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POiNcARE MAY HAVE
TO ABANDON TASK
OF NAMING CABINET


firm stand on submarines. consider
that the fve-powcr treaty Riv,s tot
France u naval position incompatible
with her dignity, ns they see II, and
refuse to ratify the treaty. the result
would be serious. England has made
st plain that without capital ship com
mitmcnts by France there can be no
naval limitation treaty for Ter With
out England's ratification the treaty
would fall. And with the naval treaty
is bound up the Far Eastern Treaty
This direfui picture is not presented
ma a probability; no one who knows
French politics would deny It u pos
sIbility.
There is q close connection between
the fall Of BRAND and tho Washing
not be very clear unless one takes q
close view OF the French political
situation.
The present French Chamber was
elected a few months after the war
when France was clated with he spirit
of victory More than 60 per cent Of
Its members saw service in the World
War. The Chamber is strongly Ma
tionalist and believes in the use Of
force. II necessary. to protect what IL
regards as the legitimate rights Of
France. When President Millerand was
Premier he was called 10 account very
frequently by the leaders Of the Cham
Der on the ground that Lloyd George
was persauding him 10 give up the
claims Of France against Germany
It was during Millerand's Premiership
that former President Poincare let II
be known that during tn Paris Peace
Conference he had advocated, with
Marshal Foch, making the Rhine the
strategic frontier OF France.
Il had then become apparent thai
the tri-partite guarantee arrangement
by the terms Of which England and
America were to guarantee France
against attack by Germany. and in re.
turn for which promise, Clemenceau
as head Of the French delegation a.
> the Paris Peace Conference. had sur
: rendered the claim Of the Rhine. woulf
mot be ratified. Poincare. by his writ
, llngs. kept constantly before the French
public that he was a strong opponen
OF what he called Clemenceau's BAT
bargain.
. Paris. Jan. 13.--Raymond Poincair.
: was today endeayoring 10 form cabi
: net to succeed that under Aristid'
: BRAND, which resigned yesterday. Tit
: prevailing impression In political cir
cles was that he would be successful
:. and would submit his list Of minister
: 10 President Millerand for approva
this afternoon.
: on the other hand IT was recogniz
= ed that he would find many difficuItie
: In his path. and that these nigh
prove formidable enough to force hin,
:, TO relinquish the task.
: The manner Of NJ. Brands dramatf
|, exit, while on the apparent verge 0
. an overwhelming vote of conf1denc
! in the Chamber of Deputies. has caus
!, ed certain revulsion Of feeling in hi
: favor and besides NJ. Poincare has
!. strong opposition in Parliament
!. Neither is the President overly popu
= lar with a large section Of the genera
: public.
+ Added 10 this many members {
!, Parliament hold that President Miller
: and according 10 constitutional prac
! ltice, should invite NJ. BRAND to resum
!, power with another combination {
ministers, inasmuch as he was No
beaten by a vote in Parliament
a M. BRAND. however, stated to news
papermen last night that his resie
:, nation was absolutely final.s In &C
- cordance with custom, the Presider
= has asked the members of the Brian
- Cabinet TO conduct their department
: until new ministry can be forne