Evening star., 1924-06-04
Vote on Presidency of Cham
ber Reveals Unexpected
Strength of Latter.
FORMATION OF CABINET
TO COME UP TOMORROW
Eerriot Pleads for Cooperation of
America and Britain in In
terest of Peace.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 4.--President Millerand
summoned Paul Painleve, a former
premier and newly elected president
of the Chamber of Deputies, to the
Elysee Palace today for a consulta-
1ion in regard to the formation of a
new cabinet to succeed the outgoing
cabinet headed by Raymond Poin-
care.
The consultation at the Elysee will
take place at 10 o'clock tomorrow
1norning, arter which the president of
the republic will receive in audience
Castor Doumergue, president of the
Senate
Painleve was elected president of
the Chamber of Deputies, 296 votes
having been cast for him as against
lister of war
Andre Marley, Communist, who
served prison sentence for his part
IN the Black Sea fleet mutiny before
votes for the presidency of the
Painleve Chances shaken.
The chances of M. PainIeve for the
presidency of the republic are thought
TO have been somewhat shaken by the
result of the voting in the chamber,
as his vote for the presidency of that
Cody represents only a majority of
twelve of its full strength. On the
other hand the friends of President
Mlllerand are much encouraged by
The unexpected strength shown in op-
losing the former premier
The coalition of the left NJ. Mil
\lerands friends said after the bal
loting. took their victory too saw
agely. The reaction was bound to
come. NJ Herriot is quite as likely as
NJ Millerand to be victim of the
about about by the campaign of the
Socialists against the present occu-
pant of the ElySee.'
President Millerand made known to
his friends today that he was deter
mined to remain in Office under any
circumstances unless there should be
Al majority vote in both the Senate
and Chamber of Deputies asking him
I" retire. thermore this vote must
be in open session with the vote of
each senator and deputy recorded.
Herriot Asks CO-OperatfOn.
Edouard Herriot, leader of the
Radical Socialists and potential pre-
before the Anglo-American Press AS
soc1ation of Paris today, made
ringing plea for British and Ameri-
can collaboration and sympathy to
aid him in the task of directing the
new government. He asked the press
of both countries to assure their
readers that he was mot exactly an
anarchist or even a Communist
Radical Socialist does not mean what
you think. but merely is the equiva-
lent of Democrat.
II know M. Herriot declared, that
there are many democrats in your
Two countries who think as do. that
the one thing we want to work for
is peace. We want to develop all
peace-making activities for peace and
for preserving the league of nations,
the International labor bureau, the
world court and The Hague tribunal.
of the democrats in the Anglo-Saxon
countries to help the French demo-
Gratis move for Europe-wide peace.
Assures Honest Rule.
II know that peace cannot be made
by resolutions of congresses and con-
ventions, but the principal thing is
to want peace and to wish for it
may happen 1 want to be direct and
open-to work on Anglo Saxon lines
to conduct public affairs with the
same regard for honesty and morality
NJ Herriot, stressing the fact that
he was devoted to the principle of
balancing the budget, said his first
great task would be to stabilize the
finances of France.
Herriot urged the newspaper men
to be frank with him, as he intended
to be with them.
When the moot question arises" he
continued, come and see me, or see
those to whom 1 delegate interpreta-
tion of our policies before sending
out any news. 1 need your help, and
that of your two great democracies.
in the task before us. Don t worry:
we will not be intoxicated by our
power That happens only to feeble
heads"
Sheldon Whitehouse, counselor of
the United States embassy, and Will
lis II. Booth of New York, president
of the International Chamber of Com
merce. were in the audience which
applauded NJ. Herriot's remarks.
Demand Resignation.
One hundred and twent-two senators
of the Democratic left, which is the most
important group in the Senate, adopted
Il resolution yesterday declaring that
NJ Millerand must resign from the presi-
dency. The Senate numbers 300.
The republican union at caucus.
which NJ Poincare attended for the
first time since he assumed the
premiership two and half years
ago. adopted a motion deprecating
the agitation against the chief of
state and affirming the principle that
the president ought to be allowed to
fill out his term of office. NJ. Poin-
care supported the motion.
NJ De Jouvenel, minister of public
instruction, opposed the adverse reso-
luton at the caucus of the democratic
left and proposed that e committee
wait on the president and confer with
him regarding the situation before
action was taken. An overwhelming
majority, however, sympathtzed with
the radical socialist movement.