The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-22
BRAND URGED FOR
OF FRANCE
Minister of Justice Confers With
President Following Downfall OF
Clemenceau's Cabinet.

PARIS. July 21.-Despite the haste
necessary owing TO the coming Visit
OF the car of Russia. 10 replace the
cabinet OF Premier Clemenceau. which
/ fell with him last night IL Is scarcely
believed President Fallieres will sue
coed in choosing a new premier To-Day
Shortly before noon President Fal'
heres held a l5-minrte conference
with Clemenceau and later received
the president OF the senate and cham
Ter and Minister OF Justice NJ. Briarti,
who is being prominently mentioned
today as the man most likely TO be
called on 10 head the new ministry.
Despite the popular clamor IN favor
.of IA. Delcasse. Clemenceau's success
ful enemy. II is not considered likely
he will be named 20 head the new
cabinet. owing TO Germany's strong
opposition 10 him and the great de
sire Of the French government at this
time 10 make no move likely 20 dis
please the kaiser
II is the general belief today that
NJ. Cruppi, minister OF commerce; NJ.
Piehon, minister OF foreign AFFAIRS. and
NJ. Picard, minister OF marine, VIII
be called upon to accept their old
positions in the new cabinet.
American tourists who are today
clogging the boulevaTds, are being
treated &c an added attraction" In
the form Of a typical French political
crisis. as the result of the meteoric
downfall last night OF Clemenceau,
following an adverse vote OF the cham
Der after a debate over the naval
scandals.
All Paris is agog today and so In
tense Is the excitement and gossip or
the boulevards and cafes that. to the
uninitiated. a dangerous crisis seems
inevitable. AS matter OF fact. every
thing hinges on the man President
Fallieres calls upon to form the new
cabinet. and serious situation is not
beyond conception. Both monarchists
and radical socialists are on the Qui
vive for an opportunity TO effect a
coup d'etat. but IL is the general i'm
preston that President Fallieres will
successfully bridge the present break.
1t is a question which is the greater.
the surprise at the suddenness OF
Clemenceau downfall, or the JOY at
his retirement HIS unhorsing came
solely through the schoolboyish anger
OF the deputies. who. smarting under
his remarks, slaughtered their friends
and projects alike without counting
the cost Catholics. labor unionists,
Socialists, Bonapartists. anarchists
and moderates alike, hated Clemen-
ceau for individual grievances and
feared him in common because Of his
remarkable success In the adoption OF
American boss rule" tactics.
1t IS doubtful If the fall of any
French minister was ever hailed with
more popular JOY.
The remarkable feature Of the sit
uation lies in the fact that the down
IAN Of the minister came at time
when, under normal conditions. the
vote of the deputies was safely cor
rallied ana Just at a moment when
despite the generally recognized in
efficiency and rottenness OF the
French minister OF marine. the gov
eminent was TO have been given a
vote OF confidence. Clemenceau'
wholly uncalled for and polntless at
tack upon NJ Delcasse precipitated
the storm.
The most sweeping decisions are
expected in the fall elections as the
return OF the majority OF the deputies
was dependent upon Clemenceau con-
tinuing in Office.