Evening star., 1920-01-19
BY the Associated Press.


Premier Clemenceau resigned today.
President Poincare tonight asked AL
fxandre Millerand. governor of AL
SAGE, TO form a new cabinet.
PARIS, January 19.-PFemier Mil
1erand's cabinet will hold its first
at o'clock this afternoon. II will
then be introduced to President Poin-
care: who will sign the decree of NOM
lnation, which will be promulgated in
tomorroNes Journal Oficiel
Make I'D of Cabinet.
The cabinet, which has been COM
pieted. is composed as follows:
q Premier and foreign minister, Alex
! andre Millerand.
Minister OF Justice, NJ L'Hopiteau
Minister of the interior. Jules Steeg.
Minister of war. Andre Lefevre.
Minister of marine, NJ Landry.
Minister of commerce, NJ. Isaac.
i Minister of agriculture. Henri Ri
heard.
Minister of finance, Frederic Fran
hois Marsal
sisrtster of the colonies, Albert Sar-
rxuL
Minister of public works. Yves LIE
Trocquor.
Minister of public instruction, Andrew
Honnorat Borard
Minister of labor, Paul Jourdain.
Minister of hygiene and social well
fare, VI. Breton.
NJ. Jourds:n was minister of labor
in the Chmenceau cabinet, and NJ. le
TrocqCr was undersecretary of
state for the liquidation of stocka
These sre the only members of the
Clemenceau %Sinistry retained. NJ.
Francois Marsal - the manager of
the. Banque Union Parisienne. He is
neither deputy nor a senator.
Tardieu Declines Honor.
Capt. Andre Tardieu refused to re-
tain the portfolio of minister of lib
Grated regions in the new cabinet. In
reply to NJ. Millerand's request that
he remain in office. Capt. Tardieu hats
said that during the last few days
both chambers of parliament have
shown they wish to appeal to new
men and that therefore he is unable
to accept the premier's invitation.
NJ. Millerand remarked to the
newspaper men at midday that he had
had talk with former Premier Rene
Viviani.
He said he was not willing at the
present moment to enter the govern
ment.~ said NJ Millerand, but he as
sured mo of his fullest support"
Changes in French diplomatic as
slenmenrs are expected to result from
the election of NJ. Deschanel as uresi
dent G. F. Aiapetfte, present min.
lister to Spain. may become governor
OF Alsace-Lorraine. according to the
Echo de Paris. and Henri Allize. head
of the French special mission to vi
: emma. is being considered for the
Madrid post. On the other hand ths
Excelsior says it is probable ~ Charles es
=. A JonhArt may succeed Alexandra
Miiierand. the new premier, as gov
ernor of fAlsace-Lorraine.
Outgoing Cabinet In Two Year~.
PARIS. January 1S.-The outgoing
ministry has been in office since No.
yember 16. 1917. NJ. Millerand was
frst called to the Elysee Palace at
.oV pm. Wnere he remained ten min
utes. with President Poincare. He then
conferred with President-eIect Desch-
anel. NJ. Clemenceau and Leon Rour-
2 geois. president of the national as
sembly. at their residences. He re-
turned to the Elysee Palace at
. O'Clock. at which time NJ. Poincare
formally requested him to form a
cabinet to succeed that of NJ CIemen-
ceau.
NJ Millerand promised to give his
decision before noon Monday. He said
President Poincare had asked him TO
consult with NJ Deschanel before un-
dertaking the task. NJ. Millerand said
: tonight that he had had long and
cordial conversation with NJ Descha-
mel. who gave him his best wishes for
success
Poincare Thanks Clemenceau.
Premier C!emenceau and all the minis
/ ters and subsecretaries and receiving
their designations this morning, kept
2 NJ Clemenceau three-quarters of an
hour. He expressed the gratitude OF
France for the premier's services and
his personal appreciation of their ex-
cellent relations.
One of the last acts of NJ. Clemen-
ceau as minister of war was the
appointment last night of Gen
MordacQ. head of the military cabinet
of the ministry of war, as command
the Rhine army OF occupation
I NJ Clemenceau declared today that
he intended to leave shortly fos
Egypt for a sojourn of two months
Early this evening NJ. Deschane
called at the Elysee Palace to pay q
formal visit TO Nine. Poincare.
Madrid Press Praises DeschaneL
n MADRID. January lS-with the
exception of the ACC. which lately
has been publishing series OF bit.
ter anti-French and anti-Britisf
rticles, this mornings newspaper
IRE loud in their praise of Pau
Deschanel. the French president,
Llect.
Ell Impartial calls him q grea,
Friend of Spain. and says: The elec-
tion of this great figure gives spe-
cial satisfaction TO Spain. because i,
means there will be no interruption
TO the friendly relations between the
two countries. which. instead, will
daily grow more cordial"
La Libertad says: THE French
presidency, which heretofore has beer
merely a decorative position. will BIT
different with NJ Deschanel in the
chair
MRS FIIJF F WRIGHT DIES