Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23

| uties, of which M. Danielou, q very close
friend Of BRAND, is head.
On February 20 President Doumergue.
after the usual consultations, invited
Camille Chautemps, leader of the
Radical Socialist group in the chamber
(the largest group in that body, to
form government. He accepted and
before the evening Of the 21st had
formed his list as follows: Premier
and minister Of the interior, Camille
Chautemps, Radical Socialist: foreign
affairs. Aristide BRAND, Republican
Socialist marine, Albert Sarraut,
Radical Socialist SENATOR; war. Rene
Besnard, Radical Socialist; finance,
(senator); minister of justice and vice
president of the council of ministers,
Theodore Steeg, Radical Socialist
(senator); public works, Edouard
.Daladier, Radical Socialist deputy ::
colonies, Lucien Lamoureux, Radical
Socialist deputy; merchant marine,
Charles Danielou, Left Radical deputy !;
labor, Louis Loucheur, Left Radical
deputy; public instruction, Jean
the budget, Maurice Palmade, Radical
Socialist deputy; commerce, Georges
Bonnet, Radical Socialist (senator) +;
agriculture, Henri Queuille, Radical
Socialist deputy; air, Maurent Eynac,
Left Radical deputy; pensions Charles
Gallet, Popular Democrat deputy :
posts and telegraphs, Julien Durand,
Radical Socialist deputy.
1t is seen that of II ministers, IL
are Radical Socialists, 8 are Left
Radicals, Republican Socialist and
| OF the Popular Democratic party.
The total membership of the chamber
Is 607. My understanding is that of
the Left center groups M. Chautemps
feels secure of the votes of only the
four represented in his cabinet. The
Radical Socialists in the chamber num-
Der 12l, the Left Radicals, So: the Re-
publican Socialists, 10, and the Popular
Democrats. 10: total, 209. In addition,
M. Chautemps has the conditional
promise Of the votes Of the Socialists
proper, numbering 101. The Unified
Socialists, or Socialists proper, remained
true to their principle of non-participa-
ton IN government which they should
not dominate, but their votes are
pledged conditionally upon maintenance
by the new government of pronouncedly
Left policy In domestic matters. Obvious
| ly this Is but precarious kind of sup
port. and continuing complete solidarity
of support by the three minor Left
groups participating in the government
1 40 NY dSSuI6O, especially
should the Unified Socialists prove aR-
greSsive. On the other hand, a certain
scattering support from among the nine
Left groups not participating in the
government seems likely. At best the
majority to be expected by the new
| government Is meager, and its lease of
life Is most precarious.
M. Chautemps had hoped to form a
government of Republican concentra-
ton" to be supported by all the groups
of the Left center and certain groups
of the moderate Right. He offered
Tardieu the marine portfolio and invited
him to return to London as head of the
French delegation to the Naval Con-
ference; but Tardieu declined. The
next blow was refusal by the Left Re-
publican and Social and Radical Left
groups to participate in the government.
Rebuffed in his hope Of a moderate
government that should dispense with
UNIFIED Socialist support apparently
the Unified Socialists cannot stomach
a government farther right than the
Radical Left M. Chautemps was fam
| to fall back into the arms of the Unified
Socialists to reconstitute, so to speak,
that Cartel des Gauches, whose govern
ment in 1924, under Herriot, failed so
groteSquely.
The ministerial declaration will be
read to the Chamber on Tuesday, Feb
ruary rs, and the new government will
be accepted or rejected by the deputies.
Assume acceptance. BRAND will then
head the naval delegation ct London,