The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-11-20
ALL FACTIONS IN
FRANCE UNITED
Sure Continuance of War Seen
In BRAND Cabinet.
ALL PARTIES REPRESENTED

France AceIaims New Ministry Great
est In It's History-lnsures War Co
the Bitter End-New Premier Wik
Rule With Iron Hand-Collsagues In
clude Prominent Men of the Past.
AriStide BRAND, who completed the
formation of his third French cabinet.
which contains several former pre-
mierS. will rule with an iron hand liz
he lives up 10 his reputation.
His political record is studded with
mastery achievements.
He pushed through the law which
separated church and state.
He smashed the railroad strike. the
greatest labor disturbance France ever
knew, without shedding n drop OF
blood.
He placed NJ. Poincare In the pCes&-
Dental chair.
Now he enters upon the titanic task
of plotting France TO victory with the
assistance of the strongest cabinet OK
the Third republic and the support OF
every party in France.
Every shade of republican thought
is represented in the ministry. The
holy union, proclaimed by PresideRt
Poincare ut the outbreak of the war,
is to be renewed when the Clerical
leader. Denys Cochin, sits side by side
with the Socialist leader. Marcel Sem
bat
GaIIieni Has Fine ReGorG.
General Gallieni is grim discipli
marian who will take a strong grip ON
the army. His greatest achievement
before the war was the pacifcation OF
the rebellious colony of Madagascar,
in which task General Joffre served uR-
der him.
The war minister was made military
governor of Paris when the government
was moved TO Bordeaux. General Gal
lieni's mission being to defend Paris
to the last If the Germans besieged
the capital. He is a splendid organizer.
whose greatest feat in this war has
been TO preserve Paris from Zeppelins-
The first action of the new ministry
will be to modify radically the censor
ship, allowing greater liberty in the
publication of war and diplomatic news
and complete freedom TO discuss polit-
ical questions.
Universal opinion is that the consh
tuition of this strongest possible cabinet
is plain warning to Germany that
France intends to continue the war To-
the bitter end.
First Real Coalition Cabinet.
This is the first time In the history
of the French republic that there iS
coalition ministry Of all the oppos-
| ing parties and factions. 1t follows
closely on the recent innovation or
forming a British coalition cabinet or
Conservatives and Liberals.
The action in forming the cabines
was the elimination OF deep popular
sentiment that at the supreme crisis
of the war party division should give
way to united action by all the parties
in common support Of the government
AS the cabinet of Viviani was rep.
resentative OF only a few political
groups, the ministers presented their
collective designations, and President
Poincare Immediately charged Aris-
tide BRAND with the formation OF a
new organization, combining an ele-
ments.
The Hungarian Crown.
The Hungarian crown worn at their
accession by the emperors of Austria
as kings OF Hungary is the Identical
one made for Stephen and used at his
coronation over 800 years ago. Ths
whole is of pure gold. except the set
tings, and weighs almost exactly four
teen pounds. The settings above allud
ed to consist Of fifty-three sapphires,
fifty rub1es, one emerald and 33S
pearls. 1t VIII be noticed that there are
no diamonds among these precious
adornments. This Is accounted for by
the oft quoted story Of Stephens aver
sion to such gems because he consid
cred them ~unlucky."