Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
HERR|OT MINISTRY
BELIEVED CERTAIN
AS BRAND RESIGNS
Tenth Cabinet OF Latter Quits
After Defeat in Stormy,
Memorable Session.
FURIOUS ATTACK MADE
ON FINANCIAL PROGRAM.
Wide Powers Refused Premier.
Poincare Expected to Have Port
;. folio After Long Wait,
~ this Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 17.-Premier Aristide
Brands tenth cabinet, whose fate
was tied up with the Caillaux bill for
extraordinary powers to allow the
government to cope with the financial
crisis, without parliamentary inter,
terence and delays. fell this evening
under combined fun front attacks
by ~. Herriot, leader OF the radical
SOCIALISTS, and M. Marin, leader Of
the Moderates.
The vote was 2SS to 243, the gov
: ernment thus having q minority of
Is. -
No time was. lost by M. BRAND and
his colleagues in presenting their
collective designations to President
Doumergue. On leaving Elysee Pal.
nee, NJ Caillaux smilingly, remarked.
':Nobody's lot is happier than mine. $
When NJ. BRAND departed from the
palace. he said to the correspondents;
BRAND Also Is Happy.
Surely you do not hope to see
me succeed myself every time. Any.
way. cannot continually live in an
|, atmosphere OF hostility. Now have
my liberty and therefore I am very
happy"
It is understood that M. Herriot,
despite the severe lacing M. BRAND
administered to him today, win be
called on by President Doumergue to
form new cabinet, and 1t is riimored
in the Hobbies Of the Chamber that he
has already succeeded in obtaining
aenough provisional acceptances OF
portfolios to constitute q cabinet of
republican concentration" 4
IN this cabinet. those apparently
well informed assert, will be found
NJ. Poincare, NJ. BokanoSHski, M. Tar
dieu and M. Marin. Already it is
credited with the intention Of de,
inanding full powers from the Cham,
ber, like the preceding comhlna1ion,
but In q different manner In view
Of President Dounergue's reluctance
to hold all-night conversation, 1T win
be impossible to foretell the outcome
Of the efforts to put new govern
inent In the saddle.
Herriot Turns on BRAND.
Those who listened to today,s his
toric debate saw the burly Herrtot
desert the Presidents chair in the
chamber and take his place among
the members. He then demanded the
floor in benalf of his group and
launched into bpli-lile attack
against the government. for which
he had voted on several previous
occasions.
The matter before the house was
the governments bill demanding full
powers to settle the financial crisis
hy the issuance OF DEGREES. The
financial COMMITTEES Of the Chamber
yesterday, by q vote of II to Isl re-
fused to approve such powers, and
Premier BRAND and M. Cailiaux, the
finance minister, decided to place the
responsibility squareiy on Parlia-
ment.
When the subject came up today
Premier BRAND made It q question
OF confidence, and debate began in
an atmosphere OF tense excitement.
M. Herridt at once took the posi-
tion that the governments demand
for full powers without parliament
tary control was an attack upon re-
publican institutions. To this M.
BRAND, IN whose cabinet M. Herriot
served in wartime, tartly retorted
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