The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-03
FRENCH CABINET
OUT OF A JOB
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service employees should be regarded
as the crime Of lese patrle.
a strong Republican majority in th'
chamber voted confidence In the govern
ment, but at meeting Of the minister
dlssensions developed and BRAND an
nounced that new and serious problem
had grown ont Of the labor trouble tina
must he met by united ministry. Ac
cordingly he suggested the retiremen
of himself and associates.
President Fallieres this morning asked
NJ, BRAND to form new cabinet anc
the latter accepted. It is expected tina
M. BRAND will remodel the retiring
ministry in harmony with his views OF
preliminary program to meet crise
resulting from strikes.
1t Is likely that Foreign Ministe
Pichon, Minister of Commerce Dupuy
Minister Of War Brun and Minister o.
the Navy LaPeyrere will remain IN th'
new cabinet.
Outlines His Policy.
NJ Millerand, minister Of publ.
works, posts and telegraphs, and NJ
Viviana, minister Of labor. dissentet
from BRAND IS program and their retire
ment is likely to be permanent. Mile
rand especially was dissatisfied, insist
ing that the principle of arbitration
should be recognized more broadly By
the government.
Just what BRAND s program Of futurt
legislation provides for had not beer
made known to the public when the res
ignation of the cabinet was announced
At the meeting at which M. Briant
his comrades for having stood togethe
during the national crisis and shoul
dered unitedly the harsh attacks in tn,
chamber of deputies. He said he hac
been violently accused and ever
charged with nourishing an ambition tc
throttle public liberty.
It was true that these attacks hai
been rebuked by the strong Republican
majority which had voted confidence
in the government, but nevertheless out
of the strike and out of the debate il
exceedingly grave, new and seriou!
problems had arisen which must be me-
by united ministry. For this reason
the premier suggested the retirement OF
the cabinet.
Brands cabinet was formed on July
23, 1909, as follows:
Premier and minister Of the interio,
and public works-M. BRAND.
Minister OF justice-M Bnrthou
Minister of nnance-M. Georges Coch
Minister Of foreign afrairs-M. Pichon
Minister of education-M, Doumsrgue
aphs-M. Millerand,
Minister of commerce-Jean Dupuy
Minister Of the colonles-M Trouiilot.
Minister OF labor-M. Vipiani.
Minister OF war-GeneraI Brun,
Minister Of the navy-M. Boue de Ii
Peyrere.
M. Ruaua. the minister of agricultur,
in this cabinet resigned on October /.
last
The first important speech made by NJ
BRAND after he attained the premiership
was at Perigueux on October 10. a yea
ago.
Facing Many Problems.
At that time he announced that tn,
government would pay special and imme
diate attention to social questions, 1t,
first care being to remodel the laws O
hold and administer property. thus trans
forming them from political agitation
ccenters into useful and practical bodies
tate and promote the participation o
workers in the profits which under tn,
law was then impossible.
The religious question, he asserted. hac
been regulated with Justice, leaving tn,
Catholics masters of their own con
sciences and churches.
BRAND. who was a socialist. was mad,
of power and experience. His opponent
took delight In throwing in his teeth hi.
defense Of Herve In 1903. when the latte,
was prosecuted for his anti-militar,
himself with his clients opinions, bu
Heve's attitude later became more vlo
lent.
On November S BRAND won a notable
victory in defeating In the chamber O
deputies n proposal to change the method
of elections Of deputies from representa-
tion by ACCOMPLISHMENTS to representation
by departments. He carried the day b,
threatening TO resign II the reform was
voted
Again on March Is last M. BRAND re-
ceived an overwhelming vindication wher
the chamber OF deputies condemned the
manner in which the property of the re-
ligious orders had been liquidated. bu,
expressed confidence In the governments
promise to tnke the responsibility and
punish the guilty,
Queued Railway Strike.
BRAND was confronted on October IL
By the railway strike on the Northern
road, which. spreading to other lines
threatened to paralyze traffic through
out the republic.
He met the situation with frmness
that challenged the admiration OF the
world. Declaring that the strike vas 2
rebellious movement fomented by labor
leaders al the very hour the government
was trying TO bring about concessions
IN pehat OF tne iaporerS by the railroad
company he set about to crush tbe
movement. He broke the backbone of
the strike hv calling to the colors the
railway employees as reservists
This action was bitterly criticised hv
the Socialists. who attacked the premIe,
In the chamber Of deputies. BRAND de-
Tended his course and after a brillian mt
debate received an expression OF conn :
II appeared then that the minis,rv
would remain practically united on its
preliminary program. designed to nre.
vent similar crises through labor from
bles. Minister Of Labor Viviani did mot
agree with BRAND. believing that The
of arbitration should be recow-
nzed by the government under all cir
II was predicted that Vivlani would
retire. but that the whole minisfrv
would fall Hs a result OF dssensions ovay
Brands program was not expected
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