The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
NEW COALITION CABINET COMBINES
 ALL ELEMENTS OF FRENCH REPUBLIC
For First Time in History of French Republic Coalition Ministry Representing All Factions and Parties Is in Control-Object of Move ment Is to Subordinate All Partizanism at Time of Nations Supreme Trial

cabinet. headed by Aristide Brtand ns premier and minister of foreign affairs, came into existence tonight.
 This Is the first time In the history of the French republic that there Is a coalition ministry of nII the opposing parties and factions. It follows close :, ly on the recent innovation of form ing n British coalition cabinet of con servatives and liberals.
 The composition of the cabinet fol- lows.
 | Premier and minister of foreign af- fnfrs. Aristide Briand 1 Vice president of the cabinet ma minister of state. Charles Dc Frey i cinet.
 l General secretary Of the minister of foreign affairs. Jules Cambon. Minister of war. Gen. T. <. GaIIient. | Minister of justice. Rene yiyiani. l Minister of the interior. Louis J. NsI- 's'
 | Ministcr of Marine. Rear Admiral La 1 caxc.
 | Minister of finance. AIexandre RIbot. l Minister of public instruction nnd
 
 fense. Prof. Paul Painlcye. | Minister of public works, Marcel Sembat.
 Minister of commerce. Etienne Clen- entcl.
 Minister of colonies, Gaston Dou- | mergue.
 Minister of agriculture, Jules Me- line.
 Minister of labor. Albert Metin. Ministers without portfolio, Emil conbes. Leon Bourgcois, DeDys Coch- | in and Jules Guerde. Under secretary of state. war and munitions, Albert Thomas. Under secretary of state for subsis- sence. Joseph Thierry.
 Under secretary of state for sanitary | service, Justin Godart. Under secretary of state for aviation, Rene Besnard. Under secretary of state for marine. Louis Nall. Under secretnry of fine arts. Albert Daliniter.
 tries of the interior and foreign af- fairn were not made public. s.sa. E Tbe action taken today in fo rniinR the cabinet was the cuimfnatiom of n deep popuinr sentiment that at tho au- presne crisis of the party division should give wny to united action by all the partfes i'm common support of the government. As the result of the cabinet of Rene yivimni being repre- sentative of only few political groups the ministers prcsented their cOllect- i've resignations and President POln- cnre immediately charged Aristidc Brtnnd with the formation of a new Or- ganixntiOn combining all elements.
 The resulting coalition Is renarkahIe i'm personnel, including such venerable figures Charles Dc Freycinet, who was one of Gambetta's aides I'm the up- heavaI of 1870, Jules Moline. a for mer premier who instituted the pros tcctive system of France. and Leon BurEeOis. who Is known the "wrand old man of the radical party.'' which has the largest membership In Parlia- ment.
 The modern element Is represented by conspicuous leaders of nli the pO- liticaI groups of the country. Thus the new coalition brings together France's elder nnd younger stntcsmen, and In personnel represents aIl the history Of modern France since the fall of Na- pOieon III. The new cabinet nlso Ia notable I'm having the popular military leader. General Gnliieui, ns the head of the war office, and Hear Admiral Lacasec ms head of the ministery of
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 Coalition Representatives
 The extent of the coalition is shown by the following representations from the various parties
 The radical party is represented by NJ. Bourgeois, former premier; M. combes, q former premier. and Rene Renoult one of the foremost parliament tary leaders of the party.
 The republican socialists have as mem- bers M. Briant, NJ. Viviana and Profes- sor Painleve.
 The socialist group Is represented by Jules Guesde, who has been the leading socialist since the death of Jean Leon Juares, and by Marcel Sembat and Albert Thomas, prominent socialist leaders.
 The democratic left has as members Gabriel Guisthau and Joseph Thierry. while the radical left has Etienne Clernen- tel it's representative.
 The royalist and clerical element is represented by Denys Cochin.
 This embraces all the parties and groups in Parliament which for years have been arrayed against each other treycinet. Melines and Ribot belong to the old school of moderate tendencies and arc not identified with any of the parlia- mentary groups.
 The designation of Jules Cambun. for mer ambassador at Washington, Madrid and Berlin. secretary general to the HflnlStcl%> " roTelen dTalIS IS duotueT lu- novation ln he new cabinet. as it places an ambassador of wide experience for the first time In responsible direction of foreign questions.
 The organization of the new cabinet was rapidly consummated during the day. The old cabinet headed by NJ. viviani resigned at II o'clock this morn ing and within half an hour NJ. Briand was holding conference with the mon who were to form a new government. They assembled again late this afternoon and finally assigned men to several of the lesser positions
 The cabinet will proceed in a body to the Elysee palace tomorrow for its firut conference with President Poincare and later will formulate q ministerial decla- ration of policy.
 The new minister of marine, Rear Ad- miral Marie Jean Iucien Lacaze h s years old. and has had brilliant career. His first important appointment was c1<k4f of staff to the late Admiral 0erminG1 comma nder of the Mediterranean flaet Tn this position he showed great execu11vo ability and attracted the attention Of hfo superiors. .N4 S* <f Admiral Laca.e was next appointo1 naval attache at Rome. from wheFo 10 ! vas summoned in 1912. by Theophile p61- casse. then minister of marine, to ho the latter's principal naval secretarX Az naval secretary he bore q largo part in the initiating and carrying out of rer ; forrr1a fr the schou,n far a - Ayoa1 ~