The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-14
WANT Of CONFIDENCE
BECAUSE Of CURRENT
SCANDAL CAUSES FALL

new cabinet. which originally consist
ed OF 10 utular ministers, four minis
tiers of state and II under-secretaries
came Immediately under the fire n,
socialists, who were opposed to NJ
Rlbot as foreign minister. This cabi.
net resigned on Oct. %, but President
folncare refused to accept the resig.
nation on the ground that the cham
Der had voted confidence in the minis
try.
NJ. RlOot was then eliminated from
the cabinet. being succeeded by J.
Louis Bathou as head of the foreign
office. The reconstructed government
received vote of confidence of 2SS
to 1871. The opposition votes were
partly from the socialists and partly
from the radical socialists The vote
seemed to indicate hesitation on the
part of the chamber to defeat any
ministry by direct vote during the
war
PAlNLEVE INTERPELLATED. !
Paris Nov, l3.-The inter-allied war
committee was characterized as a !
superior war council in declara. /,
tion read by Premier Painleve in both
the senate and the chamber of depu
ties today.
I'VE do not doubt that the United
States. whose troops have been sum
moned to fight upon this front. will
give their adhesion TO this council"
said he. Negotiations concerning the
other fronts will ultimately be carried
on with Russia and Japan.
The object of the council is not to
direct the details of military opera.
tons, but to define the general war
policy and the general plans of the
allies, adapting them to the resources
and means of which they dispose so !!
as to assure the strongest possible re.
suit. II
The council comprises two repre-.
of each government. Nor. (
mally it will meet in France. at least
once month. 1t rests upon an inter.
allied permanent staff, which forms at ;
the same time its central organ OF :
and its technical adviser.
The decisions Of such council are {
not tainted by any particularism. as ,
hey embrace the battlefelds as {
whole They will have to be ratified
~ the respective governm ents.
"All plans are open to criticism, and S
am far from saying that the step |
We have taken is the last in the prog i
'ess to be accomplished, but it is t
wise TO bring into being what is pos {
;ibe instead of waiting for months to s
obtain something better {
NJ. Painleve said that if a single {
command some day were pos. S
;ible it would have the need of pre-.
:isely such an inter-aliied staff as now
would be created by the superior war
:ouncil Possibly the superior war
ouncil might fulfill it's functions so
hat it would in fact arrive at unity OF
ommand 1t would be better to have
he thing than the name.
The premier said the British and
'rench commanders-in-chief had re.
emily come to an arrangement for an
extension of the British front at an
arly date, which it would be injudi. 7
ious to mention exactly. He referred
D the necessity of systematic and
Omplete economic coordination of re.
ources of the allies. Great Britain
nd France, he concluded, had reached
complete agreement respecting the
of the two countries, l.
which would be put into immediate q
Xecution.
After heated discussion of the a
arious interpretations, Premier Pain. t
I'VE put the question bluntly: t
Has the present government the h
confidence OF the chamber? Has it '
he necessary authority to represent d
rance at the coming allied confer. a
nee"
The government received vote of