Arizona republican., 1913-01-13
Millerand Re signs From French Cabi- net When Cens,red fo
 Reinstating Army Officer of Drevfus Case Frame
LE BRUN NAMED
 HIS SUCCESSOR
Election Comes on Friday and Incident is Believed Will Seriously Affect POincare's Candidacy for President
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHl

ASSOCIATED PRESS DlSFATChl
 PARIS, Jan. 12.-Alexandre Miller
 and. who won great reputation as war minister. resigned his office to- tiay as the direct result of the rein statement of Dupaty De Clam as lieu tenent colonel of the territorial army. Lebrun, minister of the Colonies was
 appointed to succeed him.
 The reinstatement incident led to
 dramatic session of the cabinet at
 which Millerand explained that he felt
 himself honor bound to reestablish De
 Clam in fulfillment of a promise made by his predecessor, but as the act is causing serious attacks against the ministry. he desired to withdraw. Pre- mier Poincare himself admitted that had the minister of war conferred with him, he could not have seen his way clear to ratify the reinstatement of the officer who was involved in the Drey- fus case. Nevertheless he wanted to stand by the war minister and believed il the duty of the entire ministry to re- sign.
 The decision of the cabinet to remain in office is accredited to the influence
 of Aris de Briand. minister of justice, who strongly opposed the step. Mil lerand's resignation was received and the cabinet reOrganzed this afternoon
 On Friday the national assembly. composed of the senate and chamber of deputies will meet to elect new president of the French republic for term of six years and, unless all indi- cations fail their choice will fall upon M Raymond POincare, the present pre- mier There is only one other candi date of prominence in the field, Senator Ribot. but it is generally conceded that his chances against the brilliant pre- mier are exceedingly slim. In view of the fact that for the past twenty years, that is, since President Grevy was in office, it has been the custom to elect to the presidency men of rather small calibre, not always weak, but inaggres- sive and willing to become figureheads, mere creatures of the chambers, linn iting themselves to presiding at public functions and promulgating the decrees of the legislative body. the election of M POincare would mean a radical de- parture from precedent, perhaps the l beginning of new era in the eVolu- ton of the government of France. 1 M Poincare was born at Bar-le-Duc | department of the Mouse, in 1860. He ! studied law and literature in Paris and ! received his degree as soon as he was of age He was then appointed secre- l tary to tn advocates conference, took up the distillery interest for his speci- ! alty at the bar and in a few years be- came noted for his unusual ability and ] brilliancy. In January, 1886. he Ob- l tained his first government position as ! chief clerk of the ministry of agricul- i ture. holding that place until June 1887. 1 In that year he was returned to the i chamber of deputies at a by-electiOn 1 in the department of the Mouse. He ! was made reported of the budget com I mittee in 1892, and in April. 1893, de clined the ministry of finance offered
 to him by NJ Dupuy, accepting. how lever the position of minister of pub i1ic instruction.
 | When the downfall came in the first Dupuy cabinet. in December of that year. M Poincare was again made re- | porter of the budget committed, and had charge in the chamber of deputies,
 in January, 1894, of the bill reducing
 the rate of interest on Rentes. When | M. Dupuy former his second cabinet
 at the close of May; 1894 M. POincare
 was made minister of finance At tha: l time he was streruously opposed to an income tax. and declared that he would resign rather than contemplate it's i'm 1 position. Subsequently, he consented | to daily with it's extremist form, the progressive income tax, but finally, on the break-up of the second deputy cabinet. in January. 1895, he refused to enter the new ministry, if it should contain both himself and NJ. Cavaignac, the special champion of the income tax.
 In 1906 NJ Poincare returned to the
 cabinet under Clemenceau. serving as minister of finance and after his chiefs fall in the senate as the rep resentative from the department of the Mouse. For a short time he was min iSter of public works and after the fall of the Caillaux ministry President Failleres. in January 1912. offered him l the premiership. M POincare did not at once consent. but requested time for
 deliberation. Not until after he had | Gscertained that he would be able to l form a strong and acceptable cabinet
 did he accept the premiership. It was
 a critical moment in the history of the
 French republic and the whole world
 realized that it would require a strong (Continued on Page Seven)