Evening star., 1924-03-26
PO|NCARE RESIGNS
AFTER SENSATIONAL
DEFEAT OF CABINET
FlatIy Refuses to Form New
Ministry-Minor Bill
Beaten 271-264.
FEW IN CHAMBER WHEN
SOCIALIST OPENS FIGHT
Overthrow Brings CONSERVATION.
May Affect Dawes Com
mittee Findings.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the AssOciat ted Press.
PARIS, March 26.-The Poincart
ministry fell today. Premier Ray
mond Poincare, after an adverse vote
IN the chamber of deputies, handed
the resignation of his cabinet tc
President Millerand, who accepted it
The premier announced he had de-
cfded irrevocably to give up power.
Gentlemen said NJ Poincare to
the newspaper men as he left the
palace of the Elysee this afternoon
after the cabinet meeting with the
president at which the resignation
had been presented, "my resignation
is final"
NJ Poincare raised his hat. entered
his car and drove off homeward.
Poincare was summoned to the
palace late this afternoon by Presi-
dent Millerand. 1t was understood
the president desired to urge him tC
reconsider his determination not te
attempt the formation of another
ministry.
motion for vote of confidence
IN the Poincare government was
ruled out of order in the chamber
Of deputies this afternoon
The chamber adjourned to meet or
itudy II cdulnet snail nave been
formed in the interval.
The fall of the cabinet. after If
had survived a long and arduous
struggle in putting through parlia-
ment its program of heavily increas-
ed taxation to balance the budget,
during which it was constantly
o6hged to pose the question OF con-
hdence, fell this morning on a com
paratively Insignificant issue.
Socialist Orrr. T>f,t+
The chamber was considering a
revision of the civil and military
pensions with only a couple of hun
dred members present. Socialist
Deputy Bouy~sou demanded that the
measures under consideration be re-
ferTed back to the finance ccmmit-
tee to be considered in connection
with the senate bills on the same
question.
Finance Minister de Lastevrie in
charge of the measure, objected He
pointed out that the senate A bills in
NofVed heavier outlay than those in
the chamber.
but the finance minister declared
himself obliged, in line with the econ
"my policy of the government, to
make the question one of confidence.
CONSERVATION ReignS.
When the vote was announced
showing that the government had
been defeated by seven votes-264 to
c7l-there was surprise, with con-
sternation on the majority benches,
while the radicals and socialists
cheered and cried Resign! ,Resignw
The finance minister reported to his
l.s -
and it was decided to resign. They
proceeded to the palace of the Elysee
and went into a cabinet council with
President Millerand. to whom NJ.
Poincaire presented the cabinets res
iGnation.
President Millerand insisted car
nestly that the cabinet appear this
afternoon before the chamber, retain
ing power meanwhile. The president
said he was ready to explain by a Spe-
cisi message to both houses the rea-
sons for this procedure.
After each cabinet minister had
given his opinion the president re-
tired and left the cabinet free to de-
!iberate on it's decision.
Resignation Is Final.
1t was at the conclusion of this
meeting that Premier Poincare an
nounced that his decision to resign
was irrevocable.
The Poincare ministry, which thus
comes to an end. has held power since
January, 1e22-its slightly more chan
two years of life covering a most
rnomentous period in postwar history.
Taking up the reinS of government on
a program of more vigorous foreign
poIicy than had been followed by his
Predecessor NJ BRAND. Premier Poin-
care adopted ap energetic attitude on
the question of reparaticn payments
bv' Germany, and when the year 1927
had gone by without any satisfactory
enlistment the PoinCare government
IN January of last year decided upon
the seizure of pledges" from Ger
ua.y
The occupation of the Ruhr valley
nv Joint action of France and Belgium
followed Great Britain was not in
sympathy with this move, and the diff
ferences between the two nations on
this and other questions relating to
reparations led to omethlns oil rlft
in the entente, which only laterly has
seemed about to be brIdged over
through negotiations ybetween the
Macdonald governmcntsand the Poin-
care ministry.
May Affect Dawes Report.
The fall of the government comes
Just OH the eve of the expected pres
cntation by the Dawes expert com
mittee of its report Tor the reparatlon
committee on termany's financial and
economic status and the committees S
anticipated presentation of a program
which it has been hoped would lead
10 an adjustment of the reparation
question, solve the Ruhr difficulty,
start Germany on a path of economic
soundness and eventually bring about
renewed economic stability in Europe:
Just what effect the withdrawal
OF the Poincare ministry at this
crucial time may have upon the
result of the expert committees in
vestigations and conclusions remains
10 be developed
Raymond Poincare himself has for
forty years been prominent in French
public life. Elected in 1887, at the
age of tWenty-seven, a deputy from
the department of the Meuse, he has
almost continuously been in the pub
lie service, as deputy, senator, min
lister. premier and as president of the
republic, to which high office he was
elected in 1913, and held throughout
1he world war. His term expired in
1920 and he engaged in literary work
on public questions for time, taxing
a strong stand for a firmer Rolicy
coward Germany. Finally in. 1922 he
took up the premiership and imme-
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