The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-31
France Has Had
 9 Presidents and 49
 Cabinets in 44iYears

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 Just forty-four years aga today, on the last day of August, 1871, Louis AdoIphe Thiers became president of France, which thus formally entered upon it's third experiment with a re- publican form of government. Since then France has had nine presidents and no less than forty-nine ministries --even more if unsuccessful attempts to form cabinets are to be counted. French politics has been in a constant state of 1ux, and has been subject to kaleidoscope changes, ministries ris-s ing and falling with bewildering rapid ity. When M Rene Viviani was call ed upon by President Poincare to form a new cabinet in June of last year, few expected that he would be suc-s cessfu1 where such political veterans as sRibot and Dounergue had failed. Not only did VivianI bring order out of the chaos which threatened to in gulf the Poi1lcare regime, but when the war began he brought into his government the leaders of all the warning parties. Threatened by a foreign foe. the political turmoil in France. upon which the Germans had counted so much, was suddenly sti11ed, and France was enabled to present united front to the enemy.
 When M Thiers was made presi- dent of the third republic on August 31, 1871g he had prtviously served as chief of the executive power, by ap- pointment of the National Assembly. following the defeat of the French By the Prussians and the downfall of the empire of Napoleon III. Jules Feyre was premier of the French cabinet throughout the Thiers administration, which ended early in 1873. When MacMahon became president in the latter year he entrusted the formation of a ministry to the Due de Brpglie. This cabinet lasted six months, when the Due Decazes headed a new minis try. In rapid succession came the ministries of Buffet, Dufaure and Jules Simon The Due de Broglio had an. other trial in 1877. but was soon sue ceeded by Rochebouet, but after three weeks Bufaure was returned to power.
 MacMahon's record of eight cabi-. nets was ec1ipsed during the adnainis-s tration of President Grevy, who, be- tween 1879 and 1887. had a round dozen ministries. President Sadi Car assassinated in 1894, had nine cab1- nets. During the brief administrati ton of President Casimir- -Perier, the last Carnot ministry, headed by Dupuy, was continued in power.
 When President Faure assumed the reins# of government in 1895, M. Ribot became premier, After a few months he was succeeded by Bourgeois who gave way to Meline- After more than two years in office Moline was sue C6eoeu Dy Bf1SSOn, put alter a few | mouths Dupuy, who had been premier under the two preveding administra- tions, was returned.
 President Emile Loubet,s adminis- tration was a comparatively quiet one The Waldeck-Rousseau cabinet lasted nearly three years, and that of i Co1nbes nearly as long before he was succeeded by Rouyier.
 l The administration of President Fallieres was marked by many min isterial overthrows. The Sarrien min l istry5 lasted nine months. CIemenceau u l then became premier, and managed to
 maintain his ascendancy for two years and nine months before he gave way l to M Briand. The latter lasted less than two years, and was succeeded in | rapid succession by Monis Caillaux and Poincare
 | M. Briand again became premier
 when M. Poincare succeeded to the
 presidency in 1913, but was soon sue ceededs by Barthou. wh0 gave way to | Doumergue. In June, 1914, a poIiti- l cal crisis arose and the new Ribot
 cabinet lasted only one day. M. Viviani then tackled the thankless task of l forming a new cabinet.
 The Postoffice Department announ- ces the establishment of a three lweeks' instead of a monthly, service 4 EaY1 ES1-ov ,54ie1 G.