The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-27
|POINC'ARE QUITS BUT H WILLING TO COME BACK Fighting Premier Is De-
 feated In Vote On
 Pension Bill CHANGE IN VOTE
 COMES TOO LATE Resignation Thus Far Has Not Affected The Ex-
 change Rate
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PARIS, March 28.--Premier Poin- care has somersaulted out of office over sudden unfayorable vote on a trivial issue, but there are strong indications that he will undertake to form q new cabinet Thursday.
 After |; day of tense excitement, fol- lowing the premier's resignation. it was officially announced that President Mil. lerand had insisted Poincare form q new government. Poincare told the president that he desired to head the government again. and would give defi- mite reply Thursday after consulting with friends.
 May Suppress Enemies
 The general belief here is that Poin- care will agree to form cabinet, but will suppress q number of portfolios, possibly dropping Finance Minister Lasteyrie, who was partly responsible for the governments defeat. The newspaper, 1T Intransigeant," !" declares that there does not seem to be any danger that the crisis will en- danger Poincare's policies, and thus far the resignation of the premier has not affected the exchange rate.
 The fighting premier carried out his long reiterated threat to resign. when the government was more or less acci. dentally defeated on a measure which slashed pension expenditures. Poincare was absent from the chamber at the time, and only about 80 deputies were on hand, the others having deposited their votes on the measure.
 Finance Minister Lasteyrie endeav- ored to force through tho government economy plan by the now time-honored and previously infallibIe method ef making the vote one of confidence. When the negative vote of 271 to 264 was announced, pandemonium broke loose in the chamber.
 Rushes To Palace Word was rushed to Poincare, who was addressing the foreign affairs com mission, ignorant of the fact that his government had fallen" He excused himself hastily, brushed aside deputies who crowded about begging him to re. main in office, and proceeded to the Elygee palace to offer his resignation and the resignations of his cabinet 1 to President Millerand.
 There he handed the president q letter apnpnncipE that latter q voft 1 iu which fh1 qiieation of eonfiaencl Was Ndfhnced wo kaye the honor il Ipresent our reeiGnasions.
 My decision 10 fffev0cAble. It wal a formal vote by the chamber"
 Asked, however, what he would dc If President Millerand asked him to form new cabinet, be waved his hand evasively, climbed into his automobile hand went home, leaving dazed politi. clans to settle the situation as best they might.
 The name of Louis Barthou, presi; dent of the reparati0ns commission and former minister of justice, was men toned.
 Could Barthou succeed Poincare? Could anyone succeed PoincnreT It then became known that the presi- dent had accepted the premier's fesig- ltati0n,. and aEnazement deepened.
 Al .S 80 the chamber reassembled, and seven deputies switched their votes in favor of the government, but it was too late for the fact to alter the situa- ti0n beyond showing that an overthrow of the government had not been de- sired. Socialists cried, "There will be rejoicing in Berlin tonight!" Other members shouted, "Vive Poincarel" as the session adjourned until Friday, un- able to carry on without a govern ment. M u
 M. Peret, president of the chamber, I conferred with Millerand and later in- dieated that Poincare would be recalled. Then Poincare returned to the Elysee palace, and conferred with Millerand. The announcement that he had been invited to form new cabinet followed.