Evening star., 1924-06-15
FRANCE FACES MORE
!, INTERNAL TROUBLES
Resignation of Millerand Creates
Dangerous and Unconstitutional
a Precedent.
PRESIDENT SHARES BLAME
Sole Element of Stability in Gov
r.. eminent Is Eliminated.
BY ANDREW TARDIEU.

BY Radio to The Star.
a. PARIS June 14.-Doumergue sue
ceeds Millerand: Herriot follows Poin-
care. Less than a week has sufficed
TO change the two chief magistrates
OF the French republic.
AS foreseen. the presidential crisis
evolved according to rule. terminal
ing in the resignation of Preside mt
Millerand, although in choosing his
successor the national assembly did
not follow the wishes of those who
had demanded the head of the de-
posed president.
1t is unnecessary to repeat the
constitutional aspect of the crisis.
Already it has been shown that by
making the irresponsible head of the
state follow the fate of succt Ssive
majorities, the sole element of sta
bility is excluded from the conStitu-
is submitted to a sort of indirect
plebescite-that is to say. to just what
the constitution of 1875 especially
wished to avoid. Ii is probable that
the consequences of this change will
be seen before long. II may lead to
"A revision of the constitution.
- Aided Own Downfall.
NJ. Millerand, the chief victim of
the crisis, contributed to the catoS-
trophe as well as his contemporaries,
whether called BRAND or Poincare.
Because, since his speech ao Bata-
clan in 1919, he has been regarded as
the head of the majority. This in
spite of the fact that he was the first
to discredit II by calling to the gov
ernment in his own cabinet men like
Steeg, who were beaten in 1919 and
belonged to the minority.
Since then NJ. Millerand in private
often said he foresaw danger, but his
acts were not always wise. In 1921
and in 1922 NJ. Poincare. 1t was
Poincare whom he kept. when in jan
uary, 1928, the latter was overthroWn
by the chamber. By the side of
BRAND and Poincare were the parties
which condemned universal suffrage
in 1919. Names of such men are
found as Loucheur. Vincent Eynal,
Borrel Peyromen and many others,
who on June 10 voted for Millerand's
Designation.
= Made Unwise Moves.
= One day they were Millerands min
him unconstitutional. What greater
Sproof is needed that 1t was unwise to
!. leave such a large place in successive
cabinets to those who, If parliame !,
have sat, not on the government
+ benches, but on those OF the opposi-
.=tion?
Z The majority of 1919 is dead. It
~ -dfsa ppeared without having existed
The new majority has shown disclp-
line in overthroWing NJ. Millerand
: but it has shown less in electlng his
successor. When legislative work be
maintain, The thirty fve eommu
>rists. who being the first TO demand
THE departure, were the loudest in
praise OF it. will resume liberty OF
action on the first occasion that OF
-ferS.
Hard TO Form Program.
: The socialists have refused to join
.1he Herriot ministry and this fact
is disturbing for radio cal-soclallst
government. Working out a common
program was difficult. Its execution
will be more so. Ministerial crises
are probable. and regrouplng OF
forces possible. The chamber doubt
less will have much to digest.
2 1t is the second time in nifty years
that a conservative majority came
into power after war and disap-
-peared after four years. This hap.
pened after the unfortunate war OF
1870 and again after the victory OF
1914 The analogy of the two eVolu-
Itions undoubtedly reveals the political
sdecadence of the conservative bour-
geois classes. When you have your
cards in hand twice in century and
Jose twice it means you do not know
how to play.
:, The parties of the left kept their
local surroundings which greatly
helped them in their recent victory.
but like others, they lack imposing
) figures It's the pfe-war beginning
over again with the same and worse
methods. Great responsibility is at
~tached to those who since 1920, being
sable to prevent, have allowed things
TO slide, some from stupidity and
Others from perfidy.
: Copyright, 19c4.)