minister of public works, posts
and telegraphs. NJ. Millerand; minister Of
commerce, Jean Dupuy; minister of agri-
culture NJ. Ruau; minister of the colonies,
NJ. Trouillot; minister of labor, NJ. Viviani.
The portfolios of war and the navy will
be filled tomorrow morning. These have
been offered, respectively to General Brun
and Admiral Bonne De La Payrere, and
both are expected to accept.
One office Abolished.
The post of undersecretary of posts and
telegraphs which was held by NJ. slmyan,
whose resignation was demanded during
the recent strike OF postmen and telegra-
piers by the socialists, will be suppressed.
An undersecretaryship of finance will be
noult NJ Dujardin- Beaumetz will remain
as undersecretary Of public instruction and
beaux arts.
M BRAND had considerable difficulty in
appeasing the appetites aroused by the fall
len cabinet and only satisfied the radicals
who charged him with being a socialist by
the statement:
'T intend to complete the work Of the
Clemenceau cabinet and carry out the
! wishes of the president and form repub-
| lican cabinet committed to republican pol
icies"
NJ Caillaux, minister Of finance in the
old cabinet, laid down certain conditions
relating to his again accepting the port
folio. which NJ. BRAND could not grant and
besides the opposition in the senate to
Callauxs draft of the income tax bill made
| il advisable TO substitute M. Cochery who
was. minister of finance in the Melint
cabinet of 1868 1t is announced that NJ
Cochery's selection does not mean tho
abandonment of the income tax measure
but its modification on lines more accept
able to the senate,
To END Labor War.
A ministrial declaration, which was form
| QlateQ ana unanimously accepted DN lI'
members of the new cabinet contains al
important statement indicating that tn,
cabinet is committed to an attempt to enc
the war between labor and capital which
has disturbed France for so many years.
An official note says this declaration
after quoting the famous remark of NJ
Waldeck- Rousseau, Capital must wOrl
and labor possess" insists upon the neces
sity of an alliance between labor and capi
tai and the avoidance of every cause 0
conflict; that the members of the cabinet
regardless Of the political affiliations, rc
solve with the aid of Parliament, to ameli
crate the moral and material wellbeing o
the workers as far as in their power lies
but that the accomplishment Of this en-
will depend upon the support of the work
ers themselves; that the latter must Civ
a security to capital or otherwise under
takings win be abandoned and the eco
nomic development of the country ARRESTED