New Britain herald., 1926-03-06

poumers plans. "I'hc spirit ol Lo- caruo has been introduced | into thp cabinet 'wus the prcmitl'a com. mcnt on his victory ol-r the recaD, entrants,
 N, Bri1ul's cabinet Was more or less concentration ministry hay- ing as its members four senators and nine deputies all of whom were considered modHratas In BrlaGd's general plans of leadership tho radi- cal left Cartel worked fairly well in unison with him, but it would hay" uo'NiuF 10 do with his and N. poumor's financial projects.
 The tax on sales clause was the cause oi q twO-hour strike Wednes- Jay afternoon, when all the cafes and bars and restaurants and other places Of business closed their doors in protest against retroactive taxes and the taxing Of inc city's trades people more heavily than the farmer.
 Vote Against Government
 The socialists, communists and conservative minority voted against the government on the question Of confidence, The prcmicr's warning that it was q bad time to proyok" 4 ministeral crisis failed 10 impress the chamber, After saying he could not go 10 Geneva for the special I,4rpa ,,t,.tfppe lca,rjror LgJiu1 hi m such an atmosphere as seemed to prevail in parliament he paid tribute To Finance Minister Doumcr, who. he pointed out, also had an i'm portant debt settling mission in Lon don next week.
 The deputies, however recalling that the last election was decided by dissatisfied taxpayers, voted in their own electoral interests. regardless of what might happen at Geneva, London or elsewhere,
 The vote of the ministry was sealed when th" leaders on the con scrvative minority announced that they were unwilling to substitute themselves for the governments radical-socialist majority and vote unpopular legislation when the gov ernmcnt failed to take q sufficient energetic attitude to bring its own supporters into line.
 After presenting his resignation to ! President Doumergue at seven o'clock this morning Premier Briand took few minutes rest and then conferred with members of his | official staff as to whether he should
 go to Geneva.
 The president was in q similar dilemma. a8 be was due 10 leave during the morning for Lyonsto in aururato the fair The situation l compelled him 10 set q precedent in dissenting himself, as head of the state, from the capital during a
 cabinet crisis or to disappoint M. ! Hcrriott, on whose insistcnt demand 1 he had agreed to open this years 1 Lyons fair.
 He finally concluded that it would l utlJb IIdttflS d lltJtt lc hllOF' tltF ! deputies the weekend to think over the consequences of their vote be- fore beginning his consultations for the formation qf q new cabinet. Ii
 vas announced that ho would be- 1 gin the consultations upon his re- l turn from Lyons tomorrow, l The better part of tho resigned
 cabinet accompanied the president 1 10 the station, and Premier Briand
 had q short conference with him in i the salon of the presidential car. The unprecedented circumstances , under which the crisis opens has l nonplussed tho most invotcrat" 1 prophets and there is some talk of
 the necessity of M. Briand rcnaininG l nt the head Of the government or at ! l-ast at the foreign office, 1 There are some timid suggestions ] that Joseph CailauX's star is rising,
 while moro pcssinisticaly inclined
 observers look for dissolution of the
 chamber and new elections within
 three months or for convocation of
 national assembly for revision of the 1 constitution.