The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-28
PREMIER AR|ST|DE.
 BRAND RESIGNS Says He Is Weary of POliti-
 cal Bickerings BRUN FUNERAL HELD Premier and His Ministers Attend Funeral of Their Late Colleague and Then Tender Resigna-
 tions to President

Paris, February 27-Premier Briand and his ministers resigned today and Pres- ident Fallieries accepted their resigna- lions. The president then went into conference with his advisers, including the presidents of the senate ana cnani Der of deputies, and then 1t was an nounced that M. Briands successor would not be named until tomorrow.
 If is understood that President Fall ,er;es is decidedly of the opinion tnat new cabinet must be prepared to 1ohow m the policy of the Briand ministry which received the support of both ohambers up to the fast and will call to the premiership a senator, who ac- cording to the latest indications VIII pc either M. Monis, vice president or the senate. Raymond Poincare, or Jean ou- pl'y.
 If is stated that the retiring prenner suggested M. Pinchon. who was minister of foreign affairs in the Brand capihet' as the new premier. but the latter gave If to be understood that he would ac- cent neither the premiership nor port folio in the new ministry ,..
 The situation at present Is wholly olI- parant The premier had declared nim- self weary of the bickerings of parllament in the intrigues of the groups nominaii! snnnortine him and expressed the WISH tbat he be relieved from the responsibility of government ,s s,o-
 For a year and d half Briand had sue cessfully combatted the socialistic parues with which he originally was anii'a,eu' t1t on last Friday night, when ne was attacked on the ground that he hao not enforced the laws against the chu'en congregations as set forth Tn the sepa,a lion act the government escaped censure h,, the slim majority of 16 votes. At conference on Saturday the ministers oe- term,ned to resign so soon as tooay x ohseouies for General Bfun, the mihls,er of war, had been held.
 At 20 o'clock this afternoon the capi- net met at the Elysee palace with President Fallieries and soon a1terwar"s ,bo commencement of Its retirement was made. -
 Personnel of Ministry
 The retiring ministers are: Premier pr,and Justice Girard; foreign anairs' p,cbon: marine, Admiral Boue De La- navrere: public instruction, faure' finance. Klotz; commerce, DuPuy; asrl- culture, Raynaud colonies, Moet' iaoor' Lafferre; public works, Puecn' ,
 General Brun, minister of war, died Eehr,,arv 2s. Later in the afternoon It wns announced President Fallieries nao accented the resignation of the cabinet
 Members of the cabinet assembled at inc Elvsee palace at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon following their attehuance a' inc obseouies of General Brun. Presi- den. Fallieries presided. It was under stood that. according to prearranseo plan. Premier Briand and his associates in the government would tender their resignations.
 Premier Addresses President
 At the Elysee palace M. Briand read a communication addressed to President Failieries. in which he declared the res ignation of the ministry was imperative on account of the growing hostillty or certain clements in the republican coail- tion, which were constantly piocklns .ne government hope of social progress and national security. The cabinets ann hilton was to carry out broad pro grainme of conciliation and appeasement. So far as the question of the church was concerned, the ministers were Cconyinceo that the church and state having been separated, the work of dissipating cier- icalism should be reasonable and toler- ant. and with respect for all religious beliefs.
 The statement continued: My appeal to fellow republicans to stand together has been misunderstood by some and deliberately misrepresented by others. It has failed. This schism. which have hcen unable to heal, renders sterile eff forts to carry out the programme which we believe is the greatest and most fear loss that ever has been offered to parlia- ment.
 president Falieries has not indicated whom he will request to form a minis fry He gave up the remainder of the afternoon to consultation with the lead ers of the parties and the presidents and vice presidents of the senate and cabi- net. The availability of Senator Antoine Monis has been suggested to the Presi- dent by an uninfiuential group. M. Mo his was minister of Justice In the Wal deck R Rousseau cabinet. and for 90 years has been an important figure in public life. The funeral today of General Brun, minister of war, was marked by pomp. The entire garrison O. Paris partici- pated President Fallieries, the cabinet and the diplomatic corps, members of Parliament and Of the French institute and those distinguished in every walk of life assembled In the grand salon of the ministry of war. which had been transformed into mortuary chapel ana where yesterday thousands viewed the hodv a II n afafo