Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-23
M|LLERAND IS NEW
FRENCH PRESIDENT,
BY ASSEMBLY VOTE
Elected Today 20 Succeed Paul
Dcschancl, Resigned on Ac-
count Of Health.
HAS HAD ACTIVE
LIFE IN POLITICS
by associa,od pr,-. - every gv~ainr

by Associatod Press - Every Fv~nfnr
versailles, sept - Alexandre MH.
lcrand was today elected President af
France by the National Assembly. n
session here. Ho succeeds pnn Dea-
chanel, who resigned beoause n 10 heaith
The complete vote was a. foli0wa
Alezandre Millorand. COS
Lille, 90.
Scattering. 70
Blank, los.
VI. Millerand was proclaimed hv Lem
Bourgeois, presiding officer ~ the sruatf
aud chairman ~ the assembly ae he
eleventh president ~ France
NJ MiIlerand received COS votes guf ~
q total of S92
Versailles, Sept y The Nshonal A.
sernbly of France. comprising thr mrm.
bers of the Senate and Chamber n Drpn
tics, me, at 2 O'Clock This afternoon Is 80
historic palaoe 10 Nernillos - eiecf 5 slr
cessor 70 Paul Deschanel - President VI
France
Premier Nllcmnd. who's election - 30
Presidency had heeu forecast ~ fhe arfifr.
Of the parliamentary eaurls serferfnN
WAS given a CREST ovation as D. rnferal
the assembly ball nonlen, after tae -.
sion had begun
Paris sept q Member ~ ar
French senate and Chamber ~ ler.utfes
convened IN National Agsernhlr sf ter
sailles today ~ elect 4 President ~ fNe
republic % sucreed Paui Deerhanei ahasr
resignation was read before both houaes
early this week The name ~ Alaxan.irr
hillerand. who since laef FeirfIaFr hss
been premier and minister ~ forpign -
fairs, was the only one 20 - ioFrnaile
presented Joint caueiis ~ fhe two hurlass
held Yesterday having shown ~ alnlaef
overwhelming majority Tor hirn
Any opposition ~ fhp ebert lnn ~ So
Millerand was exuected - come from elf-
ments which are not IN accord uifh fts
announced purpose - srrure q rrvisiun "a
the constitution that VII euabie thf
president 10 play q more arfivr rnie in
the government than has been uuml u
the past.
Alexaodre Millerand has long heeu ane
of the foremost figures in the political iir
OF Frsnce, ms entry INTO usriiamrnt daf-
ing back 70 1895 and his eaianat exusri-
ence 70 1870. when he hecaue 4 meuifer
of the Walderk- -Roussaeau eahlnet His
early affiliations were with fhr r1riai
Socialists and be always has been keculV
Interested IN lahor questions tnd has
fathered numerous measures for the het-
terment Of the working world nufanlV
the old age pension act winch became op-
eratIve IN 1906
II was VI MIllerands : services - thls
country during the great war however.
as minister of war IN fhe WAN eanIueT.
and ms notable conduct % Francr for
eIgn policy ~ the sllccp-sor ~ lemen-
ceau IN the premiership after the Tiger
retirement last January that raised linn
into pre-eminent eligibility for thc Prrsi-
dencv.
NJ Millerand was horn rs PARIS 80
February 10. 1859 and was eduratet i1f
the bar His first Ministerial rfsf Wns al
minister 81 commerce. bat BE- bias served
m several other cabinet positions. uofahlf
as minister of public works rs The hnnud
ministry Of 1903; minister oi ,tar n .hl
Poincare cabinet 81 1912 and IS minister
Of war in the Nrvlani ministry t0 ahch
post he was appointed in August 1914
shortly after the outbreak oi he Hur.h
war He held the var ministry uutd fh
Vivian cabinet resigned 10 Ortonrr 81
1915
While the peacp with trernlaut aa-
being made President PniEcarF Marh
1919, appointed NJ Millerand governor Z.
Alsace-Lorraine. France regaiacd rrlF-
inces and he served in thi- positlnn uutl
at the request of NJ. PoIrcarp n Jauunn
last he accepted the task So iormlng ren
cabinet in which he took the pumiershfp
and ministry Of foreign affairs. slcceeding
Clemenceau.
When President DeschAnel assumed 81.
tce IN the following month Premier MAJ
lerand, as Is customary GA thr accassauu
OF a new chief executive. offered TIE reslE
nation Of his ministry This presideni
Deschanel refused 20 accept And lskcl 81
Millerand 70 remain Ia Office.