Evening star., 1924-06-06
MILLERAND MAY PICK
PREMIER BY TONIGHT
Herriot's Refusal to Serve Unless
President Resigns Is Met
by Defiant Move.
TEST IN CHAMBER TUESDAY
New Ministry, if Formed, Will Get
Quick Confidence Vote.
BY The AAsocia ted Press.

By the Associated Press
PARIS, June 6.-The battle Of the
Elysee, with President Minerand re
sfsting the efforts of the new major
lty Of the left to oust him from
Office in what he considers an un-
constitutional manner, continues TO
De fought out according to schedule
and with the regularity of clock
work, everything being known in ad-
vance except the final result.
NJ Mnlerand, who, accord riding to
those in his confidence, is more than
ever resolved to carry out to thu
very end what he considers his duty.
resumed his consultations with poliL-
ical leaders today
Next Move to MfIlerand.
M. Herriott, Radical leader, who yes-
while NJ Millerand continued in the
presidency, is consulting with NJ
Painleve, BRAND, Boncour. Varenne
and other group leaders. The plan
of the leftists, according to present
arrangements, is to leave the next
move to NJ. Millerand; consequently
the Chamber of Deputies today, after.
dealing with the formal business of
ratification of mandates, viii follow
the example of the Senate and ad-
journ until Tuesday, by which time
the cabinet President Millerand is
seeking to form ought to be ready
to appear in the chamber. If 1t is
then placed in the minority the pres
ident is expected to draw his own
conclusion and act in conformity.
1t is expected President Mlflerand
will have picked his premier by this
evening, after obtaining the advice
of his friends in the senate. for it is
understood he believes the senate,
IN
aSkance on innovations affecting the
constitution, will hesitate when n
comes to the point of voting again
him.
Senate seen for President.
Indeed. ballots already taken -
meetings of the senate groups al
though the figures are not con
sidered wholly accurate, would givr
a small majority for NJ. Millerand if
repeated at a public sitting.
This would involve a conflict be
tween the two houses of Parliament,
an issue which political leaders d"
not desire to have grated on the
already difficult crisis.
The political experts who watched
President Millerands morning con
situations interpreted them as show
ing an attempt to form a ministry
from groups OF the parliamentary lel1,
which are not fully pledged allies Of
the group supporting NJ Herriot.
Premier Brands friends say the
president invited him TO the Elysee
for consultation, but that BRAND re-
fused TO go.
Steeg Is Mentioned.
A statement issued by the semi
official Havas Agency this afternoon
said President Millerand had not Of
fered the premiership to any one to
day.
This afternoon the president re-
ceived NJ Mascuraud. former presi-
dent of the Republican committee OF
commerce and industry, and former
Postmaster General Paul Laffont- The
latter told the newspaper men he did
not know whether the president would
confide the premiership to M Steeg,
governor general of Algeria, but be
lieyed it possible that certain ele-
ments in the Left section of the cham
Der would support such a choice.
NJ Steeg, one of the presidents
closest friends, has been summoned
to Paris.