Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02

lions in the immediate future would
give them a working Chamber ma
jority. The situation is fascinating
There have been 10 governments since
Clemenceau became premier.
AS every one expected, President
Doumergue sent for Tardieu. The lat
ter, recognizing that the only kind
strength and stability might be hoped
would be one closely assimilated to that
republican union over which Poincare
presided from July, 1926, to November,
1928, and, doubling his ability TO form
such a government, advised the Presi-
dent to call on Poincare. The latter,
not feeling himself sufficiently recov-
cred from recent operations, declined,
and the President again turned to Tar
dieu, who reluctantly accepted to try.
But he at once encountered a ter
rife rebuff. The Radical Socialists of
the Chamber met and resolved that they
would not participate in a government
headed by Tardieu, but would consent
to participate in government of which
Tardieu should be member, provided
he were neither premier nor minister
OF the interior.
Tardieu, however, whether out of
obStinacy or from disinterested regard
to the commonweal, persisted. The
indication from the dispatches is that,
the Radical Socialists continuing for
ward, he will bring back his late gov
eminent with no important change ex-
cept that, OF course, some one must be
substituted for M. Cheron as finance
minister. Possibly were the man so
substituted fairly acceptable to the Left
and were certain pledges given in re-
spect of taxation policy, such a govern
ment might win practically solid sup
port from the minor groups of the Left
Center and hold 1t over the period of
the Naval Conference and past definite
institution of the Young plan, might
even win appreciable support from Rad
ical Socialists dissident from their
party's stand.
Suppose such a government formed
and rejected by the Chamber. BRAND
tSaid to be most reluctant to do so)
might undertake to form a government
OF republican union, and, of course,
that general elections must be averted
at all hazards, could be counted on to
sacrifice his health to the commonweal
y X X
SPAIN-On February 81 Senior
Sanchez Guerra, one-time Conservative
premier and the same who last wear
led revolt of sorts against the dictator
ship of Primo de Rivera, made an
eagerly awaited speech at theater in
Madrid. The dispatches I have read
quote him only very meagerly and fail
to make clear the precise import of the
speech. But perhaps Indeed it seems
to me fairly certain that he deliberate
| ly avoided committing himself in set
terms on the all-important question
whether or no he favored overthrow of
the monarchy and establishment of a
republic. (The Republicans had hoped
that he would definitely declare himself
for republic) Apparently he denounc-
ed King Alfonso and sufficiently in
dicated advocacy of his ouSting, and
the following quoted declaration is GER
tainly not unfriendly to the idea of a
republic. when I was a young man.
favored the monarchy. Now I can
see youth and events moving toward a
republic"
| A crowd of some size outside the
theater demonstrated riotously for a
republic and clashed with the police,
with the result of some broken heads
and their quick dispersal. The incident
may or may not prove Of high
significance.
RUSSIA.-,Within the last IL months
| 70 churches in the City of Moscow
alone have been closed by order of the
Moscow Soviet. The congress of the
Moscow League of the Goddess, in
session the other day to put the finish
l ing touches on its dVe-year anti Chris