Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-04
France ABANDONS
ALL PARTY LINES
Every Political Element Is Rep
resented in the New Goa
Iition Cabinet Head
ed by BRAND.

Paris. Nov. IA new French cabi-
net, headed by Aristide BRAND as pre-
mier n minister of foreign affairs,
came into existence today. This is the
first time in the history of the French
republic that there is a coalition min
lister of all the opposing parties and
factions. 1t follows closely on the re-
cent innovation of forming a British
coalition cabinet of conservatives and
liberals.
The action taken today in forming
the cabinet will be the elimination ot
q deep popular sentiment that at tho
supreme crisis of the wal party divl-
sion should give way to united actiog
by all the parties in common support OF
the government. AS the result of the
cabinet of Rene Viviani, being a repre-
sentative of only a few roups the
ministers presented their collective res
ignations and President Poincare inn
mediately charged M. BRAND with the
formation of a new organization, COM
bining all elements.
The resulting coalition is remark able
in personnel, including such venerable
figures as Charles de Freycinet, who
was one of Gambetta'S aides in the up
heaval of 1870; Jules Meline, former
premier. who instituted the protective
system Of France, and Leon Bourgeois,
who is known as the granG old man
VI tllS lcultdl party, NlCu mas lllG
largest membership in parliament.
The modern element is represented
by conspicuous leaders of all the po-
l1tical groups of the country. Thus tha
new coalition brings together Frances
elder and younger statesmen and in
personnel represents all the history of
modern France, since the fall of Ma
poleon III, The new cabinet also is
notable in having the popular military
leader, General Gallieni, as the head of
the war office and Rear Admiral la
Gaze, head of the ministry of marine,
both of them replacing civilians.
Striking Changes.
The extent of the coalition is shown
by the following representation:
The radical party is represented by
M. Bourgeois, a former premier; M.
CombeS, a former premier, and Rene
Renoult. one Of the foremost parlia-
mentary leaders of the party,
The republican socialists have as
members NJ. BRAND. NJ. Viviani and
Professor Painieve.
The socialist group is represented by
Jules Guesde, who has been the 50.
cialist head since the death of jean
and Albert Thomas, prominent social
list leaders.
The democratic left has as members
Gabriel Guisthau and Joseph Thierry
while the radicals left has Elienne
Clementel as it's representative.
The roNalist and clerical element is
represented by Denis Cochin.
This embraces all the parties AND
groups in parliament which for years
has been arrayed against each other.
Freycinet. Melln and Alexandra Rib.
OF belong to the old school of moderate
tendencies and are not identified with
any of the parliamentary groups.
The designation of Jules Cambon
former ambassador at Washington
Madrid and Berlin, as secretary gener.
al to the minister of foreign affairs, is
another innovation in the new cabinet
as it places an ambassador of wide ex
perience for the first time in respon.
sible direction of foreign questions.