Evening star., 1925-10-27
PA|NLEVE CABINET
RESIGNS; RETURN
/. OF HERR|OT LOOMS
Present Premier Will Be Ask
ed to Form New Cabinet,
But Failure Is Seen.
FISCAL POLICY FORCES
MINISTRY INTO DEFEAT.
Demand of Radicals and Socialists
for Capital Levy Direct
Cause of Course.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, October 27.-Premier Pain
leve's cabinet resigned today.
NJ. Painleve called on President Dou.
mergue shortly after pm, and pre-
scented the collective resignation of
The ministers.
The premier informed the President
that the cabinet could not continue its
work of restoring the French finances
without being assured Of a favorable
majority in Parliament.
The decision of the ministers to re
sign was unanimous. 1t was caused
by the attitude taken by the Radical
and Socialist parties at their recent
congress In Nice, where the principle
of Il tax levy on capital was adopted.
Statement Issued.
After NJ. Painleve's departure from
the ElySee Palace, the following COM
munique was issued:
The cabinet council, which in its
preceding meeting had examined IA
vorably the plan elaborated by the
minister of finance, interrupted that
discussion this morning, although
there had been no essential difference
between the members of the ministry
regarding the plan in order for the
ministry to devote itself to study of
the political and parliamentary situa-
tion as created by the recent manifes-
tatlons of the parties.
"ConvinCed that an urgent effort
toward national restoration cannot be
pursued without the certainty of a
stable parliamentary majority, the
government unanimously decided to
remit its resignation to the President
of the republic"
Premier Painleve told the cor
respondents upon leaving the presi-
dental palace that he would follow
NJ. Doumergue's instructions what
ever they might be. He would form
a new cabinet, If 50 requested. or
would collaborate heartily with any
other statesman the President might
call to power.
NJ. Painleve added that the decision
to resign was taken last Friday, but
that it was withheld in order to give
Foreign Minister BRAND, as the
main negotiator" of the Locarno
agreements, an opportunity to pre-
side over the League of Nations Coun-
Gil at it's sitting here on the Greco
Bulgarian dispute.
Herriot's Return Seen.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
PARlS, OCTOBER Zt.-TTeSlueHl bou'
mergue will ask Premier Painleve to
form another cabinet, it is stated In
we'll informed quarters, but parl1a-
mentary authorities believe he Will
be unable to do so and the President
of the republic will ask Edouard Har-
riot to form a cabinet in cooperation
with extreme Socialists.
Copyright 1925. by Chicago Daily News Coz
The Painleye ministry was formed
on April Is of this year to succeed
that of Edouard Herriot, which also
went down through the refusal of
Parliament to accept its financial
policy.
Fusion Gave Majority.
Like its predecessor, the cabinet
which steps down today depended for
Its parliamentary majority largely on
the parties of the Left. including the
radicals and radical Socialists. Jo-
seph CaillauX, Painleve'S minister of
finance and one of the outstanding
personalities Of the government, has
5teadfastly resisted the Left bloc in
its desire to resort to a levy on cap
itaI as a means of lifting France out
Of It's financial difficulties.
Paris dispatches for the last few
days have made it plain that the pre-
mier and Foreign Minister BRAND
we're not in sympathy with NJ. Gail
lauX's plans. the deals of which have
been kept largely in the dark during
their consideration by the cabinet.